NISF, 2025-01-02 Flashcards

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the leading scientists

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les scientifiques de premier plan

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renowned

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célèbre

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celebrated for

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connue pour

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Perfect

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Impeccable

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the half

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la moitié

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nearly half

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Près de la moitié

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yet

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Pourtant

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recorded

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enregistré

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the slowest growth

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le plus faible croissance

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in two decades

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depuis deux décennies

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proudly

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fièrement

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But despite

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Mais malgré

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persistent

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tenaces

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regarding

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quant à

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Even

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Même

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the reversal

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le retour en arrière

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Things don’t happen in a vacuum

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Rien n’arrive par hasard

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they are strained by

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ils subissent les assauts

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At least there are places where

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Il y a au moins quelques endroits où

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to what extent

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à quel point

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convinced

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convaincues

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A fair point

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C’est pertinent

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the rank

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le classement

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conducted

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menée

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affordable

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abordable

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at the bottom

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en bout

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it requires

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il

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nearly

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à peu près

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a property

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un bien immobilier

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comparable

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équivalent

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Globally

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À l’échelle mondiale

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the earnings

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les revenus

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the most expensive

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la plus chère

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the goods

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les biens

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it’s about

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cela tient

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as devastating

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aussi écrasant

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it is still a lot

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ça reste énorme

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it strikes me

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il me frappe

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it’s outrageous

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c’est abusé

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they warn

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ils mettent en garde

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including

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dont

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They called for

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Ils ont appelé à

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the immediate halt

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l’arrêt immédiat

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they might evade

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ils pourraient échapper

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it would lead to

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il entraînerait

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it could lead to

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il pourrait mener à

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The purpose

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Le but

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some benefits

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des bienfaits

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the wildlife

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la faune

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it points out

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il souligne

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Once

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Une fois que

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to prevent them

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les empêcher

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to spread

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se répandre

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some natural disasters

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des catastrophes naturelles

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it would break out

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il éclaterait

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a chain of events

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une suite d’évènements

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disturbing

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troublants

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frightening

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effrayants

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We should not forget

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Il ne faut pas oublier

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it takes place

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il se tient

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some treasure hunts

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des chasses au trésor

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Inside

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À l’intérieur

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to guess them

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les deviner

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I’m listening to you

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Je t’écoute

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they don’t go unnoticed

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ils ne passent pas inaperçus

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amazing

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incroyable

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I am not mistaken

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je ne me trompe pas

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Actually

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D’ailleurs

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among others

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notamment

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I can’t believe it!

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Je n’y crois pas!

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the heritage

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le patrimoine

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the rocket

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la fusée

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they are only a few meters high

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ils ne font que quelques mètres de haut

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in a close future

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dans un avenir proche

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at the same time

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à la fois

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But with such a name

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Mais avec un nom pareil

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that might not please

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cela risque de ne pas plaire

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It would be really a pity

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Ce serait vraiment dommage

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competitive

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concurrentiel

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it does not have any result

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il n’a pas de suite

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to be flabbergasted

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tomber des nues

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to fall in love

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tomber amoureux

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to tumble

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chuter

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to lose one’s balance

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perdre l’équilibre

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to subside/to collapse

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s’affaisser

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in a way

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de façon

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unexpected

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inattendue

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to fall through

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tombe à l’eau

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a snare

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un lacet

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an expanse

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une étendue

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to fall in a trap

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tomber au piège

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to suffer a defeat

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subir une défaite