Civi Flashcards

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Instaurer

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establish

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Plus dur

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Tougher

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Nourriture qui fait grossir

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Fattening food

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Boissons gazeuses

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Fizzy drinks

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alimentation équilibrée

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a balanced diet

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changer ses habitudes alimentaires

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to change one’s eating habits

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an ailing planet

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une planète malade

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atteindre le point de rupture

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to reach breaking point

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être menacé par l’activité humaine

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to be imperiled by human activity

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la fonte des calottes glacières

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the melting of ice caps

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puiser dans les ressources de la nature

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to draw on the earth’s resources

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12
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le monde se réchauffe

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the world is heating up

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diffuser

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to broadcast

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apprendre de ses erreurs

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to draw experience from

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15
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paysage

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landscape

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égoïste

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unselfish

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17
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foule de gens

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scores of people

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18
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émeutes

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riots

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19
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émeutes urbaines

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urban riots

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effondrement

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collapse

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21
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écroulement de tension

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voltage collapse

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fuir

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to flee (fled)

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victimes

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casualties

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être ébranlé

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be left reeling

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chuter
to plummet
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chute libre
plummeting
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surabondance
glut
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inonder/saturer
to glut
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abondance de liquidités
liquidity glut
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les prévisions
forecasts
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entailler/réduire
to slash
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soutenir
to prop up
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balayer
to sweep (swept)
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décapiter
to behead
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macabre
ghoulish
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un casse tête
headache
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aspirer
to suck
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cessez-le-feu
ceasefire
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accord de cessez le feu
ceasefire agreement
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le transfert
the handover
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épidémie
outbreak
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liens ou obligations
bonds
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coincé dans le marasme
stuck in the doldrums
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stimuler, inciter
to spur
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engrenage
spur gear
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sur un coup de tête
on the spur of the moment
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réduire de moitié
to halve
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assouplissement
easing
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rachat ou prise de contrôle
takeovers
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prise de pouvoir
power takeover
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offre
a bid
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actes répréhensibles
wrongdoing
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condamner à une amende
to fine
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règlement
settlement
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faute
misconduct
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période préparatoire
run-up
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remettre à
to hand
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contourner
circumvent
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terne / spectre
dull
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tremblement de terre
earthquake
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répandu
widespread
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contexte
backdrop
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monter en flèche/ jaillir
soar
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atteindre
to reach
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périr
to perish
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furieux
enraged
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promesse/serment
vow
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quelque peu
somewhat
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discret/ modéré
subdued
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soumettre
to subdue
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une lumière tamisée
a subdued light
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cependant, pourtant
tough
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évincer
ousted
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hurler, gémir
to howl
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réduire la paperasserie
cut red tape
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rapide, instantané
snap
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chamaillerie, querelle
brickering
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aile
wing
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national
nationwide
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minier
mining
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huer
to jeer
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susceptible
tetchy
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nid de guêpe
hornet's nest
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ailleurs
elsewhere
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faire sécession
to serede
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saisir une opportunité
to snap up
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financement, subvention, budget
funding
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entraîner
to emboil
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critiques
flak
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évacuer
to vent
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rivalité en cours
ongoing feud
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montagnes russes
roller coaster
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passionnant
thrilling
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puissant
mighty
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embouteillages
traffic jams
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reporter
to postpone
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attendre quelque chose avec impatience OU se réjouir d'avance de qqchose
to look forward to +ing
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s'accoutumer à faire qqchose
to be accustomed to doing sth
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éviter
to avoid
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envisager
to consider
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nier
to deny
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prendre plaisir à
to enjoy
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voir un inconvénient à ce que
to mind +ing
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meubles
furniture
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agréable
pleasant
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faillite
bankrupty
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projet de loi
bill
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portefeuille d'actions
portfolio of shares
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chuter
to tumble
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grève
strike
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salarié
wage-earner
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prendre sa retraite
to retire
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ainée
elder/eldest
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supporter
to put up
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taux d'inflation
the inflation rate
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mesures draconiennes
drastic measures
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cambrioleur
the burglar
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avoir soif
to be thirsty
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effet de serre
the greenhouse effect
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réchauffement de la planète
global warming
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éteindre une cigarette
to put out a cigarette
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demandeurs d'emploi
job seekers
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client/clientèle
customers
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TGV
high speed train
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(un album) doit sortir
to be due out
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faire connaissance
make someone's acquaintance
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rarement
seldom
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coiffeur
hairdresser
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qui vaut
worth
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embaucher
to hire