English 4 Flashcards by Morgan Levin | Brainscape

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une espèce

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a species !! noter le s !!

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disparaître

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to become extinct

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être menacé d’extinction

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to be threatened with extinction

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un pin

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a pine tree

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un tronc

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a trunk

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une catastrophe causée par l’homme

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a man-made disaster

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prévenir les risques

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to anticipate hazards

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couler (à décliner, dans le sens couler au fond)

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to sink (sank, sunk)

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la mousson

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monsoon

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sortir de son lit (pour un cours d’eau)

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to overflow

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mal gérer une catastrophe

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to mishandle a disaster

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les conséquences d’une catastrophe

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the aftermath of a disaster

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le golfe du Mexique

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the Gulf of Mexico

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la responsabilité

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responsibility

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prendre des mesures draconiennes

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to take drastic action

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un carton

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a cardboard box

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les pays de l’OPEP

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the OPEC countries

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une raffinerie de pétrole

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an oil refinery

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une plate-forme pétrolière

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an oil rig

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un choc pétrolier

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an oil shock

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goudron

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tar

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une éolienne

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a windmill

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une ferme éolienne

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a windfarm

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un panneau solaire

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a solar panel

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les déchets nucléaires

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radioactive waste

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de l’uranium enrichi

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enriched uranium

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se convertir au nucléaire

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to go nuclear

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Tchernobyl

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Chernobyl

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a storage facility

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un site de stockage

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peu à peu *4

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gradually, step by step, little by little, progressively

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muet *2

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speechless, dumb

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syllabe

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syllable

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tous les jours de la semaine

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7 days a week

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paragraphe *2

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paragraph, section

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roman policier

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detective roman, detective novel

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un immeuble à 3 étages *2

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a 3 storey building, a 3 floor building

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lotissement

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housing estate

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corrompu (adjectif)

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corrupt et PAS corrupted (verbe)

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moitié (+ pl)

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half pl halves

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Damas

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Damascus

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dévasté par le crime

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crime-ridden

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un braconnier

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a poacher

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coincé

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stranded

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préférer

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to prefer !! past double r: he preferred

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supérieur *2

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superior upper

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réduire les émissions de CO2

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to abate carbon dioxide emissions

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un surplus de la balance commerciale

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a trade surplus

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le ministre des finances au RU

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the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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les perspectives économiques sont sombres

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the economic outlook is bleak

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le marché du travail *2

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the job market, the labour market

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un licenciement économique

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a layoff

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toucher les allocations chômage *3

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to be on the dole, to be on unemployment benefit, to be on welfare

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les perspectives de carrière

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career prospects

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une entreprise publique

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a state-owned company

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une fusion

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a merger

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fusionner avec

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to merge with

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une OPA

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a takeover bid

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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renflouer une compagnie

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to bail out a company

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les allocations famililiales

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child benefit

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cotiser pour sa retraite

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to pay money into a pension

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reculer l’âge de la retraite

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to postpone retirement age

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être un fardeau pour

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to be a burden on

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un fraudeur du fisc *2

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a tax evader, a tax dodger

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être à court d’argent

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to be short of money

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jeter son argent par les fenêtres

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to throw one’s money down the drain

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un panneau publiscitaire *2

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a hoarding, a billboard

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un slogan

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a catchphrase

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un événement sportif

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a sporting event

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une réaction protectionniste

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a protectionist backlash

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l’OMC

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the WTO

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imposer un embargo

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to impose an embargo

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lever un embargo

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to lift an embargo

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riposter, se venger

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to retaliate

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un centre commercial *2

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a mall, a shopping precinct

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un passager

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a passenger

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un aiguilleur du ciel

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an air traffic controller

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inaugurer

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to usher in

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le transport maritime *2

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sea transport, maritime transport

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les produits laitiers *2

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milk products, dairy products

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le boeuf, animal et viande

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an ox (pl oxen), beef

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le veau, animal et viande

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a calf (pl calves), veal

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l’agriculture bio

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organic farming

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l’agriculture intensive

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intensive farming

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une subvention agricole

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an agricultural subsidy

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la PAC

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the CAP

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le forum de Davos

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the WEF

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la protection de l’environnement

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environmental protection

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une découverte capitale

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a major breakthrough

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la médecine de pointe

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state-of-the-art medicine

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une cellule souche

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a stem cell

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un embryon

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an embryo

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ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives

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to open up new prospects

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les OGM

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GMOs

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une firme pharmaceutique

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a pharmaceutical firm