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1
Q

la dentelle

A

lace

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couper (une boisson)
agrémenter
pimenter X de Y

A

to lace X with Y

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3
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un contexte

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a backdrop

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un tambour

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a drum

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des exhortations (= des incitations)
des appels continus
A

drumbeat

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une légère augmentation

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an uptick

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1) un porte-feuille

2) un éventail, une gamme

A

a portfolio

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Q

chercher à faire qch

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to seek to do sth (sought/sought)

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Q

renoncer à qch

A

to forgo sth

se conjugue exactement comme “go” à tous les temps, avec “for” en préfixe

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Q

les exportations

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exports

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les importations

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imports

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s’abstenir de qch

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to abstain from sth

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un accord

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an agreement

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faire entrer qch
marquer le début de qch
(+ pour inaugurer qch ?)

A

to usher sth in

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un allié

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an ally

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une charge

un fardeau

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a burden

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être en-deçà de qch

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to fall short of sth

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18
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une indication

une recommandation

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a guideline

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19
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tordre

essorer

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to wring (wrung/wrung)

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20
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l’inquiétude

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hand-wringing

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21
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OTAN

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NATO

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un sommet

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a summit

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ostensiblement

= d’une manière que l’on veut apparente

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pointedly

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une clause

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a provision

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25
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faire machine arrière

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to backtrack

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s’employer à qch

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to go about sth

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l’engagement

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commitment

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s’engager à qch

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to commit oneself to sth

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apaiser qqn

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to placate sb

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un basculement (géopolitique)

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a pivot

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en décalage avec qch
en désaccord avec qch
en contradiction avec qch

A

at odds with sth

32
Q

méditer

réfléchir (de manière lâche)

A

to muse

33
Q

inverser un processus

A

to reverse a process

34
Q

1) (se) congeler

2) (se) figer, (s’) immobiliser

A

to freeze

35
Q

appuyer

renforcer qch

A

to back sth up

36
Q

un bombardier

A

a bomber

37
Q

maintenir

A

to sustain sth

38
Q

pérenne

résistant

A

sustainable

39
Q

un porte-avion

A

an aircraft carrier

40
Q

démolir

étriller qqn

A

to lambast sb

41
Q

1) à bout de bras
2) à distance respectable
de manière distante

A

at arm’s length

42
Q

des indices

des preuves

A

evidence

43
Q

une croisière

A

a cruise

44
Q

un missile téléguidé

A

a cruise missile

45
Q

la primauté

A

primacy

46
Q

libéral (au sens politique et moral)

A

liberal

47
Q

libéral (au sens économique)

A

free-market

48
Q

en soi

intrinsèquement

A

in its/his/her/their

own right

49
Q

appâter qqn

A

to lure sb

50
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1) porter qch (vêtement)

2) user (physiquement ou mentalement)

A

to wear sth

51
Q

familier

bien connu

A

well-worn

52
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usé jusqu’à la corde

A

worn-out

53
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un bouc émissaire

A

a scapegoat

54
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déstabilisant

perturbateur

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disruptive

55
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confiant

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confident

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(se) retirer

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to withdraw

57
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flétrir

A

to wither

58
Q

la vigne

A

vine

59
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pourrir sur pied

A

to wither on the vine

60
Q

affirmer

prétendre que…

A

to contend that…

61
Q

contrôler
évaluer qch
(dans le jargon politique)

A

to audit sth

62
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appliquer

mettre en œuvre qch

A

to enforce sth

63
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souligner

signaler qch

A

to point sth out

64
Q

jeter qch par dessus bord

se débarrasser de qch

A

to jettison sth

65
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qch mis à part

A

aside from sth

66
Q

épars

A

stray

67
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errer

A

to stray

68
Q

un chat errant

A

a stray cat

69
Q

pas du tout

A

not one whit (informel)

70
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parfaire qch

A

to perfect sth

71
Q

une matraque

A

a bludgeon

72
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faire l’éloge de qqn / qch

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to praise sb / sth

73
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frôler

s’approcher dangereusement de qch

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to skate close to sth

74
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pur et simple

A

outright

75
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l’intolérance

A

bigotry

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