Environment Flashcards by Mathieu Ali

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Erreur

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Loophole, mistake, omission

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Obligatoire

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Binding, obligatory, mandatory

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Sans

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Short of, without, deprived of

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Engagement

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Commitment, involvement

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Respecter, suivre

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To comply with (compliance)

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Frappant

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Salient, striking, noticeable

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Faiblesses

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Shortcomings, faults, weaknesses

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Être influencé par

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Wayed, To be influenced by

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Finir

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To complete, finish, Come To and end

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Global

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Overall

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Aigu

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Acute

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De sorte que

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So that

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Laisser de la place

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Making room

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Dissuasif

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Deterrent

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Tirer une leçon

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Draw a lesson

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Atténuer

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To mitigate

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Faire marche arrière

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To backpedal

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Avoir pour csq

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To entail

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Apogée

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Heyday

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Schiste

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Shale gas

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Keystone Hardisty Terminal

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Pareil

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En cours de construction

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Under construction

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Digne d’intérêt

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Worthwhile, significant

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Expliquer

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To account for, To explain

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Causer

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To entail, To cause

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Se conformer à

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Abiding by

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Résultat

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Bottom line

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Finalement

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Enventually

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A cause de

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On account of

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Aussi facilement

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As easily as

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Emprunter

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To borrow from

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Réalisée

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Achieved/completed

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Rien ne vaut

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There is no such thing as

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Attractif

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Alluring, attractive

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Cela fait combien de temps ?

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How long?

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Voitures de cette marque

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Cars of that make

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Réaliser ce sondage

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Making/conducting this survey/opinion poll

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Pionnier

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Leading light, trailblazer

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Alarmistes

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Scaremongers

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Déchiré, comprimé

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Torn apart, squeezed

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Prétendants

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Contenders

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Rivaliser/lutter

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Vie with

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Prophètes du mal/alarmistes

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Doomsdayers

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Mettre leurs arguments en face

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Put their arguments accross

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Essor

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Monumentum

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Vouée à

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Doomed to

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Un article

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An article, a press cutting

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Une larme gamme de

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An array, a wide range of

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Raisonnable

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Sensible, reasonable

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Pub qui choque

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Shockvertising

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Être apres

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To pursue, be after

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La force fait le droit

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Might makes right

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Piqure de rappel

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Booster injection

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Brouiller les codes culturels

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Culture jamming

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Arrogance

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Complacency

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Flagrant

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Glaring, obvious, patent, conspicuous