Comment dirais-je...? Flashcards

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Firstly

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Premièrement

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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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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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As for…

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Quant À…

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As far as… Is concerned

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En ce qui concerne…

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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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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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On the agenda

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À l’ordre du jour

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To summarise the issue

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Faire le point sur l’affaire

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To seek a point of reference

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Chercher un point de repère

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To shed light on the matter

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Tirer l’affaire au clair

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To define the main problem
Cerner le problème essentiel
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To grasp what is basically at stake
Saisir le fond des enjeux
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Crisis
La crise
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A worrying state of affairs
Une situation inquiétante
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To pose a central problem
Poser un problème crucial
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An issue fraught with difficulty
Une question épineuse
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The basis of the problem
Le fond du problème
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The main difficulty involves...
La principale difficulté porte sur...
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The main difficulty
Toute la difficulté
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Is to...
Est de... (+infin)
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Is in...
Réside en... (+noun)
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The main worry
Le souci prédominant
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An insurmountable obstacle
Un obstacle insurmountable
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Hindrance
L'entrave (f)
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Stumbling block
La pierre d'achoppement
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Some obstacles remain
Des obstacles subsistent encore
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It is a minefield
Le terrain est miné
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A brewing crisis
Une crise qui couve
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Hard to bring under control
Difficilement maitrisable
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On the whole things are not good
Le bilan est globalement Négatif
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To express the fear that...
Exprimer la cranite que (+subjunctive)
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Things are going wrong
Les choses prennent une mauvaise tornure
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a foretaste of what might occur
Un avant-gout de ce qui pourrait survenir
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What is even more worrying is that...
plus inquiétant encore...
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The situation is getting more complicated
la situation se complique
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a further difficulty has cropped up
une autre difficulté est venue s'ajouter
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the new state of play
la nouvelle donne
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To worsen the crisis
aggraver la crise
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the situation
la situation
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the situation is getting worse and worse every day
la situation empire de jour en jour
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the situation is becoming disastrous
la situation tourne à la catastrophe
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the situation is reaching a critical level
la situation atteint la cote d'alerte
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the situation threatens to go on forever
la situation menace de s'éterniser
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The phenomen is on the increase
le phénomène s'accroit
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the tendency is becoming more noticeable
la tendance s'accentue
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the problem is getting more common
le problème se banalise
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the problem has taken on such proportions that...
le problème a pris une telle ampleur que...
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to bring things to a head
mettre le feu aux poudres
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to cap it all
pour comble de malheur