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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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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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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Interrogatoire de police

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Interrogation

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Passer la date limite, le dernier délai, date d'échéance
To miss a deadline
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La levée des sanctions
The lifting of sanctions
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Complet, exhaustif
Comprehensive
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De nombreuses personnes
Scores of people
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Concurrent, participant, prétendant
Contender
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Prendre le contrôle
To take over
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Aller aux urnes
To go to the polls
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Chiite
Shia
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Parce que
on the grounds that
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Défenseur de la laïcité
Secularist
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Tour décisif
Run-off
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Dévoiler
To unveil
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Relancer
To kick start
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Moribond
The moribund
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Plateforme indépendantiste
A pro-independence platform
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Proposition de décentralisation qui donne plus de pouvoir au parlement écossais
To propose devolving more powers to the Scottish parliament
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Sévir contre
To tack right
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En très forte hausse
Soaring