English 2 Flashcards by Morgan Levin | Brainscape

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assumer les consequences

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face the music

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subvention

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subsidie

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une commission (sur une transaction)

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a kickback

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une utopie irréalisable (2)

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a castle in the air

a pie in the sky

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magnat

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tycoon

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total

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utter

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manifestement

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blatantly

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quoique

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albeit

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être utilisé pour

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to be instrumentalised in

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être utile

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to be of some avail

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réponse insatisfaisante, non complète

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mealy-mouthed answer

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propulser

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to propell

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bouleversement

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upheaval

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revoir ses ambitions à la baisse

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to lower one’s ambitions

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subventionner

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to subsidize

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bruine

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drizzle

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cadre

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executive

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imperméable

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raincoat, trench coat

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étayer, donner corps à

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flesh out

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découler de

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stem from

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presque entièrement

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all but

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fonctionnaire

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civil servants

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faire référence à

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to refer to

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tâches de rousseur

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freckles

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ostentatoire

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conspicuous

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défendre

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uphold

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surpopulation

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overpopulation

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être dans la misère

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to be poverty-stricken

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vivre en dessous du seuil de pauvreté

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to live below the poverty line

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la répartition des richesses

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wealth distribution

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une famine sans précédent

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a biblical famine

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un mandiant

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a beggar

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un atelier clandestin

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a sweatshop

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un passager clandestin

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a stowaway

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réprimer l’immigration clandestine

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to crack down on illegal immigration

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un fanatique

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a zealot, a fanatic

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haine raciale

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racial hatred

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le sexisme sur le lieu de travail

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sexism in the workplace

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profond

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underlying

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des tensions qui couvent

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simmering tensions

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symboliser

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epitomize

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enraciné

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entrenched

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malgré tout, … *2

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all the same/nonetheless

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une menace pour

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a threat to

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souveraineté

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sovereignty

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sous prétexte de *2

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under the guise of / under cover of

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appartement

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apartment avec un seul p !

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en plus de

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in addition to

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coussin

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cushion

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précarité

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precariousness

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employé dans le cadre de “zero hour” contrats

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they work on zero hour contracts

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it is not mandatory for them to

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ils n’ont pas à

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il a arrangé un rendez-vous

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he arranged for them to meet

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The EU’s 4 freedoms

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freedom of capital, goods, services and people

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soumettre l’accord à un vote des deux chambres du parlement

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to put the final deal to a vote in both Houses of Parliament

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a cliff-edge

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a situation where Britain leaves after 2 years without having prepared their future

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to herald

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annoncer

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éloigné *2

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remote, distant

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échafaudage

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scaffold

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maverick

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franc tireur

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genuine

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véritable, authentique

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GP

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general practitioner, un médecin au RU

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assurer (assurance)

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to insure

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assurer, garantir

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to ensure

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mandatory, pulsatory

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obligatoire

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ambassade

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ambassy

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prendre une décision

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to make a decision et pas take

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alimenter la réflexion

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food for thought

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stimulant, qui incite à la réflexion

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thought-provoking

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passant

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a passer-by pl passers-by