Buzz n°4 Flashcards

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1
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to be at issue

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être en cause

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être en conflit avec qqun à propos de qqch

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to be at odds with sb over smth

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3
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at one go

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en une seule fois

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4
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se produire, se poser

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to arise

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to arouse

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réveiller, éveiller/susciter/pousser à agir

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évaluer

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to assess

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astute

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fin, astucieux

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8
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jusqu’a présent

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as yet

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to avert

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éviter

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10
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to avoid

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éviter

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être innondé de

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to be awash with

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awkward

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maladroit, embarassant

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13
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supprimer des emplois

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to axe (jobs)

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14
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to be back to square one

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retourner à la case départ

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15
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une idée en tête

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at the back of one’s mind

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supporter, soutenir

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to back, to back up

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17
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the backbone

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l’épine dorsale, l’essentiel

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18
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mettre qqch en attente

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to put something on the back burner

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19
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a quality paper, a broadsheet

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un journal sérieux

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20
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the gutter press

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la presse à sensation

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21
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a pulp magazine

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un torchon

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biased/ unbiased

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partial/importatial

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23
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political leaning

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la tendance, la ligne politique

24
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to make the headlines

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faire la une

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to dig out a scandal

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découvrir un scandale

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dénoncer

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to blow the whistle on

27
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to hush up, to cover up

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étouffer

28
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bâilloner la presse

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to gag the press

29
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current events

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l’actualité

30
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une question d’actualité

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a topical issue

31
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être sous les projecteurs

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to be in the limelight

32
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a cover story

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un article en couverture

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a kicker

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un petit titre accrocheur

34
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un exemplaire, un numéro

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an issue

35
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media coverage

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la couverture médiatique

36
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la saison creuse de l’année (été) pendant laquelle les journalistes remplissent les journaux d’anecdotes triviales et amusantes

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the “silly season”

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to worm out information

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soutirer des informations

38
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les petites annonces

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classified ads

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un communiqué de presse

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a press release, a news release

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le public

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the audience

41
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an emcee

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un animateur de télévision

42
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une nouvelles, un fait divers

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a news item

43
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a craze

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un engouement

44
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transmettre des informations

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to convey information

45
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to touch On an issue

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aborder un pb

46
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sensibiliser l’opinion publique

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to sensitiZe public opinion

47
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to be putty in someone’s hands

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être trop influençable par qqun

48
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la censure

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censorship

49
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tendancieux, partial

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slanted

50
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a breach of privacy

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une atteinte à la vie privée

51
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calomnier

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to slander

52
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to take a stance

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prendre position

53
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l’information pure

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straight news

54
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the feature film

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le film de la soirée

55
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niveler par le bas, baisser le niveau intellectuel

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to dumb down

56
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une petite phrase très médiatique

A

a soundbite

57
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faire une tabac

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to bring the house down