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

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To fulfill a promise

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Normaliser les relations

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To normalize relations

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La chute/l’effondrement du prix du pétrole

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The slump in the price of oil

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Manques / pénuries

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Shortages

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Biens de consommation

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Consumer goods

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Faire accroître l’inflation/entraîner une hausse

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To push up inflation

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Mener/conduire

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To lead

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De longues files d’attentes

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Lengthy queues

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Procureur

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Prosecutor

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Alléguer que

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To allege that

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Dissimuler/couvrir

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To cover up

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Controversé/ discutable

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Controversial

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Regarder / étudier de près

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To look into

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Faciliter/soulager/alléger/atténuée/réduire

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To ease

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Un conflit prolongé entre

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A prolonged dispute between

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Provoquer/susciter de violentes manifestations

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To spark violent protests

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Négocier un cessez-le-feu

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To negociate a ceasefire

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Déclarer un cessez-le-feu unilatéral

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To declare a unilateral ceasefire

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Donner en retour/rendre la pareille

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To reciprocate

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Une trêve

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A truce

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Réarmer

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To rearm

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Rejeter / annuler (une décision)

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To overturn

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Un nouveau procès/ une révision

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A retrial

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Être défait de son poste de président, le président à été renversé

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To be overthrown as president

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Derrière les barreaux

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Behind bous

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Être accusé de

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To be accused of

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Un groupe djihadiste

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A jihadist group

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Le carnage

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The carnage

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Fouetter

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To flog (to be flogged)

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Créer/installer/mettre en place un site web

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Setting up a website

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Groupes de défense des droits de l’homme

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Human-rights groups

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Défiler

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To march

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Défense de la liberté d’expression

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Defence of free speech

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Être éliminé/être évacué

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To be disposed of