Dissert Flashcards

(60 cards)

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devenir rare

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to get scarcer

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un outil dans la lutte contre

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a tool in the fight against

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être que qqch

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to be all about

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on a encore du progrès à faire quant à…

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there is still much room for improvement when it comes to

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non seulement X a tendance à… ils font aussi ca

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not only do X tend to… ; they also tend to

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l’arrivée de… a déclenché une rafale de

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the advent of.. spawned a burst of

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il ne faut pas s’avancer

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we shouldn’t make too much of it

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devenir… par rapport à

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to grow … with

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sembler

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to appear to be

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prévoir ce qui est à venir

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to forecast what is to come with

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être pour bientôt//pour le

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to be due soon//on nov 8

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être exposé

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to be in the limelight

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être dans l’opposition

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to be at odds

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un pb bcp discuté

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a much-discussed issue

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être essentiel

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to be of the essence

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poussée//vague

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a surge

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une tentative de faire qque chose

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an attempt at + ing

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fournir un effort supplémentaire

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to step up the effort at

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19
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mettre à dos

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to alienate

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caresser dans le sens du poil

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to pander to

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21
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répugner

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to put sb off

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ê perçu comme

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to come across as

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jouer sur les peurs

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to resort to fearmongering

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alimenter

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to fuel

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exagérer en permanence
to be consistently overdoing it
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attirer
to draw
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bien aimer
to be keen on
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comprendre
to figure out
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on ne sait pas de quoi il est cap
to be an unknown quantity
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n'avoir aucune idée
to haven't a clue
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il y a peu de chances que
the odds are against
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un temps révolu
a bygone age
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afin de
with a view to + ing // so as to, in order to
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nommer
to appoint
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traiter ttes sortes de
to address all manner of//all kinds of
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on voudrait nous faire croire que sb
they would have us believe that | sb are touted as
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l'engouement pour
the craze for
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ê nuancé
to be qualified
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le simple fait de
merely + ing
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en soi
in and of itself
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ê une solution
to do the trick
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faire des miracles
to work wonders
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tout dép de
it is all down to
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assez peu nbx
few and far between
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surfait
overrated
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ne pas avoir ttes les qualités qu'on leur prête
one is not all one is cracked up to be
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élaborer
to devise
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une question qu'il vaut mieux confier à
issues are better left to
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ê secondaire
to come second
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ne pas faire de qque chose sa priorité
to not prioritize
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la pensée * a investi le monde de *
* thinking has permeated the * world
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enjeu
stake
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se traduire par un meilleur ...
to reflect positively on
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encourager
to foster
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une de leur priorités et non la moindre
to rank high among their priorities
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pouvoir se faire rattraper par la réalité
may well get caught up in the realities of
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mentalité
mind-set
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reste à savoir si leur * résistera aux épreuves de *
whether... will survive the ordeals of.. remains to be seen
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fournir des efforts pour
to strive for
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ê commun
to be common place