Art 4 Flashcards

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confier qch à qnn

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to entrust sb with sth (confiance)

to entrust sth to sb (matériel)

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faire pencher la balance en faveur de/contre

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to tilt the balance in favour of/away from [politician, party, measure]

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imitation ou usurpation d’identité

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impersonation

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non encadré

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unsupervised

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le décompte est fait (votes)

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the tally is in (to make a)

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fantasque

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fanciful

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se cramponner à

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to cling to

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camé, accro

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hooked

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apaiser, calmer (douleur, maladie)

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to soothe

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faire des pieds et des mains

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to jump/go through hoops

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tardivement

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belatedly

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apporter du réconfort, consolation

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to bring solace

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être enlisé, embourbé dans

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to be mired in (a scandal)

The Democratic front­runner is mired in a scandal of her own nurturing

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of her own nurturing

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qu’elle a elle-même nourri

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la question de l’inné et de l’acquis

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the nature nurture debate

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de son plein gré

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of her own free will

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se régaler de, profiter de

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to feast upon sth (political error)

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excessif, déraisonable

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unconscionnable

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demander l’autorisation, la permission

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to seek clearance for

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un as en informatique

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a computer whizz, IT whizz

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outrepasser des règles

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to override rules

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dénicher, déterrer (fig)

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to dredge sth up

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endormir qn, donner un faux sentiment

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to lull sb (into doing)

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vanter qch avec excès

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to be fulsome in one’s praise of sth

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obscursir
to obfuscate (make unclear/ cloud)
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saboter, miner, subevertir
to subvert (rivalry)
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gov't activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies, especially under the US antitrust laws.
trustbuster
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monstrueux, diabolique
fiendish
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trésors, trouvailles
troves
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petit restaurant
eatery
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payer la facture pour
to foot the bill for
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affluer
to flock (to)
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Uber
the ride-hailing app
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trouble, glauque
murky
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fallacieux
spurious
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convenable
pAlatable
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méthodique, ordonné
orderly
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parti marginal
fringe party
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signe annonciateur
harbinger (fo sth)
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maigre, faible
scant (evidence)
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passioné
impassioned
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mettre une entrave à
to curtail sth
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to take a sledgehammer to sth
écraser qch du point (fig) North Korea has taken a sledgehammer to all of the regular rules of nuclear deterrence.
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asperger
to drench sb (in perfume)
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minerai
ore
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inciter
to spur sb to do
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railleries
taunts
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troquer contre
to barter (sth) for
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las
weary of
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ennui, manque d'intérêt
tedium
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renfrogné, morne
sullen
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lancer
to hurl (to hurl accusations at sb)
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se jeter dans
to hurl oneself into
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dépourvu de
bereft of
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s'accroupir
to hunker down
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impasse
stand-off, stalemate
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lueur de
flicker of
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porte-drapeau, défenseur
standard-bearer
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affirmation de soi
assertiveness
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prendre qn au dépourvu
to catch sb flat-footed (inf), to catch sb off guard
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lanceur de mode
trendsetter
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sans en porter le nom
in all but name Spain is a federal state in all but name
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divinité
deity
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se précipiter
to scurry
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déchiré par
to be riven by
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ligne de fracture
a fault line
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doyen
dean
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directeur, gardien
warden
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abominablement
abysmally
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répit
respite
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fourberie
a cunning
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courroux
wrath
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récolter ce qu'on a semé
to reap what one has sown
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planer sur
hover over
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infortuné
hapless
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assailli
embattled
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rendre qn nerveux
to unnerve sb
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partake in
participer à
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avoir les moyens de faire qch
to have the wherewithal to do sth
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propension à
proclivity to/for/towards
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juste à temps
in the nick of time
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tenir compte de
to heed sth
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en deçà de qch
to fall short of sth
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faire de la place à
to make way for
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distinguer le vrai du faux
to tell truth from falsehood
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museler
to muzzle sb
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renversement (pol)
the overthrow (of)
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considérer que
to deem that To deem sb worthy/ my speech was deemed the best
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inoffensif
innocuous
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louable
laudable
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interdit, en zone interdite
off-limits
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langue de bois
stonewalling (to use double speak)
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politiquement correct
political correctness
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le socle
the bedrock
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l'erreur est humaine
to err is human
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sans retenue, entraves
unfettered
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Areopagitica
A prose polemical tract by the English poet, scholar, and polemical author John Milton (1644) opposing licensing and censorship. Areopagitica is among history's most influential and impassioned philosophical defences of the principle of a right to freedom of speech and expression. Today, Areopagitica is regarded as one of the most eloquent defences of press freedom ever written – and as one of the most influential, because many of its expressed principles have formed the basis for modern justifications.
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devenir plus endurci (peau)
to grow a tougher hide
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blocus
blockade
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En cause sont
At issue are...
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forcer l'adoption
to ram through (a law)
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lamentable
dismal
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céder
to cave in (vi)
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Le résultat inverse est bien plus probable
Far likelier is the opposite outcome
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prodigieux
staggering
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louche
dodgy
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éclipser, battre à plate couture, damer le pion
to run rings around someone
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purifier, nettoyer
to cleanse
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affliger qn
to ail someone
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être mal en point (entrep)
to be ailing
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réserver qch pour qn
to earmark sth for sb
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la caractéristique
the earmark of
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usé jusqu'à la corde adj.
threadbare
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sclérose (fig)
ossification
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piètre
meagre
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faire tourner dans sa tête, réflchir
to mull sth
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pacifiste
dovish
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être préparé à faire qch
to be brace for sth/to do
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sursis, répit
reprieve
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réorganiser, rajeunir
to revamp (rebrand, modernize)
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léthargique, fin. qui stagne
sluggish
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discordance
mismatch