Brexit Flashcards

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1
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décider de

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to decide on sth

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sondages [résultats]

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polls

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sondages [enquête]

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surveys

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s’embarquer dans, entreprendre, se lancer dans

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to embark on

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s’engager à faire qqch

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to commit to + ing

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être dans le pétrin, la mouise

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to be in a bind

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fantasque, irréalistique

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fanciful

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assurer, garantir

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to secure

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inutile, superflu

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needless

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imiter, égaler

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to emulate

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flagrant, éblouissant

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glaring

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éblouir

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to glare

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libérer, délivrer

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to set free

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lourd, pesant, pénible

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burdensome

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Bruxelles

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Brussels

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garder, retenir

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to retain

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le marché unique

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the single market

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18
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trompeur, erroné

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misleading

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19
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abandonner, laisser tomber

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to scrap

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20
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la paperasserie

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the red tape

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21
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la bureaucratie

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bureaucracy

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22
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“du jardin” de la maison

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home-grown

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23
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rester

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to remain

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gênant, embarrassant, maladroit

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awkward

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“débrouille-toi !”

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deal with it !

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et pourtant

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and yet

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défenseur, militant, partisan

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an advocate, a proponent, a supporter, a defender

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récupérer

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to reclaim sth

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réclamer

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to require, to demand

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la souveraineté

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the sovereignty

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préconiser, prôner, recommander

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to advocate

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ou l’inverse / ou inversement

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or the other way round

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marchandage

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bargaining

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peu convaincant

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unconvincing

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negociable

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negotiable

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composer

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to make up

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se précipiter, se presser

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to rush

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au-delà de

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beyond

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leave aside

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mettre à part

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“mis à part le fait que…”

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“leave aside the fact that”

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Suisse

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Switzerland

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Norvège

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Norway

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un coup (de poing) / une influence

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a clout

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remplir

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to fill / to crowd

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un rêve utopique

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a pipe-dream

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manquer de confiance / douter

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to mistrust

47
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replié sur soi-même

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inward-looking

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mettre en minorité, recueillir un plus grand de votes

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to outvote

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donner un coup de poing, composter, perforer

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to punch

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colportage, vente ambulante

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a peddling

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trafic d’inflence

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influence peddling

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défaut, faille, imperfection

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a flaw

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dépensier, gaspiller

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wasteful

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effectuer

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to effect

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traîner, flâner

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to loiter

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l’Ecosse

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Scotland

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se résigner à, renoncer à, démissionner

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to resign

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retombées, répercussions

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fallout

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de moitié

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by half

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à l’image de

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modelled on

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responsable de qqch

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liable for

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rembourser

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reimburse

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valeur

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value

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expédition, envoi

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shipping

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acheter, acquérir

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to purchase

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le code postal

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postcode

67
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empêcher

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to prevent

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contourner / une rocade

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to bypass / a bypass

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difficile, délicat, épineux

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tricky

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modifier, transformer, changer

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to alter

71
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une réforme du travail

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a labour-reform bill

72
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licenciement économique

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redundancy

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un licencié

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a redundant