Nib 13 Flashcards
Harvey Weinstein
[ˈwaɪnsti:n] is an American former film producer and
convicted sex offender. In 2017, a dozen women accused him of sexually harrassing or assaulting them. These allegations precipitated a wave of
“national reckoning” and more accusations encouraged by the #MeToo hashtag campaign.
to be imprisoned, incarcerated
to be locked [ˈlɒkt] up
ici, déterminer
to work out
to wait for sth
to await [əˈweɪt] sth
to wait for sth
to await [əˈweɪt] sth
ici, un dossier
a case [ˈkeɪs] :
purger une peine de prison
to serve a prison sentence :
un magnat
a mogul [ˈməʊɡʌl] :
a condemnation
a con‘viction [kənˈvɪkʃən]
se dérouler
to play out
bombs [ˈbɒmz] – noter le -b final muet, mais pas le -s marquant le pluriel.
to express, to communicate sth
to con‘vey [kənˈveɪ] sth
intact, secure
‘ironˌclad [ˈaɪənˈklæd]
to e‘rupt [ɪˈrʌpt] = to break out – pNoter ici cet usage américain du prétérit, malgré la présence de ‘since’ en début de proposition.
le principal fournisseur d’armes
the chief arms supplier
dissatisfaction
ˌdiscon‘tent [ˌdɪskənˈtɛnt]
ici, la suspension des livraisons de bombes
the hold on the bombs
a milestone
a turning [ˈtɜːrnɪŋ] point
closest - pSuperlatif ( notez le suffixe -est) de l’adjectif court close dont
la prononciation est [ˈkləʊs] ≠ de la prononciation du verbe to close
[ˈkləʊz]
TVNZ is a television network established in 1980 and broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region
les internes des hôpitaux
‘junior ‘doctors:
piquet de grève –
the ‘picket ‘line:
Picketing is a form of protest in which
people (‘pickets’ or ‘picketers’) gather outside their place of work or the
location where an event is taking place.
en plein milieu
halfway through:
