cours 23/01 Flashcards by Léo Lasserre

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raccourci

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a shortcut

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un écologiste

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an ecologist / environmentalist

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protectionnisme

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protectionism

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un juge de la cour suprême

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a supreme court justice

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euthanasie

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euthanasia

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perdre pas loin de la majorité

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to fall short of the required majority

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couper les fonds dédiés à

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to slash/cut funds devoted/dedicated to

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être refusé d’accés

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to be denied access

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réduire

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to scale down/back

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fournir un aperçu

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provides an overview

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faire le point sur la situation

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takes stock of / asses the situation

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s’engager à évaluer

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pledge to assess

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livrer sa promesse

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deliver on his promise

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tenir sa promesse

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keep / fulfill his promise

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se retirer

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withdraw from / pull out of

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les accords de paris

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Paris Climate Accord / Agreement

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programmé

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scheduled

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faire voeur de / s’engager à

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vow to / pledge to

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initier des protestaions

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spark protests

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endosser le projet

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endorse the project

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relancer le projet

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revive the project

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attirer la critique

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draw criticism

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saper

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undermine

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accord bi-latéraux

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bilateral trade deals

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fortement critiqué

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fiercely criticized

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tenir sa parole

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keep his word

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désigner

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appoint

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“pour la vie”

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pro-life

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avortement

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abortion

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muslim ban

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muslim ban

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sécurité sur les armes

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gun control

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payer l’addition / la note

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foot the bill

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remplir son engagement à abroger

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fulfill his pledge to repeal

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avoir recours

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resorting

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enlever les fonds à l’obamacare

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defunding obamacare

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entrer sur le territoire

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setting foot in the country

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partiellement accompli

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partially fulfilled

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dans le but de stimuler

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in a bid to boost

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déformer / transformer / pervertir

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to warp

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un soulèvement

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an uprising

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rejeter, annuler, renverser

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to be overturned -> to overturn a decision

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vider,détruire

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to gut

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négliger

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to be overlooked -> to be neglected

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un compte de / un score de

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a tally / the vote tally

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majoritairement, largement

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overwhelmingly, by a wide margin

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truquer falsifier

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to rig

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des probabilités, des chances

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such enormous odds, the odds

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avoir hâte de faire qq chose, être impatient de faire qq chose

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to be eager to + BV

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s’inquieter

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to worry about, to fret over sth

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pur simple

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sheer

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incomber à qluqn de faire qq chose

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to behoove sb to do sthg

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un coup porté à

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a blow to

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en venir aux mains

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to come to blows

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représenté, dépeint

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portrayed, depicted

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au motif que

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on the ground that

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dans les règles de l’art, en accord avec les principes légaux

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unfold by the book / in accordance with legal practices

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pretendumment

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allegedly

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fausser

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skew

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profit à

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benefit sth

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soulèvre des critiques

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draws criticism / faces harsh criticism

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priver

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depriving

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ca vient de…

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it stems from

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voter

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cast their ballots

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tenu responsable de

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held responsible for

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favoriser

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to favor

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contradiction

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discrepancy

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preuve de montage

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mounting evidence

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balancement

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sway

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alimenter

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fuel

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manigances politiques

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political scheming