Britain In The World NWD Flashcards

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riche

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well-off, affluent, wealthy

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l’union douaniere

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the customs union

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3
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la monnaie unique

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the single currency

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l’endurance, la persistance

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the resilience

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5
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sans entraves

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unfettered

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ouvert d’esprit

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open-minded

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étroit d’esprit

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narrow minded

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le chauvinisme

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jingoism

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chavin

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jingoistic

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10
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adherer à

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to join

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11
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repousser, rejeter

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to turn down

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12
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accepter

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to embrace, to agree

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13
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se retirer de

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to withdraw from

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14
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être à la traine

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to lag behind

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15
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faire de même

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to follow suit

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16
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faire cavalier seul

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to go it alone

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être mis à l’ecart

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to be sidelined, to be on the sidelines

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distant, méfiant

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dédaigner qqun

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to give sb the cold shoulder

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se tenir à l’ecart

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to stand aside / aloof

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un étrangeté

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on oddity, a strange thing

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recompenser

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to recompense, to reward

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un lien

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a link, a bond, a connection

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credible

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credible, believiable, reliable

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un reconnaissance
an ackonoledgement, an admission, a confession
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complet, absolu
complete, absolute, full-blown
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êre adapté à
to be adapted to, to tally with
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approuver
To Disapprove, to look askance
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un manque de
A lack of, an absence of
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important, essentiel
Momentous
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incroyablement,
unbelievably, bewilderingly, incredibly
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plus faible,, plus moderé
tamer, Weaker, more moderate
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par force
by force, by coercicion
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Suivre un exemple
To follow a pattern
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une decision
A stance, a decision, a choice
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inventer
to Fashion, to create, to invent
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considerer
to deem
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Superviser
monitor
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le resultat
the outcome, the result
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influence poliique
clout