Thème grammatical Flashcards

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Une récente enquête indique que 63% des maires iraient jusqu’à refuser l’installation d’une industrie polluante dans leur communes.

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According to a recent survey 63% of mayors apparently go as far as to say no to to the setting of a polluting industry in their municipalities.

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Qu’on s’en réjouisse ou qu’on le déplore, la publicité est devenue depuis longtemps un moyen de communication à sens unique, et lancer une campagne de publicité prend de longue semaines.

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Like it or not, advertising has become a one-way means communication for long time and launching an advertising campaign takes weeks on end.

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Les cambrioleurs ont emporté un tableau dont la valeur s’élevait à plusieurs millions d’euros.

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The burglars stole a painting whose price reached several million pounds.

The burglars stole a painting, the price of which reached several million pounds.

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Il y avait au moins 50 candidats dont une partie seulement parlait couramment le hollandais.

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There were at least 50 candidates, only a part of whom could speak Dutch fluently.

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C’est un rapport dont le Times a publié les extraits dans son édition d’hier.

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It’s a report which the Times published extracts from in its yesterday edition.

It’s a report from which the Times published extracts in its yesterday edition.

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Les agents de change regrettent que le marché ne soit pas orienté à la hausse (à la baisse).

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The stockbrokers wish the market were bullish (≠ bearish).

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Il aimerait mieux siéger à la Chambre des Représentants (des Communes) plutôt qu’au Sénat à cause de la participation électorale des conseils d’administration.

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He would rather sit in the House of Representatives (of Commons) than in the Senate due to the electoral turnout of the boards of directors.

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Il pensait qu’il ferait la navette cinq jours par semaine quand il habiterait à Londres.

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He thought that he would commute five days a week when he lived in London.

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Elle disait qu’elle ferait de la recherches qu’elle aurait obtenu son diplôme à Oxford.

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She said she would work in research as soon as she had graduated from Oxford.

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