mots et expressions utiles pour essais Flashcards

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une poussée, vague, montée brusque

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a surge

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un attrait

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an appeal

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courtiser

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to woo

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dresser (contre)

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to pit (against)

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(se) décrire, peindre (comme)

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to depict (oneself as)

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priver de

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to deprive of

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flatter

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to pander to

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prospérer, réussir

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to thrive on

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jugé

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deemed

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être répandu (sens négatif)

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to be rife

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induire en erreur

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to mislead*

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le fonds de commerce

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the stock-in-trade

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monter en flèche

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to soar

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menacer

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to loom

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exploiter

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to tap (into)

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ressentiment

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resentment

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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

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un responsable

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a culprit

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intolérant

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illiberal

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une promesse, un engagement

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a pledge

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prendre des mesures fermes contre, sévir contre

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to crack down

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un bon exemple/illustration

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a case in point

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agiter le spectre de, faire craindre, évoquer la possibilité de

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to raise the spectre

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arriver en masse

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to flock to

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en cas de
in the event of
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attiser
to stok
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pur et simple
sheer
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l'importance, la pertinence
relevance
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parti-pris
biases
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devenir la proie de
to fall prey to
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surfer sur la vague de
to ride the wave of
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annoncer
to herald
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dénué de
devoid of
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n'est pas si/tout rose
do not look so rosy
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étape, événement clé
milestone
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persistant
lingering
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un fossé
a gulf
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de fait
de-facto
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découler de
to stem from
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ancré, enraciné
entrenched
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méfaits, actes répréhensibles
wrongdoing(ø)
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provoqué par
prompted by
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..., comme en témoigne
..., witness
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incarner, symboliser, être la parfaite illustration de
to epitomize
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alimenter
to fuel
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être de mauvais augure
to bode ill
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engendrer
to breed
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entraver
to hinder
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l'arrivée, l'apparition, l’avènement
the advent
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tout autre chose, une chose bien différente
a far cry
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critiquer quelque chose
to criticize something / to level criticism at something
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s'attaquer à un problème
to address a problem
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être révélateur d'un problème
to act as an eye-opener
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une arme à double tranchant
a double-edged sword
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être un mal pour un bien
to be a blessing in disguise
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marcher sur des oeufs
to skate on thin ice
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à la suite de
in the wake of
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faire de même
to follow suit
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sortir de nulle part
to come out of the blue
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appliquer une politique
to implement a policy
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faire respecter la loi
to enforce the law
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le face cachée / l'envers
the seamy side