Sup-Voc Essentiel Flashcards by Mikael Tcherneian | Brainscape

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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

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Nocif(2)

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Noxious, harmful

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Assez curieusement, étrangement

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Oddly, strangely enough

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A bien y réfléchir

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On second thoughts

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An outcome(an+fr)

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A result

Un résultat

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An outline(an+fr)

to outline

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Frame
Draft
Shape

=un plan (plutôt de devoir)
contour

dresser un tableau de

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To overlook (an+fr)

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Neglect
Omit
Disregard

:passer outre, ne pas voir que

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Subjectivité

!pas litteralement

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Partiality

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Minimiser

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To play down

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Preposterous

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Ridiculous

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Etre enclin à faire qch

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To be prone to doing sth

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Un partisan

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A proponent

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Nuancer

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To qualify

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Remettre en cause la bonne foi de quelqu’un

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To question somebody’s good faith

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Répugnance à faire quelque chose

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Reluctance to do sth

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Aller à l’encontre de

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To run counter to

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Scathing

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=Caustic, stinging

:virulent

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Une question délicate

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A sensitive issue

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Pronouce: scheme

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/ski:m/

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Culpabiliser

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To shame

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Prise de position
Prendre position
Prendre parti

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A stance, stand
To take a stand
Take side with

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Steady

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=regular

:constant

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Provenir de (2)

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Result from

Stem from

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Surmise

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=assume, suppose

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Tout porte à croire

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There’s every reason to believe

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Things are getting better=

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Looking up

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Thrive

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Prospérer

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Subir, traverser

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Undergo

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Saper, miner, ébranler

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To undermine

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Il ne fait aucune doute que (1 mot)

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Undoubtedly

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Conseiller vivement

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To urge

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Avec le recul

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With the benefit of hindsight