Buzz N14 Flashcards

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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)

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Mettre en péril/ etre en péril

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To jeopardize/ to be in jeopardy

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The ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Les déchets dangereux

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Hazardous waste

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Conscient des enjeux ecologiques

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Environmetally-minded

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Les consequences de la civilisation

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The by-products of civilisation

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Noxious/ harmless

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Nocif/ inoffensif

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A disposable product

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Un produit jetable

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Se débarasser de

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To dispose of

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Une décharge aménagée

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A landfill

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Réprimer les pollueurs

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To crack down on polluters

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La principe du pollueur-payeur

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The polluter-pay principle

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Sensibiliser

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To make the public aware/ to sensitize

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Le traitement des déchets

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Waste disposal

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To misuse

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Faire mauvais usage de

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Le Gaspillage

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Profligacy

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Le déboisement

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Defirestation

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Les gaz a effet de serre

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Greenhouse gases

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Dégager de la fumée

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To release/let out smoke

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(Un)wholesome

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(Mal)sain

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Un raz-de-marée

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A tidal wave

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Le tri

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Sorting out

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Un produit ecologique

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A green product

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Avoir une longueur d’avance sur

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To be one jump ahead of

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To tip the scales

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Faire pencher la balance

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Faire des ravages

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To wreak havoc

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Etre dans un dilemme

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To be on the horns of a dilemma