The Economist Flashcards

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Porter plainte contre quelqu’un

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To bring charges against sb

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Une révolte a éclaté

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Rioting erupted

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Sans armes

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Unarmed

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Déclencher un débat sur

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To spark a debate about

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Être mortellement touché

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To be shot fatally

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Brandir une arme

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To brandish a gun

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Un décret

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Executive order

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Immigrant sans papier

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Undocumented immigrants

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Démissionner de son poste de secrétaire à La Défense

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To resign as America’s defence secretary

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Nommer, désigner quelqu’un

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To appoint sb

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Être soumis à une pression croissante

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To come under increasing strain

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Casser le moral

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To sour the mood

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Être l’attaque la plus mortelle

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To be the deadliest such attack

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Être jugé

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To go on trial

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T

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To be stepping up a crackdown

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15
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Gaz lacrymogène

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Tear-gas

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Important

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Prominent

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Pleurer la mort de

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To mourn the death of

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Un match locale

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A domestic match

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Un casque

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A helmet

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Succomber à ses blessures

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To die from his injuries

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Pourparlers, négociations de paix

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Peace talks

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Reprendre

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To resume

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Interrogatoire de police

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Interrogation

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Passer la date limite, le dernier délai, date d’échéance

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To miss a deadline

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La levée des sanctions

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The lifting of sanctions

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Complet, exhaustif

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Comprehensive

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De nombreuses personnes

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Scores of people

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Concurrent, participant, prétendant

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Contender

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Prendre le contrôle

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To take over

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Aller aux urnes

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To go to the polls

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Chiite

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Shia

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Parce que

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on the grounds that

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Défenseur de la laïcité

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Secularist

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Tour décisif

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Run-off

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Dévoiler

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To unveil

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Relancer

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To kick start

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Moribond

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The moribund

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Plateforme indépendantiste

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A pro-independence platform

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Proposition de décentralisation qui donne plus de pouvoir au parlement écossais

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To propose devolving more powers to the Scottish parliament

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Sévir contre

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To tack right

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En très forte hausse

A

Soaring