Cours 4

Question 1

Une foule de gauche

Answer 1

A left-wing crowd

Question 2

Négocier

Answer 2

To hammer out

Question 3

apparemment

Answer 3

reportedly

Question 4

franchir un obstacle

Answer 4

to clear a hurdle

Question 5

être bien loin de

Answer 5

to be a far cry from

Question 6

un crime

Answer 6

a felony

Question 7

un délit, une infraction

Answer 7

an offence

Question 8

attirer l’attention, faire réagir, faire sourciller

Answer 8

to raise eyebrows

Question 9

dépasser les questions ethniques

Answer 9

to transcend race

Question 10

innombrable

Answer 10

countless

Question 11

voir, percevoir comme

Answer 11

to perceive as

Question 12

très largement

Answer 12

overwhelmingly

Question 13

témoigner de qqchose (sens figuré)

Answer 13

to be (a) testament to sth

Question 14

inéluctable, inévitable

Answer 14

inescapable

Question 15

ne pas prendre qqch en considération, balayer qqch d’un revers de main au motif que…

Answer 15

to dismiss sth as…

Question 16

non pertinent

Answer 16

irrelevant

Question 17

pertinent

Answer 17

relevant

Question 18

dans un avenir proche, à CT

Answer 18

in the foreseeable future

Question 19

une bataille ardue pour conquérir la maison blanche

Answer 19

an uphill battle to the white house

Question 20

créer un terrain d’entente

Answer 20

to create common ground

Question 21

être au coeur de la conversation du pays

Answer 21

to stand at the center of the national conversation

Question 22

la violence naît de/à cause de

Answer 22

violence arises from/because

Question 23

formuler un message

Answer 23

to articulate a message

Question 24

à l’étranger, sur le territoire étranger

Answer 24

on foreign soil

Question 25

diriger en arrière-plan

Answer 25

to lead from behind

Question 26

incarner l’identité noire en public

Answer 26

to perform blackness in public

Question 27

un échec, un revers

Answer 27

a setback

Question 28

essuyer un camouflé

Answer 28

to be snubbed

Question 29

une offence, un camouflé

Answer 29

a snub

Question 30

reculer (pr une personne)

Answer 30

to back down

Question 31

reculer (pr une voiture)

Answer 31

to back up

Question 32

être dénué/privé de sens

Answer 32

to be devoid of meaning

Question 33

infliger un camouflet à qqun

Answer 33

to snub

Question 34

porter un coup à qqun

Answer 34

to deal sb a blow

Question 35

s’opposer à qqch

Answer 35

to oppose

Question 36

désapprouver qqch

Answer 36

to disapprove OF sth

Question 37

approuver qqch

Answer 37

to approve OF sth

Question 38

pur et simple

Answer 38

sheer

Question 39

une réforme phare

Answer 39

a flagship reform (N2, N1)

Question 40

compenser qqch

Answer 40

to compensate

to make up for sthg

Question 41

accorder qqch à qqun

Answer 41

to grant sthg to sb

Question 42

remonter à

Answer 42

to date back to…

Question 43

apporter son soutien à qqun

Answer 43

to back ø somebody

Question 44

avoir le droit à qqch

Answer 44

to be entitled to sth

Question 45

ne pas tenir compte de qqch, passer outre

Answer 45

to disregard ø sth

Question 46

remettre à plus tard

Answer 46

to delay

Question 47

les conflits

Answer 47

strife, U