Nib 6 Flashcards

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John Kerry

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s an American politician, member of the Democratic Party.
He served under the Obama administration and lost to incumbent President G. W. Bush in the 2004 US presidential election

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un émissaire

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An envoy

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3
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e’vent

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ɪˈvent

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4
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nuclear

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ˈnjuːkliər

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5
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fusion

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ˈfjuːʒən

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6
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Saint Graal

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The holy graille= a sought-after prize

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se rapprocher de qqc

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To be edging closer to sth:

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secretaire d’état américain

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US secretary of state

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fournir qqc à qqn

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To provide sb with sth:

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Abundant

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əˈbʌndənt] = plentiful

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une décennie

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ˈdekeɪd]: a decade

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The OECD

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established in 1948, the Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development is a forum in which member countries
compare policy experiences and commit to democracy and market economy

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to take a test, an exam data (N.pl.) [ˈdɑːtə] ou [ˈdeɪtə]

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To sit a test

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PISA

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The Programme for International Student Assessment (= evaluation)

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être en baisse

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To trend down

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chuter

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17
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closure

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ˈkləʊʒə

18
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MIT, UPenn and Harvard

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard are elite colleges (the latter
two being members of the Ivy League)

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Capitol Hill

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neighbourhood of Washington D.C. used as a metonym for
the United States Congress (US legislature, composed of the House of
Representatives and the Senate).

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des législateurs

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les
présidents d’universités ont été interrogés sur la montée de
l’antisémitisme.

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the presidents were grilled over a spike of antisemtism

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un foyer

23
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for intifada on campus:

A

Pro-Palestinian students advocated for rebellion and uprising on university
grounds.

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against the code of conduct

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against official rules

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adopter un engagement envers la liberté d’expression
to embrace a commitment to free expression
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lorsque des propos deviennent des actes
when a speech crosses into conduct
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to be criticised
to face ‘criticism
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un groupe de travail
– a task force:
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The Fridays for Future (FFF)
or the School Strike for Climate began in 2018. It is an international movement of students who skip Friday classes to participate in demonstrations in order to demand climate action from world leaders.
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la bande de Gaza
The Gaza Strip
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des abris
shelters
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extreme hunger
starvation
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des spécialistes, des experts
[sk]: scholars
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to look the other way
to ignore something bad
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to advocate for sth
eɪ] = to defend sth
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une lutte pour
a struggle for:
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a viewpoint
a stance
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être en deuil
to grieve[iː] = to mourn:
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to be shocked by sth
to be appalled by sth
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to seek help from sb
to call upon sb
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qui est en train de se dérouler
unfolding
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noxious, damaging
harmful