Journaleese Vocabulary Flashcards by Guillaume Dorier | Brainscape

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Être l’ordre du jour (2)

Pas dans les priorités

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To be high on the agenda
To be top of the agenda

On the back burner

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Une découverte

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A breakthrough

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Un mot à la mode

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A buzzword

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Le résultat final

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The bottom line

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Influence politique

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Political clout

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Lire le sort de quelqu’un

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To see the writing on the wall

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L’invention de

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The brainchild of

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Donner carte blanche (4)

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To give go-ahead
To give freehand
To give green light
To give carte blanche

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Un dilemme

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A quandary

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Un obstacle

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A hurdle

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Des troubles sociaux

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Social unrest

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Un cercle vicieux

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A catch-22 situation

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Un problème

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A snag

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dépendance

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Reliance

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Un atout, un actif

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An asset

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Une carte maîtresse (2)

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A trump card

An ace

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Rencontrer une impasse

Surmonter une impasse

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To reach a stalemate

To break a stalemate

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Des répercutions

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A knock-on effect

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Perspective

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Outlook

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Morose // brillant

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Grim, gloomy // rosy , brilliant

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Un exemple parfait

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A case in point

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Un tournant (3)

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A milestone
A landmark
A turning point

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Inconvénients

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Drawbacks

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Réunir des arguments pour/contre …

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To make a case for/against …

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Être médiatisé (2)

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To be hyped

To be publicized

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Prétendre soutenir une cause

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To pay lip service

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Être à la base de (2)

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To underpin

To underlie

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Mettre en place

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To implement

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Faire les frais

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To bear the brunt

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S’attaquer à un problème (2)

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To come to grip with an issue

To tackle/address an issue

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Abandonner un plan

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To scrap a plan

To jettison a plan

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Se retourner contre

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To backfire on

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Conduire à

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To lead to

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Être tourmenté par

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To be plagued by

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Réparer les pots cassés

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To mend fences

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Faire des progrès

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To make headway

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Entreprendre

S’engager

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To embark upon/on

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Ne pas être d’accord

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To beg to differ

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Ouvrir la voie à

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To pave the way for

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Controversé (2)

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Controversial

Contentious

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Du courant dominant

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Mainstream

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Préoccupations (2)

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Concerns, worries

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Imparfait (2)

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Flawed, defective

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Être aux antipodes

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To be poles apart

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Débat animé (2)

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Heated/lively debate

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Etre profondément enraciné, retranché (3)

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To be deeply rooted, ingrained, entrenched

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Le moindre des deux maux

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The lesser of two evils

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Un écart impossible à combler

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An unbridgeable gap (between…)

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Les riches

Les pauvres

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The haves

The not-haves

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L’écart entre

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The discrepancy (between…)

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Entrer en effet (2)

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To come into effect/force

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Recommencer à zéro

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To start from scratch all over again

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En dépit de

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In the teeth of

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A la suite de (2)

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In the aftermath/wake of

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Paralysé

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At a standstill

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Hors sujet

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Beside the point

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Être en jeu (2)

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To be at stake

To be on the line

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Dans la même direction

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By the same token/way

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Dans l’immédiat

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In a short term

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Au bord de (2)

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On thé verge/brink of