Journalese Flashcards

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soulever des fonds

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to raise funds

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une situation difficile

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to be in a difficult situation / to be in a dilemma / to be in a quandary

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3
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un abstacle

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a hurdle

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un problème de haute importance

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a burning issue / a hot-button issue

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le fond de cette affaire

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the bottom of this matter

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une situation impossible

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an impossble predicament / a catch-22 situation

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7
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des difficultés innatendues

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unexpected difficulties / a smag

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un atout

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an asset, an avdantage

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9
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une carte maîtresse

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a trump card

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être dans une impasse

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to have reached a stalemate, a deadlock

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un effet cause-conséquence en chaîne

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a knock-on effect

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12
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entre cela et cela

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what with

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13
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les perspectives économiques

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the economic outlook

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14
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sombre

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gloomy

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un 180°

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a u-turn, a sudden change in policy

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16
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prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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wishful thinking

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un exemple en la matière

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a case in point

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une étape importante

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a milestone, a landmark, a turningpoint, a watershed, a crucial stage

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un contentieux

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a contentious, a controversial

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20
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l’intérêt général

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the mainstream

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21
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se débarrasser de

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to get rid of, to get scrap

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trouver un terrain d’entente

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to find common ground

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un débat animé

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a heated debate, a lively debate, a fierce debate, a deeply-ingrained debate

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de 2 mots il faut savoir choisir le moindre

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the lesser of two evils

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réduire, combler

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to bridge

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élargir

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to widen

27
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repartir de 0

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to start from scratch

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Hors sujet

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beside the point / of the point / not the point

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étroitesse d’esprit

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narrow-minded

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être en jeu

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to be at stake / to be at risk

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être médiatisé

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to be hyped

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manifester un intérêt de pure forme

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to pay lip service

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sous-jacent / soutenir

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underpin / underly

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souffrir le plus / le plus gros des frais

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to bear the brunt

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affronter / venir à bout

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to tacle / to come to grips

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abandonner

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to jettison / to scrap

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se tourner contre

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to backfire on

38
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améliorer ses relations, se réconcilier

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to mend fences

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faire des progrès

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to make progress / to make headway

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ne pas être du même avis (formule polie)

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beg to deffer

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ouvrir la porte à

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to pave the way for

42
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une découverte majeure

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a breakthrough in sthg

43
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un riverain contestataire / un opposant au projet

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a NIMBY (not in my backyard)

44
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un jeune cadre dynamique

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a yuppie (young urban profesional)

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être une priorité, à l’ordre du jour

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to be high on the agenda

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carte blanche

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a free hand

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exercer une influence

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to wield great clout

48
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la devise

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a motto

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a fashionable word

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a buzzword

50
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loyal, qui va jusqu’au bout / un jusqu’au-boutiste

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a diehard

51
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le résultat, le fond du problème

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the outcome / the bottom line

52
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une invention : une idée originale

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a brainchild

53
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la catastrophe est imminente

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the writing is on the wall