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The Tories's barmiest policy Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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agile

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nimble

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réduire la régulation

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to slice regulations

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prospérer

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to thrive

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paperasserie

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red tape

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entraver

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to hobble, to hinder

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entrain d’étouffer, haletant

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stifling

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des cargaisons/masses de

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planeloads of

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à peine (2 versions)

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hardly, scarcely

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complètement (2 versions)

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comprehensively, completely

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les derniers chiffres indiquent

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the latest tally stands at

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forcé

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squeezed

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délivré, distribué

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handed out

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supporter les tracas

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to put up with the hassle of

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instable, inconstant

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flighty

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miner

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to sap

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ne parvient pas à (3e personne)

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fails to

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fait de son mieux (3e personne)

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does its outmost to

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envoyer un message hostile/signaler son hostilité

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to signal hostility

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tromper le public

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to mislead the public

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au nom de

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on behalf of

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les caisses de l’Etat/les finances publiques

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the public purse

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évoquer, soulever

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to bring up

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être audacieux

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to be bold

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un virage à 180°

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a U-turn

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… fait encore moins bien

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scores even lower

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supporter

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to put up with

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the purse

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la bourse

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it has hacked back

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ça a éliminé

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an asset

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un atout

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a boon

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une bénédiction

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a bane

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un fléau

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essuyer les conséquences de, faire les frais de

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to bear the brunt of

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compte tenu de

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given the…

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depuis qu’il a été nommé 1er ministre, Cameron s’est efforcé de…

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Since he took over as B’s Prime Minister, Cameron has striven to…

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la situation est d’autant plus inquiétante que

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The situation is all the more worrying as

The situation is all the more worrying since

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par conséquent

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as a consequence

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une décalage, une divergence

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a discrepancy

..this causes a discrepancy between big companies and small companies..

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c’est une évidence, il va sans dire que, de toute évidence

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to state the obvious

..to state the obvious, young producers are the future of agriculture

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être vain, d’aucune utilité

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to be of no avail

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alarmiste

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scaremongering

..scaremongering speeches

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