T3L1 Cross-Cultural acumen I Flashcards

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perspicacité, flair

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acumen

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mentalité

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mindset

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3
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histoires nationales

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national narratives

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loyal

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staunch

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5
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entreprendre de faire

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to set out to do

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prémisse

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premise

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tentative

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attempt

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hostilité, inimitié

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enmity

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céder, renoncer

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to give in

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imposer

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to thrust upon

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subir

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to undergo

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12
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soulever une question importante

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to beg an important question

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13
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différend

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a dispute

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14
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légalement responsable

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liable for

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15
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à première vue

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prima facie

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16
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presque jamais

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hardly ever

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17
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adapter, accommoder

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to accommodate

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18
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éblouir, fasciner

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dazzle

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19
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un goût pour

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a fondness for

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20
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bavarder, faire des commérages

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to gossip

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21
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se quereller, disputer

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to quarrel

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22
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dans l’ensemble

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overall, by and large

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transmettre, rendre, transformer en

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to render

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allégorie, parabole

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trope

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aspiration
yearning
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devise
motto
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attrait
appeal
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mépris pour
contempt for
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tendresse, amour, faiblesse (sucrerie)
fondness
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pacifiste, irénique
irenic
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héritage, patrimoine
legacy
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ouvrir la voie à
to clear the way for | to pave the way for
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être accusé de
to be charged with vb+ing
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entraver
to hinder
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décrire, représenter
to portray
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claironner, proclamer
to trumpet
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faire appel à, recouvrir à, s'inspirer de
to draw on
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héritier de
heir to
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notamment, et non le moindre élément
at least
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courage, cran
pluck
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tentative de
attempt at
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depuis lors
ever since
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ruse
guile
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homologue
counterpart
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description, représentation
depiction
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tant est si bien que
so much so that
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saper
undermine
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atout
asset
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refléter
to mirror
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aussi longtemps que
as long as
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retrait de
withdrawal from
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mesquin
petty
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imagination, rêveries
fantasies
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audace
boldness
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bienveillant
benevolent
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user, épuiser
wear down
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caoutchouc
rubber
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découler, dériver de
stem from
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provenir de, résulter de
arise from
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propre, net
tidy
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laïcité
secularism
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souligner, sous-tendre
underline
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remettre en question
to challenge
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événement marquant
landmark
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accorder (par ex un privilège)
to grant
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cohérence
consistency
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jouir de, bénéficier de
enjoy
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révéler, manifester (courage)
to exhibit
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digne de
worthy of
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craindre, reculer devant
to shy away from
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déplorer
to lament
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pression
strain, pressure
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essor
rise
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figurer sur
to feature on
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fastueux
lavish
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rétrécir, diminuer
to shrink
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consternation
dismay
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quoique, bien que
albeit
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acclamer, saluer (person)
to hail
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récit
yarn
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ridiculiser, tourner en dérision
to lampoon
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puissant
potent