Sup-Voc Essentiel Flashcards by Mikael Tcherneian

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Reportage, compte-rendu

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A coverage/account

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S’attaquer à un problème

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Tackle to a prob

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Apparaitre (une crise, un probleme)

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To arise

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Etre prudent, reservé à propos de

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To be noncommittal about

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L’article se résume à une liste des inconvénients

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The article boils down to a list of the downsides

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Dorer, donner une image positive

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To burnish

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A critic

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Un critique (personne)

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Criticism

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Des critiques

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To entail

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Impliquer, entraîner

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Un révélateur

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An eye-opener

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Etendu, de grande portée

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Far-reaching

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Prévoir (autre que “predict”)

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To forecast

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En venir à l’essentiel

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Get to the point

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Guère, à peine

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Hardly

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Pour l’instant

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For the time being

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Rentrer dans les détails

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Get into particulars

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Voir les choses différemment de quelqu’un

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Not to see eye to eye with someone

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An: ideal

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Idyllique

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To imply

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Laisser entendre que, sous-entendre que

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It stands to reason that

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Il va sans dire que

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Une solution, remède miracle

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A magic bullet

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Faire une remarque

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To make a point

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Un sujet à controverse (avec : point)

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A moot point

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A savoir

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Namely

Nocif(2)

Noxious, harmful

Assez curieusement, étrangement

Oddly, strangely enough

A bien y réfléchir

On second thoughts

An outcome(an+fr)

A result Un résultat

An outline(an+fr) to outline

Frame Draft Shape =un plan (plutôt de devoir) contour dresser un tableau de

To overlook (an+fr)

Neglect Omit Disregard :passer outre, ne pas voir que

Subjectivité !pas litteralement

Partiality

Minimiser

To play down

Preposterous

Ridiculous

Etre enclin à faire qch

To be prone to doing sth

Un partisan

A proponent

Nuancer

To qualify

Remettre en cause la bonne foi de quelqu'un

To question somebody's good faith

Répugnance à faire quelque chose

Reluctance to do sth

Aller à l'encontre de

To run counter to

Scathing

=Caustic, stinging :virulent

Une question délicate

A sensitive issue

Pronouce: scheme

/ski:m/

Culpabiliser

To shame

Prise de position Prendre position Prendre parti

A stance, stand To take a stand Take side with

Steady

=regular :constant

Provenir de (2)

Result from | Stem from

Surmise

=assume, suppose

Tout porte à croire

There's every reason to believe

Things are getting better=

Looking up

Thrive

Prospérer

Subir, traverser

Undergo

Saper, miner, ébranler

To undermine

Il ne fait aucune doute que (1 mot)

Undoubtedly

Conseiller vivement

To urge

Avec le recul

With the benefit of hindsight