Hotter than August

Question 1

par la même/ ainsi

Answer 1

thereby

Question 2

Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

Answer 2

Much ado about nothing

Question 3

protracted battle

Answer 3

bataille prolongée

Question 4

à côté de/ le long de/ à la hauteur de/ en même temps que

Answer 4

alongside

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clause

Answer 5

provision

Question 6

texte en petit caractère

Answer 6

fine print

Question 7

juger/considérer/estimer

Answer 7

to deem

Question 8

Au cas par cas

Answer 8

On case-by-case basis

Question 9

persuader par la ruse

Answer 9

to lure

Question 10

entraver

Answer 10

to hinder

Question 11

freiner/ralentir

Answer 11

to hamper

Question 12

gaz de schiste

Answer 12

shale gas

Question 13

diminuer progressivement

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to dwindle

Question 14

tenir une promesse

Answer 14

to honour/fulfil a pledge/promise

Question 15

faire office d’exemple/ mener

Answer 15

to lead the head forward

to set an example

Question 16

faire faillite

Answer 16

to go bust

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un excés de

Answer 17

surfeit

glut of stg

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inciter

Answer 18

to incentivize

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les tenants et aboutissants

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the ins and outs

Question 20

dévoiler

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to unveil

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donner une marge de manoeuvre

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to give some leeway

Question 22

marché de quotas d’émissions

Answer 22

Carbon trading/ Cap-and-trade programme

Question 23

compenser

Answer 23

to offset

Question 24

politique de la carotte et du baton

Answer 24

carrot and stick policy

Question 25

Centrale électrique à charbon

Answer 25

a Coal-fired power plant

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équivalent à

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akin

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point de comparaison

Answer 27

baseline

Question 28

prévoir

Answer 28

to forecast

Question 29

être pris en compte

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to be reckoned with

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un conseiller

Answer 30

an advisor

an aide

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étouffant

Answer 31

sweltering/ stifling

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C’est dans le champ de compétence de qqn

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It’s under/ outside sbdy’s remit

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être énervé à cause de qqc

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to be cross with sby about sthg

Question 34

reprocher/ condamner/ critiquer

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to chastise

to castigate/ scold sby fo sthg

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révélateur/ qui en dit long

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tellingly/ revealingly

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use up rapidly, overconsume

engloutir

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to guzzle
water-guzzling
This car guzzles gas

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rayer de la carte

Answer 37

to wipe stg

Question 38

effect of tourism

Solutions

Answer 38

flights can hadly be made carbon neutral
depletion of natural resources
unspoiled areas are spoiled/tarnished/plundered/stained

empowering local

Question 39

louer qqc (court terme)

Answer 39

to rent stg on a short lease