The Migrant Crisis Flashcards

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1
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a wake-up call

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un signal d’alarme

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to drown

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se noyer

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to hit the headlines

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faire la une

faire les gros titres

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to sound the alarm

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sonner l’alarme

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to spur governments into action

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inciter les gouvernements à agir

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to raise public awareness

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éveiller la conscience publique

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to take stock of the situation

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faire le bilan de la situation

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to make an assessment

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faire une évaluation

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to assess

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évaluer

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to sign up to an agreement/a treaty

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signer un accord/un traité

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an opt-out

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un désengagement

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to come by thousand

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venir par millier

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to pour sth into sth

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investir, déverser

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to flock to

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aller en groupe, en masse, affluer

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a flock of

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un troupeau de

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to be at stake

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être en jeu

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17
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to apply for asylum

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demander l’asile politique

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18
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to flee war

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fuir la guerre

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19
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to seek political asylum

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chercher l’asile politique

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to yearn for

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aspirer à, désirer ardemment

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21
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to start from the scratch

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partir de rien

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to be alluring to

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être attiré par

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to lure

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attirer (par la ruse)

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to be lured

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être attiré par

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25
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to be uprooted

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être déraciné

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26
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the unprecedented influx of migrants

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le flux de migrants sans précédent

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to arouse

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provoquer, attiser

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to stir

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remuer

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29
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to flare up

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apparaître

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an outburst

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emportement (émotionnel)
une explosion
une crise de larmes

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to spark

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provoquer

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32
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to share out

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répartir, partager

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33
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to resettle

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se réinstaller

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34
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to devise a plan

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imaginer un plan

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to work out a plan

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élaborer un plan, travailler sur un plan

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to speed up

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accélérer

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37
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to deport

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expulser, déporter

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to expel

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dégager, rejeter

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39
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a three-pronged approach

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une approche en 3 points

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40
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flimsy

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frêle

fragile

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41
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makeshift boats

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des radeaux de fortune

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42
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to scramble to do sth

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avoir du mal à faire qqch

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43
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to outline a plan

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donner les grandes lignes

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44
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to flood

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inonder

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45
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to try sb’s luck

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tenter sa chance

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46
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a standoff

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une situation tendue

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47
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to beef up action

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renforcer l’action

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48
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to be confounded

to be at loss

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ne pas savoir quoi faire

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49
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to screen people

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trier les personnes

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50
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to waive a restriction

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lever une restriction

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51
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at the core

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au centre

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52
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to stick

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coller

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glowing

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éclatant, lumineux

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54
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to live rough

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avoir une vie rude

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55
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to dodge

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éviter

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56
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vivid

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vif, fertile

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57
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cockroach

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un cafard

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58
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swarm of people

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une colonie, un essaim de personnes

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59
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to sneak

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se faufiler

se glisser

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60
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unfold

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se dérouler

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61
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to rank mid-table

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se classer au milieu

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62
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a bottleneck

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un gouleau, un embouteillage

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63
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to bear the brunt of migrants

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accueillir la plupart des migrants

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to squabble over

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se chamailler à propos de

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65
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to fester

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empirer

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a detainee

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un détenu

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67
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to spring up

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se soulever

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68
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a bogus asylum seeker

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un faux demandeur d’asile

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69
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to embody law and order

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incarner la loi et l’ordre

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to be adamant

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être ferme, inflexible

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an adamant / a tough stance on immigration

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une position inflexible sur l’immigration

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to convey a message

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conférer un message

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73
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a would-be migrant

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uen personne qui aimerait migrer

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74
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to carck down on

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agir plus sévèrement contre

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75
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to clamp down on

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mettre un frein à

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76
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to endorse a tough stance on

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soutenir une position sévère sur

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to tow

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remorquer, tracter, escorter

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78
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to deter

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dissuader

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79
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to jeopardize

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mettre en danger

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80
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sb’s lot

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le sort de qqun

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81
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sb’s plight

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la détresse de qqn, situation désespérée

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82
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to tighten

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renforcer

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83
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to relax

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assouplir

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84
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to enforce a selective immigration policy

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imposer une politique d’immigration sélective

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85
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to implement

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mettre en place

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86
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a genuine asylum seeker

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un “vrai” demandeur d’asile

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87
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to subcontract

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sous-traiter

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88
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to warn sb

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alerter, mettre en garde

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89
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to turn away

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se retourner, détourner le regard

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90
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to be crippled

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être paralysé, bloqué

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91
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an appalling, a dreadful story

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une histoire épouvantable

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to resort to

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avoir recours à

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to side with sb

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défendre qqun, être du côté de qqn

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to store data

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stocker des données

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95
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a distorsion of the truth

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une distorsion de la vérité

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96
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to confuse

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confondre

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97
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to distord

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distordre

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98
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the media hype

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le battage médiatique

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99
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to pander to sth

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s’accorder à, se conformer à

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100
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to be swamped

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être envahi

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101
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to undercut sth

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ronger, entamer

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102
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to put a strain on

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faire pression

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103
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to fret about, to worry about

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s’inquiéter de

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a conundrum

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un casse-tête

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the bulk of

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la majeure partie de

106
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disenfranchisement

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l’abstention

107
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a scapegoat

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un bouc émissaire

108
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a coward

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un lâche

109
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to keep abreast of sth

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se tenir au courant de

110
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to top the voters’ list of concern

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être en haut de la liste des préoccupations des électeurs

111
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to strain

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faire un effort

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to congregate

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se rassembler

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a shortage of

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un manque de

114
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to take the jobs away from nationals

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prendre les emplois des travailleurs locaux

115
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to undercut the minimum wages

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ronger le salaire minimum

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a benefit cheat

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un “tricheur”, un profiteur de prestations sociales

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to undermine

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saper, miner

118
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consistent

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cohérent, en accord avec

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the free market economy

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le libéralisme

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the tenets of

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les tenants de, les principes de

121
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to be split over

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être partagé, divisé

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to stem the flow of migrants

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juguler l’afflux de migrants

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an economic creed

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un principe économique

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a fierce opponent

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un opposant acharné

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to lurk in the background

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se cacher dans le paysage

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a hung parliament

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un parlement sans majorité

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a bone of contention

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un sujet de litige

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a contentious issue

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une question sensible, litigeuse

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to lurch to the right

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vaciller à droite

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to veer to the right

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virer à droite

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to divert attention

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détourner l’attention

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at the expense of

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au détriment de

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to stall

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êter à l’arrêt, ralentir

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to discard

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rejeter, abandonner, jeter

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to brush asde

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écarter, ignorer

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on the grounds that

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en raison de, au motif de

137
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shaky

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tremblant

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grim

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triste, sinistre, sombre

139
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the veil

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le voile

140
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cost-of-living benefits

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prestations du coût de la vie

141
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to be given the accomodation

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se attribuer un logement

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the freight terminal

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le terminal aérien de fret

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to board lorries heading for

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embarquer dans des camions en direction de

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stranded

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bloqué, coincé

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a lorry

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un camion

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impotence

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impuissance

147
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to bolster

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renforcer

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to get a grip

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avoir une prise

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to ease

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réduire, diminuer, alléger

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fraught

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stressant, tendu

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broader

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plus large

152
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to broaden

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élargir

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to rule sth out

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écarter, exclure, éliminer

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to gather/gain momentum

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prendre de la vitesse

155
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on tip-toe

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sur la pointe des pieds

156
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to hold an emergency meeting

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tenir une réunion d’urgence

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deterrence

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la dissuasion

158
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to advocate sth

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recommander, préconiser, prôner

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to seize

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s’emparer de, saisir

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a godsend

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une aubaine, une chance

161
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to scaremonger

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faire peur, alarmer

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to overstay one’s visa

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rester après expiration du visa

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to air a solution/an idea

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exprimer une solution, une idée

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to fall for it

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se faire avoir, être berné

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to deceive

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tromper

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to dwindle

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diminuer, baisser, se réduire

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to wane

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décroître, diminuer

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to be on the wane

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être en déclin

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to have a say

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avoir son mot à dire

170
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to pledge

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promettre

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to be true to his words

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tenir sa promesse, respecter sa parole

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to deliver on his promise

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tenir sa promesse

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to thwart

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repousser

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to hamper

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freiner, ralentir

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to hinder

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gêner, entraver

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payroll taxes

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les charges sociales

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to slash

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entailler, lacérer, réduire considérablement

178
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to axe

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réduire drastiquement, supprimer

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a batch of mesures

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une fournée de mesures

180
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to cap

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plafonner

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to cope with the arrival

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surmonter les arrivées

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to subsidize

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subventionner

183
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to be granted subsidies

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se voir attribuer des subventions

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to scrap subsidies/benefits

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laisser tomber des subventions/des allocations

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English-born locals

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les Anglais pure souche

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a boon

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une aubaine, une bénédiction

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a bane

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un drame, un fléau

188
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to tap into cheap labour force

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puiser dans la main d’oeuvre peu chère

189
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menial jobs

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emplois peu qualifiés

190
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the General election

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les élections législatives

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a constituency

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une circonscription

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to shun a job

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ne pas accepter un travail

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to cast the blame on

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rejeter le faute sur

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to be dysfuntional

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être dysfonctionnel

195
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to launch the NO campaign

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lancer la campagne du NON

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to fare better

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se débrouiller mieux

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to strip sb of

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priver qqn de

198
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to fast-track

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appliquer une procédure d’urgence

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an infringement on sth

A

une atteinte à

200
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to be lax on immigration

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être ouvert sur l’immigration

201
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to be in full-flight

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battre son plein

202
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to stifle

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étouffer, muscler

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to burnish

A

polir, brunir

204
Q

a by-election

A

une élection partielle

205
Q

to herald

A

proclamer, annoncer

206
Q

a bid

A

une annonce, une offre

207
Q

an appointement

A

une désignation

208
Q

to rail against

A

pester contre, critiquer violemment

209
Q

a shackle

A

une entrave

210
Q

to shackle

A

entraver

211
Q

a beggar

A

un mendiant

212
Q

a fraudster

A

un escroc, un arnaqueur

213
Q

a youngster

A

un jeune, un enfant

214
Q

acute

A

aigu

215
Q

to hail

A

acclamer, saluer

216
Q

to make inroads into

A

entamer

217
Q

staunchly

A

résolument, loyalement

218
Q

a stronghold

A

un bastion, une place forte

219
Q

to bare

A

dévoiler, découvrir, mettre à nu

220
Q

to encroach on

A

empiéter sur

221
Q

a major blow

A

un coup majeur

222
Q

a herd

A

un cheptel

223
Q

to have an edge

A

avoir un avantage

224
Q

a bail-out plan

A

un plan de sauvetage

225
Q

to bail-out

A

renflouer

226
Q

to spell out

A

préciser

227
Q

a cornerstone

A

une pierre angulaire

228
Q

cramped

A

surpeuplé

229
Q

the outcome

A

le résultat

230
Q

a tally

A

un score

231
Q

a short notice

A

un court délai

232
Q

to raise concerns about

A

faire part de ses inquiétudes

233
Q

to broaden the scope

A

élargir le cadre

234
Q

a tax heaven

A

un paradis fiscal

235
Q

the horn of Africa

A

la corne de l’Afrique

236
Q

hazardous

A

dangereux

237
Q

a hazard

A

un danger

238
Q

seawothiness

A

peu adapté à la mer

239
Q

a death toll

A

le nombre de morts

240
Q

To enslave

A

Reduire en esclavage

241
Q

To boast

A

Se venter

242
Q

Mildly

A

Modérément, doucement

243
Q

Grudgingly

A

A contre-coeur

244
Q

Paltry

A

Dérisoire, ridicule

245
Q

To rack up

A

Accumuler, amasser

246
Q

Eager

A

Fervent, ardent, passionné

247
Q

To dump

A

Jeter, décharger

248
Q

To run up against

A

Se heurter à

249
Q

A hellhole

A

Un taudis, un trou à rats

250
Q

Swift

A

Rapide

251
Q

To poach

A

Pocher, braconner

252
Q

To recoil

A

Reculer, faire un bond en arrière

253
Q

To retort sth

A

Rétorquer, riposter

254
Q

Rub along

A

Bien s’entendre

255
Q

Idle

A

Désœuvré, sans intérêt

256
Q

Un signal d’alarme

A

A wake-up call