mots et expressions utiles pour essais

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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

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in the event of

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attiser

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to stok

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pur et simple

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sheer

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l’importance, la pertinence

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relevance

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parti-pris

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biases

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devenir la proie de

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to fall prey to

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surfer sur la vague de

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to ride the wave of

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annoncer

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to herald

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dénué de

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devoid of

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n’est pas si/tout rose

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do not look so rosy

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étape, événement clé

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milestone

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persistant

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lingering

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un fossé

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a gulf

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de fait

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de-facto

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découler de

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to stem from

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ancré, enraciné

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entrenched

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méfaits, actes répréhensibles

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wrongdoing(ø)

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provoqué par

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prompted by

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…, comme en témoigne

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…, witness

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incarner, symboliser, être la parfaite illustration de

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to epitomize

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alimenter

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to fuel

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être de mauvais augure

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to bode ill

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engendrer

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to breed

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entraver

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to hinder

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l’arrivée, l’apparition, l’avènement

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the advent

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tout autre chose, une chose bien différente

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a far cry

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critiquer quelque chose

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to criticize something / to level criticism at something

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s’attaquer à un problème

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to address a problem

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être révélateur d’un problème

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to act as an eye-opener

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une arme à double tranchant

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a double-edged sword

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être un mal pour un bien

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to be a blessing in disguise

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marcher sur des oeufs

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to skate on thin ice

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à la suite de

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in the wake of

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faire de même

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to follow suit

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sortir de nulle part

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to come out of the blue

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appliquer une politique

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to implement a policy

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faire respecter la loi

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to enforce the law

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le face cachée / l’envers

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the seamy side