Cours septembre 2024 Flashcards

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un dessin humoristique

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a cartoon

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une rubrique, une colonne

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a column

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la une

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the front page

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un titre accrocheur

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a headline

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le courrier des lecteurs

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letters to the editor

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annoncer la nouvelle

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to break the news

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défrayer la chronique

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to make the news, to hit the news

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la liberté de la presse

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the freedom of the press

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une information, une nouvelle = =

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a piece of news, a news item

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la presse à sensation = =

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the yellow, gutter press

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censure

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censorship

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le tirage

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circulation

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paraître = =

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to come out, to appear

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un numéro = =

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a copy, an issue

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un quotidien

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a daily

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révéler

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to reveal

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le quatrième pouvoir

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the Fourth Estate

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(im)partial

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(un)biaised

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médiatique

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Newsworthy

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enquêter sur

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to investigate

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surpasser

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outdone

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Pataugeant

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floundering

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plutôt que

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rather than

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avec précision, fidèlement

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accurately

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grandir

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grow out

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grand public

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mainstream

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quelque peu

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somewhat

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de plus en plus

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increasingly

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heure de grande écoute

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prime-time

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Dans une écrasante majorité

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Overwhelmingly

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les acteurs clés

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the key players

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effrayer

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spook

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chemin fatidique

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fateful path

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des nuées de

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swarms of

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les vents tombent

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winds down

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traverser un brise-lame

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traipse across a breakwater

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oeil perçant

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beady eye

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phare

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lighthouse

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regard

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gaze

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X à la base de

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X-based

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arriver, se pointer

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pitch up

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partir

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setting off

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être tentant

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be tempting

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résoudre les problèmes

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to address the issues

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pour finir

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to end up

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entrer

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enter

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simplement

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merely

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la pointe

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the tip

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bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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qui met à nu

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that lay bare

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vacanciers = =

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holidaymakers, vacacioners

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perplexe = = = = = =

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speechless, baffled, dazzled, confused, perplexed, puzzled

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sur un bateau

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aboard

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gros bateau

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barge

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bateau de croisière

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cruise ship

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mouillier, jeter l’ancre = =

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to moore, to drop anchor

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arrêter (pour un bateau)

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to dock

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usine

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factory plant

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éviter de = =

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to avoid + v-ing / not to have to

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debout

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up

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repos

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rest

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deux semaines d’affilée

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two weeks in a row

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repartir chez eux

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go back home to / and / in order to

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une longue semaine de repos = =

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a long week off, a long week’s rest

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théorie du complot

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conspiracy theory

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sembler = = =

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seem, appear, look

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deux fois plus = =

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twice as heavy / hard

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trois fois plus

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three times as heavy

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deux fois moins

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half as much

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cependant

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yet au début ou au milieu d’une phrase

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investisseur en capital-risque

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a venture capitalist

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un fervent défenseur du capitalisme

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a staunch defender of capitalism

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sans entrave

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unfettered

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libre, sans restriction

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unrestricted

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imparable

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unstoppable

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roue libre

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freewheeling

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soulager, alléger = =

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to alleviate, to ease

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retenir qqch

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to hold sth back

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avoir l’avantage, le dessus = =

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to have an edge, to have the upperhand

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Administration

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red tape

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Républicain

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Red ticket

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Quelque soit… / Peu importe…/

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However + adg + verbe

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Aussi orienté vers les affaires que JD Vance puisse paraître

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However business-oriented JD vance may look

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à condition, sous la condition de = =

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provided, under the condition of

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sans doute

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arguably

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certes

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admittedly

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une poignée de chanceux

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happy few

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enfant prodige

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whizz kid

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détourner de l’argent

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to defraud

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débiter sans s’arrêter

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churn out

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Tournures pour conclure = = =

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at the end of the day, to sum up, in a word

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de la même manière

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Likewise

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Montagnard

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Hillbillies

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Être à la traîne

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To lag behind

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La situation critique

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The plight