Nuclear Flashcards by Jeanne Dubor

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Vivre une expérience

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To experience

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Particules nucléaires

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Nuclear fallout

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Etre hanté par

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To be haunted by traumatic memories

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Etre grave dans

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To be etched

To be engraved

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Désarmement nucléaire

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Nuclear disarmament

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Étancher sa soif

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To quench one’s thrist

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Calciné

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Charred

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Brûlé

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To be blackened

To be swollen

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Bouleversant

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Harrowing account

Heart rending testimony

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LA clé
L’atout
Qui est au centre de

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Cornerstone

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Défaire le mythe

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Debunk the myth

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Gagnant Nobel paix

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ICAN avec stasuko Thurlow

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Réussir à dépasser (traumatisme)

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To show great resilience

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Agences humanitaires

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Relief agencies

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Admettre que

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Admit to doing

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Capacité de réaction

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Preparedness

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Se retirer

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Pool out

Withdraw

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Etre sur le point de déclarer la guerre

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To be on the brink of war

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Guerre par procuration

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War by proxy

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Essais nucléaires

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Nuclear testing

Test fire

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Attaquer

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Retaliate against

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Planer

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Loom

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Élément moteur (interactive?

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The driving force behind sthg

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LA est le problème

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There lies the rub

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Bannir (une norme une loi)

Interdiction totale

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À blacket ban on

An outright ban on sthg

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Prendre part à un traité

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To be a party to a treaty

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Changer la donne

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A game changer

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Idéaliste

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Quixotic

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Idées chimériques

Voeux pieux

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Wishful thinking

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Anti personal Landmine

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Mine antipersonnel

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To clear a landfield

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Débarrasser un champ de Lmine

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Arrêter d’investir

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To divest

To disinvest

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Bombe à fragmentation

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Cluster bomb

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Honte

Stigmate

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Stigma

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C’est de la Pure folie

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It is a Sheer madness ..to

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Sans précédent

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Unprecedented

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Se diriger vers

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Head for

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Crise de colère

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Have a temper tantrum

A fit of rage

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Escalade

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Escalation

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Acrobatie politique

Politique de la corse raide

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Brinkmanship

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Glisse dans

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Slide into

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Prophète de malheur

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Doomsayers

À prophet of doom

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Élément moteur (interactive?

A

The driving force behind sthg

Q

LA est le problème

A

There lies the rub

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Bannir (une norme une loi)

Interdiction totale

A

À blacket ban on

An outright ban on sthg

Q

Prendre part à un traité

A

To be a party to a treaty

Q

Changer la donne

A

A game changer

Q

Idéaliste

A

Quixotic

Q

Idées chimériques

Voeux pieux

A

Wishful thinking

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Anti personal Landmine

A

Mine antipersonnel

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To clear a landfield

A

Débarrasser un champ de Lmine

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Arrêter d’investir

A

To divest

To disinvest

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Bombe à fragmentation

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Cluster bomb

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Honte

Stigmate

A

Stigma

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C’est de la Pure folie

A

It is a Sheer madness ..to

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Sans précédent

A

Unprecedented

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Se diriger vers

A

Head for

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Crise de colère

A

Have a temper tantrum

A fit of rage

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Escalade

A

Escalation

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Acrobatie politique

Politique de la corse raide

A

Brinkmanship

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Glisse dans

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Slide into

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Prophète de malheur

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Doomsayers

À prophet of doom