Course 4 : CL From antibiotics to fossil fuels part 2 Flashcards
encourager
to spur
un dégât collatéral (qui est sur le côté)
collateral damage
aiguiser notre esprit
To sharpen our wits
revigorer, redynamiser
To reinvigorate
to do to much
To overdo e.g. to oversell, to overbuy, to overconsume
La conscience de l’importance de la santé
e.g. health-conscious lifestyle/behaviour/consumers/etc.
presser
la pression
To pressure [ˈprɛʃə]
Pressure not a pressure
is a person or business that sells goods to the public.
Retailer e.g. Furniture and carpet retailers are among those reporting the sharpest annual decline in sales.
Anti-biotic loaded with (chargé avec)
Anti-biotic laden
s’approvisionner
To source
to pledge to do, to promise
To commit yourself to (doing) smthg e.g. He enjoyed it so much that he committed himself to teaching for a year before continuing his journey
to progressively stop using smthg
To phase out e.g. The Conservative Party website says about its commitment to phase out dangerous chemical substances.
efficiency
Effectiveness
something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people. (=Fléau)
a scourge e.g. Union chiefs demanded more urgent action to stop the scourge of unemployment.(Fr. fléau) Also: plague (see above)
prescrire
To prescribe antibiotics/medication/contraception/etc.
