Buzz N14 Flashcards by alex trb

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To deepen

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Approfondir/ devenir plus intense

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Considerer

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To deem

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Profondément enraciné

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Deep-rooted

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Ancré

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Deep-seated

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Tenir parole

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To deliver the goods

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To demand

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Exiger

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Nier toute responsabilité

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To deny responsibility for

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Être depassé

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To be out of one’s depth

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Desobligeant/ vexant

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Derogatory

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Mepriser

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To despise

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To feel a marked deterioration (in)

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Ressentir une nette detérioration (dans)

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Dissuader

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To deter from

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A deterrent

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Un moyen de dissuasion

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Etre nuisible à

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To be detrimental to

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To devastate

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Devaster/ ravager

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Un appareil/ un dispositif/ un procédé/ un truc

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A device

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Tortueux/ detourné

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Devious

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To be devoid of

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Etre dépourvu de

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To devolve

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Incomber/déléguer

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Devolution

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Decentralisation/ transfert de pouvoirs

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Consacrer à

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To devote tor

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Dicey

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Risqué/ hasardeux

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Faire la difference

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To differentiate

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Dim

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Faible
A dim hope
A dim memory ( un vague souvenir)

Mettre en péril/ etre en péril

To jeopardize/ to be in jeopardy

The ozone layer

La couche d'ozone

Les déchets dangereux

Hazardous waste

Conscient des enjeux ecologiques

Environmetally-minded

Les consequences de la civilisation

The by-products of civilisation

Noxious/ harmless

Nocif/ inoffensif

A disposable product

Un produit jetable

Se débarasser de

To dispose of

Une décharge aménagée

A landfill

Réprimer les pollueurs

To crack down on polluters

La principe du pollueur-payeur

The polluter-pay principle

Sensibiliser

To make the public aware/ to sensitize

Le traitement des déchets

Waste disposal

To misuse

Faire mauvais usage de

Le Gaspillage

Profligacy

Le déboisement

Defirestation

Les gaz a effet de serre

Greenhouse gases

Dégager de la fumée

To release/let out smoke

(Un)wholesome

(Mal)sain

Un raz-de-marée

A tidal wave

Le tri

Sorting out

Un produit ecologique

A green product

Avoir une longueur d'avance sur

To be one jump ahead of

To tip the scales

Faire pencher la balance

Faire des ravages

To wreak havoc

Etre dans un dilemme

To be on the horns of a dilemma