Audio nucléaire Flashcards

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être encré dans la mémoire

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to be engraved on one’s memory

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une soif qui ne peut s’étancher

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to have an unquenchable thirst

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étancher sa soif

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to quench one’s thirst

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des activistes loyales à la lutte anti-nucléaire

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staunch anti-nuclear activist

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des militants infatigables

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tireless campaigners

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a nuke

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a nuclear weapon

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reprendre les discussions / négociations

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to resume talks

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l’enfer sur terre

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hell on earth

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la dissuasion nucléaire

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the nuclear deterrent

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état de guerre

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warfare

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retombées radioactives

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nuclear fallout

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un témoignage poignant (2)

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a harrowing testimony

a heart-rending testimony

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démystifier un myth

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to debunk a myth

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etre moyennement d’accord

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to beg to differ

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guerre par procuration

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a war by proxy

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vote par procuration

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to vote by proxy

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être au bord de la guerre

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to be on the brick of war

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le menace d’un conflit nucléaire pèse lourd

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the spectre of a nuclear conflict is looming large

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menacer, peser lourd

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to loom

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faire partie d’un traité

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to be (a) party to a treaty

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qc qui change la donne

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a game changer

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une idée idéaliste (2)

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a quixotic/ idealistic idea

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les mines anti-personnelles

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a landmine

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avoir facilement une crise de colère

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to have a (temper) tantrum

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politique de la corde raide

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political brinkmanship

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un prophète de malheur

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a doomsayer

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s’ouvrir diplomatiquement à qn

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to make a diplomatic overture to sb

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condition préalable

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precondition