Text: The Trump administration’s latest plan to prop up coal Flashcards

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Soutenir, appuyer, renforcer qqch

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prop up sth

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désigné pour, dédié à

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dedicated to

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défaire

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to unpick

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réellement en vigueur

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actually in force

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poser qqch

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to lay sth (laid,laid)

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embaucher, engager qqn

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to hire

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à la fois

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at once

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une fois encore

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once again

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de temps à autre, de temps en temps

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once in awhile

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à travers, au travers

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through

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particulièrement, notamment

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especially

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imposante, puissante

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mighty

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reconnaissant

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appreciative

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pivoter, virer, “tuer”

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to slew

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fautif, choquant

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offending

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balayage

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sweeping

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s’est enlisé

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has been bogged down

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les malheurs, les problèmes, les maux

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the woes

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ils sont moins dus à…

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they are due less

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l’ingérence du gouvernement

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government interference

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ingérence, entrave, intervention, perturbation

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interference

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réglementation, législation

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regulation

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renouvelables

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renewables

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tel que

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such as

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moins d’entre eux sont nécessaires

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fewer of them are needed

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toutefois, cependant

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all the same

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chercher, viser à, aspirer à

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to seek (sought,sought)

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annuler qqch, défaire

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to undo (undid,undone)

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centrales électriques

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power plants

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doubler qqch

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to dub sth

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doublé, appelé

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dubbed

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leurs objectifs de réductions des émissions

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their emissions-reductions targets

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vente au détail

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retail

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un simple

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a mere

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un carburant polluant

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a pollution-belching fuel

belching = éructation, du verbe éructer = rejeter des gaz par un tube digestif

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monter en flèche, jaillir

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shoot up

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en parti grâce à

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thanks in part

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plus loin

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further

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en outre

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furthermore

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une baisse

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a drop

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rassembler, mobiliser

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to muster

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centrale à charbon

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coal-fired power plants

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pléthore (= abondance, excès)

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bevy

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danger, risque

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hazard

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dangereux

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hazardous

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couper, réduire, découper

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to cut (cut,cut)

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attendre, espérer, penser

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to expect

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de même

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similarly

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consternant

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dismaying

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consterner qqn

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to dismay sb

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particules fines

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fine particulate matter

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subvention

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subsidisation

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professé, déclaré

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professed

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professer (= déclarer hautement avoir un sentiment, une croyance, etc)

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to profess

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généralement, habituellement

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usually

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diversifié

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diverse

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fiable

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reliable

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portefeuille

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portfolio

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domination

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dominance

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… , indique le document

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, the document reads.

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son maximum, de son mieux pour

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its utmost

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pour assouplir

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to relax

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retarder

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to delay

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rejet, décharge

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discharge

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métaux lourds

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heavy metal

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plomb

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lead

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assouplir, détendre, desserrer, relâcher

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to loosen sth

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également, aussi

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also

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cendres de charbon

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coal ash

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un sous-produit

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a by-product

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lixivier (en chimie), lessiver

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leach

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cours d’eau, ruisseau, torrent

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stream

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purement et simplement

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out-and-out

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réseau électrique

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power grid

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the theory

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le principe

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résilience (sous-entend résistance)

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resilience

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liens étroits, proches

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close links

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responsables de la politique environnementale

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officials driving environmental policy

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un ancien

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a former

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l’air pur

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clean-air

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un avocat de l’industrie du charbon

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a lawyer for the coal industry

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se retrouver dans/près, clôturer qqch (un débat par exemple)

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wind up

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préoccupation, inquiétude

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concern

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left-behind

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laissé-pour-compte, laissé de côté, restant

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exploitants

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operators

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roughly

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approximativement, grossièrement

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hors norme, hors du commun, énorme

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outsized

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a beaucoup avoir avec…

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has much to do with…

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par la force physique seulement

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through brawn alone

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résurgence (= fait de ressortir, de réapparaitre, resurgir)

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resurgence

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fonctionne bien, marche bien avec

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play well

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classe/base-ouvrière blanche

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white working-class

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livrer, fournir, offrir, réaliser

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to deliver

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longues, interminables, fastidieuses

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lengthly

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poursuites (juridiques)

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lawsuits

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programme

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agenda

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passer, dépenser, consacrer

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to spend (spent,spent)

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mais pendant que…

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but as…

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boxe invisible (dans le sens de tergiverser, se quereller, etc..)

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Shadow-boxing

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sans encombres

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uncumbered

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He laid the once-mighty industry low through onerous regulation.

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= il a imposé une régulation onéreuse à la faible industrie - autrefois puissante.

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Natural gas is a cheaper and cleaner fuel, made abundantly available by the fracking boom.

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= Le gaz naturel est un carburant moins cher et plus propre, rendu disponible en abondance grâce à l’essor (le “boom”) de la fracturation.

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…by 32% from 2005 levels by 2030—before it goes into effect.

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= …de 32% par rapport aux niveaux de 2005, d’ici 2030, avant qu’il n’entre en vigueur.

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A leaked set of White House talking-points given to The Economist confirms this.

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= Une série de points de discussion divulgués par la Maison Blanche à The Economist le confirme.

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Where they will wind up after their turn in public office is anyone’s guess.

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= On se demande où ils finiront après leur tour dans la fonction publique.

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There are as many craft and fine artists as coal miners.

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= Il y a autant d’artisants et d’artistes de précisions que de mineurs de charbon.

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But as Democrats and Republicans spend years shadow-boxing over the future of energy policy, climate change will continue unencumbered.

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= Mais pendant que les démocrates et les républicains passent des années à tergiverser l’avenir de la politique énergétique, le changement climatique se poursuivra sans encombre.