Comment dirais-je...? Flashcards

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Firstly

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Premièrement

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2
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To tackle a problem

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aborder un problème

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At first sight

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à première vue/ au premier abord/ de prime abord

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From the outset

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dès l’abord/ le départ

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To understand the problem, we must first…

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Pour comprendre le problème, il faut d’abord…

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6
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Let us first consider…

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Réfléchissons d’abord à…

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7
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We must first ask ourselves…

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Il s’agit d’abord de se demander…

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The first question we must ask is whether…

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La première question qui se pose est de savoir…

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9
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Basically

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dans le fond

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10
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Let us take as a basic principle that…

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Partons du principe que…

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11
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It is about…

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Il s’agit de…

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12
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As for…

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Quant À…

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13
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As far as… Is concerned

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En ce qui concerne…

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14
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What in fact is the issue?

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De quoi s’agit-il en fait?

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What is at issue is…

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Ce qui est en cause, c’est…

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16
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The argument involves…

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La controverse porte sur…

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17
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To clarify the position

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Faire une mise au point de la situation

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18
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To clarify a few details

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Donner quelques précisions

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19
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To define what one understands by…

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Définir ce qu’on entend par…

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20
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To analyse a few issues

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Analyser quelques enjeux

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21
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On the agenda

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À l’ordre du jour

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22
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To summarise the issue

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Faire le point sur l’affaire

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23
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To seek a point of reference

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Chercher un point de repère

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24
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To shed light on the matter

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Tirer l’affaire au clair

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25
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To define the main problem

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Cerner le problème essentiel

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26
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To grasp what is basically at stake

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Saisir le fond des enjeux

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Crisis

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La crise

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A worrying state of affairs

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Une situation inquiétante

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To pose a central problem

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Poser un problème crucial

30
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An issue fraught with difficulty

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Une question épineuse

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The basis of the problem

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Le fond du problème

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The main difficulty involves…

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La principale difficulté porte sur…

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The main difficulty

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Toute la difficulté

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Is to…

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Est de… (+infin)

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Is in…

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Réside en… (+noun)

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The main worry

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Le souci prédominant

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An insurmountable obstacle

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Un obstacle insurmountable

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Hindrance

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L’entrave (f)

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Stumbling block

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La pierre d’achoppement

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Some obstacles remain

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Des obstacles subsistent encore

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It is a minefield

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Le terrain est miné

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A brewing crisis

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Une crise qui couve

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Hard to bring under control

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Difficilement maitrisable

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On the whole things are not good

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Le bilan est globalement Négatif

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To express the fear that…

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Exprimer la cranite que (+subjunctive)

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Things are going wrong

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Les choses prennent une mauvaise tornure

47
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a foretaste of what might occur

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Un avant-gout de ce qui pourrait survenir

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What is even more worrying is that…

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plus inquiétant encore…

49
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The situation is getting more complicated

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la situation se complique

50
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a further difficulty has cropped up

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une autre difficulté est venue s’ajouter

51
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the new state of play

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la nouvelle donne

52
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To worsen the crisis

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aggraver la crise

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the situation

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la situation

54
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the situation is getting worse and worse every day

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la situation empire de jour en jour

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the situation is becoming disastrous

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la situation tourne à la catastrophe

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the situation is reaching a critical level

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la situation atteint la cote d’alerte

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the situation threatens to go on forever

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la situation menace de s’éterniser

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The phenomen is on the increase

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le phénomène s’accroit

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the tendency is becoming more noticeable

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la tendance s’accentue

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the problem is getting more common

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le problème se banalise

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the problem has taken on such proportions that…

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le problème a pris une telle ampleur que…

62
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to bring things to a head

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mettre le feu aux poudres

63
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to cap it all

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pour comble de malheur