Nib 13

Question 1

Harvey Weinstein

Answer 1

[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.

Question 2

to be imprisoned, incarcerated

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to be locked [ˈlɒkt] up

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ici, déterminer

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to work out

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to wait for sth

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to await [əˈweɪt] sth

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to wait for sth

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to await [əˈweɪt] sth

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ici, un dossier

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a case [ˈkeɪs] :

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purger une peine de prison

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to serve a prison sentence :

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un magnat

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a mogul [ˈməʊɡʌl] :

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a condemnation

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a con‘viction [kənˈvɪkʃən]

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se dérouler

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to play out

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bombs [ˈbɒmz] – noter le -b final muet, mais pas le -s marquant le pluriel.

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to express, to communicate sth

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to con‘vey [kənˈveɪ] sth

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intact, secure

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‘ironˌclad [ˈaɪənˈklæd]

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to e‘rupt [ɪˈrʌpt] = to break out – pNoter ici cet usage américain du prétérit, malgré la présence de ‘since’ en début de proposition.

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le principal fournisseur d’armes

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the chief arms supplier

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dissatisfaction

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ˌdiscon‘tent [ˌdɪskənˈtɛnt]

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ici, la suspension des livraisons de bombes

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the hold on the bombs

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a milestone

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a turning [ˈtɜːrnɪŋ] point

Question 19

closest - pSuperlatif ( notez le suffixe -est) de l’adjectif court close dont
la prononciation est [ˈkləʊs] ≠ de la prononciation du verbe to close
[ˈkləʊz]

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TVNZ is a television network established in 1980 and broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region

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les internes des hôpitaux

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‘junior ‘doctors:

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piquet de grève –

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the ‘picket ‘line:

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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.

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en plein milieu

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halfway through:

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des négociations salariales en échec

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failed pay negotiations :

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ont quitté leur poste

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walked off the job :

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des coupes ou des
gels de salaires pour près de 600 internes

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a pay cut or freeze for nearly 600 registrars

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cette proposition de coupes salariales
menée sur la table des négociations

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this pay cut across the table

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une crise du recrutement

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a staffing crisis :

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la grille de salaire des internes

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the pay scale for registrars :

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d’autres risquent jusqu’à 12% de baisse

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others face up to 12% cut:

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Te Whatu Ora - is the primary publicly funded healthcare system
of New Zealand

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beaucoup d’étudiants de
ma promotion sont partis à l’étranger

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a lot of my class have left overseas now

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être reporté

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to be postponed:

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= an alternative, plan B

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a contingency plan

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a campus sg. / campuses pl. – p noter le pluriel des noms ayant une terminaison en -s

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assiégée

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be‘sieged

Question 38

a university (UK) / a college (US) – noter l’usage selon la zone mentionnée
Hamilton Hall is an academic building on the campus of Ivy League Columbia University in New York City. It was taken over by student activists several times; especially in 1968 as a part of the Black Power movement and the opposition to the Vietnam War and in 1985 to demand university divestment fromApartheid South Africa.

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un campement

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an en‘campment :

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rapidement

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swiftly

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pousser

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to spring (sprang, sprung) up

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des actifs

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assets

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la cession

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di‘vestment

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la répression

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crackdown

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to cancel

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to call off =

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un amphithéâtre

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a lecture hall :

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to provide

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to su‘pply =