The Economist 2 Flashcards by Jordane Eugénie | Brainscape

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Noyade

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Drowning

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Privation de sommeil

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Sleep deprivation

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Être retenu en captivité

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To be held captive

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Groupe/société affilié

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Affiliate

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Réaliser, confectionner

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To craft

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Disposer, étendre

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To lay out

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Donateur

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Donor

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Comme prévu

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As expected

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En fonction, en place

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Incumbent

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Convoquer, se réunir

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To convene

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La faillite, banqueroute

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Bankruptcy

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Plan de restructuration de la dette

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Debt-restructuring plan

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Superviser, chapeauter, surveiller

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To oversee

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Appuyer ses revendications

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To press One’s demand

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Manifestant

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Demonstrator, protester

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Franchement, sans ménagement

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Bluntly

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Faire allusion à

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To allude to

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Être sous le feu de l’ennemi

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To be under fire

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Système d’évitement fiscal

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Tax-avoidance schemes

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Sévir

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To crack down on

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Démissionner pour motif de

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To resign over

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Facilement

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Handily

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Exposer les grandes lignes, brosser un tableau de, donner un aperçu de

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To outline

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Chasse d’eau, être plein de

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Flush, To be flushed with

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Gêner, entraver, faire obstacle à

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To hinder

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Année universitaire

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Academic year

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Fortes tensions de part les revendications

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Heightened tensions over demands

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Lieux sacrés, saints

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Holy sites

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Susciter des inquiétudes quant à

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To raise concerns that

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Estimer, penser que

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To reckon

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Couper la production

Être désireuse de retrouver la ligne

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To trim output

To be keen To get back in trim

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Renforcer son habilité à

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To bolster one’s ability to

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Décapitation

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Beheading

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Travailleur humanitaire

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Aid worker