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
grow out
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grand public
mainstream
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quelque peu
somewhat
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de plus en plus
increasingly
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heure de grande écoute
prime-time
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Dans une écrasante majorité
Overwhelmingly
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les acteurs clés
the key players
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effrayer
spook
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chemin fatidique
fateful path
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des nuées de
swarms of
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les vents tombent
winds down
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traverser un brise-lame
traipse across a breakwater
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oeil perçant
beady eye
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phare
lighthouse
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regard
gaze
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X à la base de
X-based
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arriver, se pointer
pitch up
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partir
setting off
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être tentant
be tempting
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résoudre les problèmes
to address the issues
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pour finir
to end up
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entrer
enter
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simplement
merely
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la pointe
the tip
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bouc émissaire
scapegoat
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qui met à nu
that lay bare
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vacanciers = =
holidaymakers, vacacioners
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perplexe = = = = = =
speechless, baffled, dazzled, confused, perplexed, puzzled
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sur un bateau
aboard
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gros bateau
barge
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bateau de croisière
cruise ship
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mouillier, jeter l'ancre = =
to moore, to drop anchor
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arrêter (pour un bateau)
to dock
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usine
factory plant
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éviter de = =
to avoid + v-ing / not to have to
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debout
up
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repos
rest
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deux semaines d'affilée
two weeks in a row
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repartir chez eux
go back home to / and / in order to
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une longue semaine de repos = =
a long week off, a long week's rest
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théorie du complot
conspiracy theory
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sembler = = =
seem, appear, look
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deux fois plus = =
twice as heavy / hard
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trois fois plus
three times as heavy
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deux fois moins
half as much
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cependant
yet au début ou au milieu d'une phrase
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investisseur en capital-risque
a venture capitalist
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un fervent défenseur du capitalisme
a staunch defender of capitalism
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sans entrave
unfettered
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libre, sans restriction
unrestricted
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imparable
unstoppable
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roue libre
freewheeling
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soulager, alléger = =
to alleviate, to ease
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retenir qqch
to hold sth back
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avoir l'avantage, le dessus = =
to have an edge, to have the upperhand
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Administration
red tape
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Républicain
Red ticket
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Quelque soit... / Peu importe.../
However + adg + verbe
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Aussi orienté vers les affaires que JD Vance puisse paraître
However business-oriented JD vance may look
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à condition, sous la condition de = =
provided, under the condition of
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sans doute
arguably
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certes
admittedly
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une poignée de chanceux
happy few
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enfant prodige
whizz kid
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détourner de l'argent
to defraud
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débiter sans s'arrêter
churn out
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Tournures pour conclure = = =
at the end of the day, to sum up, in a word
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de la même manière
Likewise
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Montagnard
Hillbillies
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Être à la traîne
To lag behind
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La situation critique
The plight