Diplomacy Flashcards

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un processus de négociation

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a negotiating process

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consolider les liens avec

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to cement relations with

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éviter un problème

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to side-step an issue

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4
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la diplomatie sans concessions

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soccer diplomacy

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5
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une position de repli

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a fallback position

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les concessions mutuelles

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give and take

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un compromis à moitié satisfaisant

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a half-a-loaf compromise

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to yield an agreement

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déboucher sur un accord

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réaliser sa part du contrat

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to hold up one’s end of the bargain

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10
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la dernière chance

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the last ditch

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s’enliser

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to bog down

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to stonewall

to stonewall on

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faire l’impasse, faire le mur

faire obstacle à

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13
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une ruse

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a gambit

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14
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ébranler une position

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to drive a wedge

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15
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minimiser la crise

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to downplay the crisis

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anticiper

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to forestall

17
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être acculé

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to be backed into a corner

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en désaccord, à couteaux tirés

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at loggerheads

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une contrepartie

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a trade-off

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anéantir les espoirs

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to doom hopes

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to be in a quandary

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être dans l’impasse

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a deadlock

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une impasse