Science Po Flashcards

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Fondre

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To melt

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Trier

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To sort out

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Mettre en danger

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To endanger

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Une cheminée d’usine

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A chimey stack

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5
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Déchets

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Rubbish
Waste
Garbage
Litter

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6
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Faune et flore

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Wildlife

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7
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Nucléaire

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Nuclear

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8
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La grande barriere de corail

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The great reef barrier

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9
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Forêts équatoriales

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Rainforests

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10
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Les énergies renouvelables

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Renewable energy

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11
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Re-traiter

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To reprocess

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12
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Re-utiliser

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To reuse

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13
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Décharge

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Garbage dump

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14
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Économiser

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To save

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15
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Pénurie

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Shortage

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16
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Érosion du sol

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Soil erosion

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17
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Sommet

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Sunmit

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18
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Dégeler

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To thaw

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19
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Raz de marée

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Tidal wave

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20
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Typhon

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Typhoon

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21
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Les ressources

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Supplies

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22
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Les prévisions météo

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Weather forecast

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23
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Réserves naturelle

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Wildlife park

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24
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Ne pas avoir le temps

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Could’nt afford the time

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Avoir un budget serré
To have a thigh budget
26
Ne pas faire quelque chose
To failed to do something
27
Échec
Failure
28
Différent / cannot match
Odd
29
Les alentours
The surrendings
30
Un écart
A disorespancies
31
Un filet de sécurité
A backstop
32
Parmi
Among
33
Abortion
Prolife | Prochoice
34
Investiture
Inauguration
35
La liberté de de culte
The freedom of worshin
36
Au dessus de la mêlée
Above the fray
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Ennuyeux
Tedious
38
Être las de
To be weary of
39
Épuisant
Wearsome | Exhausting
40
A contre coeur
Relactantly
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Il manque de...
It run out of... | To lack of...
42
Rare / la rareté
Scarse / a scarcity
43
Éduqué
Promote
44
Éclaté
Break out
45
La détérioration de l'environnement
Habitat destruction
46
Vague de chaleur / canicule
Heat wave
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Déchets menagers
Household wastes
48
Ouragan
Hurricane
49
La calotte glacière
The ace cap
50
Surveiller la pollution
To monitor pollution
51
ONG
NGO
52
Les fonds marins
Ocean bed
53
Nappe de pétrole
Oil slick
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Marée noire
Oil spill
55
Agriculture biologique
Organic farming
56
Nuage toxique
Poison cloud
57
Baril
Barrel
58
Biocarburant
Bio-fuel
59
Empreinte carbone
Carbon footstep
60
Pesticides sur culture
Crop-spraying
61
Produits chimiques
Chemicals
62
Charbon
Coal
63
Caanicule
Dog days
64
Sécheresse
Drought
65
Tremblement de terre
Earthquake
66
Désastre écologique
Ecological disaster
67
Espèces en voie de disparition
Endangered species
68
Politique environnementale
Environmental policy
69
Couche d'ozone
Ozone layer
70
Etude
Survey
71
Engrais
Fertilizers
72
Énergie fossile
Fossil energy
73
Gaz à effet de serre
Greenhouse gas
74
Réchauffement climatique
Globlal warming
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Irrespirable
Unbreathable
76
Durable
Sustainable
77
Illégal
Unlawful
78
Prendre la décision soi-même
Homerule
79
Chauvisme / patriotisme
Jungoistic
80
Vain
Void
81
Même si
Unlike
82
En dépit de
Despite of / although
83
Prendre les chose pour argent comptant
To take thing for granted
84
Société de classes hiérarchisées
A class-ridden society
85
Les occupations essentielles de tout les jours
Bread and butter issues
86
Celui qui met le feux aux pistes
A trailblaser
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Mettre le feu à quelque chose
To set smtg ablase
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Souffrir
To ache
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Médicaments
Drugs / medecines
90
Seul
All by himself
91
Forte pauvreté
Dire piverty
92
Ce n'est pas seulement un arrangement
This is not a mire agreements (mirly)
93
A travers qq chose il evoque une autre chose
Throught smtg he conjures up an other thing
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Minutieusement
Painstakingly
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Complètement
Throuroughly
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Insipide
Dull
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Un manoir
A mansion
98
La frontière
The border
99
Les tribulations
The ups and downs
100
Les britanniques inscrits
The registered britain
101
Tony Blair est un homme politique de la troisième voie
The third way
102
Féliciter qqun de qqch
To congratulate som on smthg
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Récemment
Lately
104
Vivre par procuration
Live by proxit
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La sécurité sociale
The NHS (nationale health service)
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Une défaite piquante
A stinging defeat
107
Subir une...
To suffer a...
108
Il s'en fiche il est climatosceptique
Donald Trump don't mind Greta Thunberg saying because he is change denier (climate-skeptical)
109
Dans un monde où, ....
In a world where scientist where ablet to raise people awarness, evironnemental issues may have turned better
110
Ériger un mur
To erect a wall / a partition
111
Le cadre du travail
The work frame
112
Mettre la planète en danger
To jeopardise the planet
113
Revient à / est égal à
Amount to
114
Une insécurité psychologique
To feel insecure
115
Faux
Alternative true
116
Vérité trafiquée
A dultered truth
117
Une arnaque
A swindle / hoax
118
Surmonter
To overcome
119
Insensible
Imperious
120
DT est obsédé par...
DT is very mad to the impeachement procedure being lead by the democrats
121
Ne pas apprécier
To resents
122
Pas a l'ordre du jour
Not on the agenda
123
Rejetée
Rebruffed
124
Séparer
To set appart
125
Une réaction impulsive
A knee jerk reaction | A gut reaction
126
Plus on essaye de changer les choses plus on se rend compte de la catastrophe
The more we tries to change thing, the more we understand...
127
Impolitesse
Rudeness
128
C'est à dire
I.e
129
La situation qui est tendue
That situation that is fraught with tension
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Un fossé infranchissable
A yawning/unbridgeable gap
131
S'accrocher
Sticking
132
Abiding
Obéissant
133
Un citoyen désobéissant aux loix
A law abiding citizens
134
Soit...soit
Either...or
135
Être abasourdi
To takes aback
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Obéir a
To comply with
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Mettre qqch a distance
To sub smthg at bay
138
Rappeler qqun a l'ordre
To reminding sb of the rules
139
Piégé
Caught out
140
S'efforce
To strive
141
Dominer
To have an upper hand
142
Coupé au vif
Cut to the quick
143
Recadrer
Rebriffing
144
Dévaloriser
To belittling
145
Postuler
To attend
146
Le mal du siècle
Weltschmertz