Course 4 : CL From antibiotics to fossil fuels part 4 Flashcards
les rendements
yields
sale
filthy
sables bitumineux
Tar sands
avoir son lot de, connaître sa part de
Have its share of
stubborn, determined
tenacious
to exploit
To harness e.g. We must harness the potential of this idea
du cran
grit
e.g. Firefighters need courage and grit to do their job.
n’est pas pour les coeurs fragiles
Is not for the faint of heart
bilan (bilan annuel)
Balance sheet
annual balance sheet
to be fixed (at a particular level)
Is pegged at (a particular level)
une panthère
a peg
excéder la limite de vitesse, les attentes, l’approvisionnement,…
To exceed (the speed limit/ all expectations, the supply,..)
someone or something that is very strange.
Oddity
affronter en compétition
To compete with
les fournisseurs d’électricité
Electricity provider (in Belgium : Electrabel, Luminus, Lampiris)
menacer
To threaten
système solaire de toiture
Rooftop solar (system)
courrament
courant
Current(ly)
current
en fait, à proprement parler
véritable, réel, exact
actually
actual
HERE: to begin or to continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them.
[formal]
Also: to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently_
To cleave to smthg/someone else
e.g. She has cleaved to these principles all her life.
élaborer un plan
To map out (a plan)
to guarantee
To ensure (assurer par une promesse)
assurer un objet (notion économique)
to insure (your car, your house)
terrible, awful, dreadful
dire
He was in dire need of hospital treatment./ the dire state of our environment
tracer une nouvelle voie
To chart a new course
