The Economist - "Chaguan - CHN/USA" (26.09.2020) Flashcards

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tit for tat

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un pris pour un rendu / “oeil pour oeil, dent pour dent”

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a buzzword

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un mot à la mode

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to be keen on

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être enclin à

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to fill officials’ speeches

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nourrir les discours de représentants

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“level playing field”

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règles du jeu de la concurrence équitables (Brexit)

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import tariffs

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droits d’importation

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trade law

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droit commercial

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to raid

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piller, dépouiller

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deterrence

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dissuasion

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breezy arguments

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des arguments désinvoltes

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“wolf warrior”

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loup combattant, “va-t-en guerre”

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is no cure-all

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n’est pas la panacée, le remède miracle

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to be getting even

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être quitte (avec qqun)

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to lurk

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guetter

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15
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grim assessment

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analyse sinistre (=bleak)

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a flawed template

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un modèle défectueux

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dry trade law

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droit commercial pur

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a management role

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un rôle d’encadrement

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at least rhetorically

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du moins de façon rhétorique

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attorney general

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Procureur général

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a “surplus of strength”

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un “excès de puissance”

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to be more assertive

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être plus vindicatif

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to attack the United States head on

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s’attaquer “bille en tête” aux États-Unis

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a bid

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faire une offre, une enchère

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a news bureau

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un bureau d’information / de correspondants (médias)

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bleak

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sombre, austère (=grim)

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to lash out at sombody

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s’en prendre à qqun / se déchaîner contre qqun