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L'anglais journalistique (journalese)

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The aftermath

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les suites

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all-time

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sans précédent

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backlash

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des répercussions, une réaction violente

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a benchmark

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un critère

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a deadlock

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une impasse

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to backfire

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avoir un effet imprévu

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to defuse

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désamorcer

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to endorse

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soutenir

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to flare up

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s’embraser

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to map out

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planifier

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to monitor

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surveiller

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cut and dried

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clair et net

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to pave the way for

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préparer le terrain pour

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to pay lip service to

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reconnaître pour la forme

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to ride high in the polls

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caracoler (être) en tête des sondages

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dyed-in-the-wool

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groundwork

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impending

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a mainstay

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overkill

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a toll

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un bilan, un prix négatif

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to pool

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mettre en commun

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to scupper

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faire échouer

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to shelve

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mettre au placard

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to skyrocket

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monter en flèche

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to tackle

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s’attaquer à [problème]

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to vet

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examiner avec soin

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to sit on the fence

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ne pas prendre parti

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a knock-on effect

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un effet domino

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a losing battle

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un combat perdu d’avance