Buzz N6

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La base

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The bedrock

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To become aware of

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Prendre conscience de

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To beget

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Engendrer

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Duper

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To beguile

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A belief

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Une croyance

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En privé/ secretement

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Behind closed doors

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Un repere/ un point de reference

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A benchmark

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Profiter a

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To benefit

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Souffrir

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To beset

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To be beside the point

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Etre a coté de la question

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Trahir/ reveler

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To betray

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Desorienter/ derouter

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To bewilder

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Au dela de

Sans doute

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Beyond

Beyond doubt

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Etre qqun d’important mais slmnt au sein d’un petit grp

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To be a big fish in a little pond

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Qqch a prendre au serieux (car dangereux/important)

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Big league

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A big shot

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Un gros bonnet/ un grand ponte/ une huile

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Etre arrogant/ agir de facon superieure

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To be too big for one’s boots

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Binge-drinking

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Boire vite

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C’est un bon/mauvais point pour lui

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That’s a black mark for/agaisnt him

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La brebis galeuse (de la famille)

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The black sheep( of a family)

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To blame someone for

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Accuser qqun de

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Blameless

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Irreprochable

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To blame something on someone

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Rejeter la responsabilité sur

Question 23

Non seuleuement … Mais

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Not only… But
Tjrs en debut de phrase
Construction :Forme d’insistance( emploi de do/does/did) et une inversion sujet-verbe
Not only does the strike hit all commuters, but it hampers the indistry as a whole

Question 24

Peu importe ce que, où, quand, comment …

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No matter what/where/how/when/whether

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Quel que soit/ ou que ce soit…

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Whatever/ wherever/ whoever/ however

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Adjectif+ as+ sujet+ may

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Paradoxical(ou autre adj) as it may seem…..

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Adj+ though+ sujet+ verbe

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“Slight though they may be, the signs of recovery are encouraging”

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A moins que

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Unless

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A condition que, pourvu que

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Provided

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De peur que

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For fear that…+ might/should

Au lieu de because of

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Once

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Une fois que

“Once NATO had admitted that some east European republic could join…”

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No sooner…than

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A peine… que

“No sooner had the press disclosed the nuclear test than Greenpeace protestes”

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A peine…que

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Hardly…when

“Hardly had lorry drivers put an end to their dtrike when bus drivers started theirs”

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Au cas(peu probable) où…

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If… + should

“If the supply of hard drugs were to be stamped out it would be replacee by the black market”

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D’autant plus que

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All the more+ adjectif long+….as

“The blacklash was all the more dramatic as the catastrophe had hit large cities”

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All the+ adjectif court + er….as

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D’autant plus que

“The birth rate is all the higher as the country is very poor”

Question 37

Comparatif progressif: the more… The more( the less) + adjectif long ou adverbe

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Plus/moins…plus/moins
“The more they ask the less they will obtain”
NB: le verbe est souvent occulté

Question 38

Si/tellement…que

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So/such…that
“The govt has launched such an efficient campaign ( so efficient a campaign) that the number of drug addicts has dwindled”