The Economist 3 Flashcards

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Satirique

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Satirical

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Le dernier numéro du (journal)

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The latest issue appeared of

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Subir une attaque meurtrière de

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Murderously assaulted by

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Représenter, dépeindre

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To depict

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Tout vendu/épuisé (tout vendre)

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Sold out (to sell out)

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Organiser une marche de protestation d’1,6 millions de personnes contre l’extrémisme à laquelle ont assisté

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To stage a 1.6m-strong protest march against extremism attended by

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Un islamiste radical

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Radical islamist

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Semble avoir été

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Is thought to have been

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Conseiller/guider

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To mentor

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Battre de justesse

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To narrowly defeat

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En place/en fonction

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Incumbent

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Décider d’autoriser ou non

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To decide whether to permit

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Cultures/plantes génétiquement modifiés

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Genetically modified crops

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L’interdiction générale

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Blanked bans

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Le cessez-le-feu a été rompu

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Ceasefire was shattered

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Reprendre le combat

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To renew fighting

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Maîtriser/juguler/modérer

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To curb

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Polluants

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Pollutants

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Représenter/expliquer

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To account for

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Menace

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Threat

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Sévir contre le vol de données personnelles

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To crack down on the theft of personal data

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Se présenter à nouveau aux présidentielles

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Running again for president

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Une offre

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A bid

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Dégel/fonte (faire fondre)

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Thaw (to thaw)

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Tenir/respecter une promesse
To fulfill a promise
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Normaliser les relations
To normalize relations
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La chute/l'effondrement du prix du pétrole
The slump in the price of oil
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Manques / pénuries
Shortages
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Biens de consommation
Consumer goods
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Faire accroître l'inflation/entraîner une hausse
To push up inflation
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Mener/conduire
To lead
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De longues files d'attentes
Lengthy queues
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Procureur
Prosecutor
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Alléguer que
To allege that
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Dissimuler/couvrir
To cover up
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Controversé/ discutable
Controversial
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Regarder / étudier de près
To look into
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Faciliter/soulager/alléger/atténuée/réduire
To ease
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Un conflit prolongé entre
A prolonged dispute between
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Provoquer/susciter de violentes manifestations
To spark violent protests
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Négocier un cessez-le-feu
To negociate a ceasefire
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Déclarer un cessez-le-feu unilatéral
To declare a unilateral ceasefire
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Donner en retour/rendre la pareille
To reciprocate
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Une trêve
A truce
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Réarmer
To rearm
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Rejeter / annuler (une décision)
To overturn
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Un nouveau procès/ une révision
A retrial
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Être défait de son poste de président, le président à été renversé
To be overthrown as president
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Derrière les barreaux
Behind bous
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Être accusé de
To be accused of
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Un groupe djihadiste
A jihadist group
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Le carnage
The carnage
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Fouetter
To flog (to be flogged)
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Créer/installer/mettre en place un site web
Setting up a website
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Groupes de défense des droits de l'homme
Human-rights groups
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Défiler
To march
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Défense de la liberté d'expression
Defence of free speech
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Être éliminé/être évacué
To be disposed of