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UNIT 11 Flashcards

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une affaire de plus en plus prospère

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a more and more prosperous business

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la langue la plus parlée

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the most widely-spoken language

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un pays incroyablement beau

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an incredibly beautiful country

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les personnes âgées

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the elderly / elderly people

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les sourds

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the deaf

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les jeunes

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the young

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les handicapés

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the handicapped

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les infirmes

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the disabled

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les plus démunis

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the most destitute

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les blessés

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the injured

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les chômeurs

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the unemployed

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un fou

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a madman

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Pour de plus amples informations, appelez 0870… SVP.

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For further information, please all 0870…

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enseignement post-scolaire

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further education

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jusqu’à nouvel ordre

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until further notice

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Plus j’avance en âge, moins je suis sage.

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The older I get, the less wise I am.

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Plus il parlait, plus cela devenait intéressant.

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The longer he talked, the more interesting it was becoming.

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plus les gens deviennent riches, moins ils ont d’enfants.

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The richer people get, the fewer children they have.

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Il n’est jamais parvenu à me convaincre.

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He’s never succeeded in convincing me.

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Elle a eu du mal à traverser la frontière.

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She had difficulty (in) crossing the border.

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As-tu déjà envisagé de te teindre les cheveux ?

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Have you ever thought of dyeing your hair ?

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Le plan consiste à réformer le système de santé.

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The plan consists in reforming the health system.

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J’ai l’intention de rentrer dans la police.

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I’m planning on joining the police.

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Tu as envie d’aller faire un tour ?

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Do you feel like going for a stroll ?

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Il ne pouvait se retenir d’insulter sa soeur.

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He couldn’t refrain from insulting his sister.

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Il faudrait toujours s’abstenir d’avoir recours à la violence.

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One should always abstain from resorting to violence.

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Il veut absolument y aller seul.

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He insists on going alone.

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Comment vas-tu ?

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How are you ? / How are you doing ?

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Ce pantalon ne te va pas bien.

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These trousers don’t fit you (taille) / These trousers don’t suit you (esthétique).

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30
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aller en voiture

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to drive

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s’en aller

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to leave, to go, to go away.

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vieillir

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to age

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équilibrer

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to balance

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censurer

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to censor

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exprimer

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to voice

Critics voiced their concern over the proposal

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36
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faire connaître

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to air

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mettre son véto

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to veto

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faire taire

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to silence

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accueillir

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to host

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présider

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to chair

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commercialiser un produit

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to market a product

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influencer

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to shape

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concurrent

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competitor

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conquérant

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conqueror

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traître

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traitor

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dictateur

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dictator

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inventeur

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inventor

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investisseur

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investor

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négociateur

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negotiator

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oppresseur

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oppressor

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spéculateur

spéculer = réfléchir sur une question, spéculer sur l’avenir

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speculator

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successeur

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successor

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survivant

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survivor

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opérateur

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operator

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manifestant

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demonstrator

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56
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Enfin, je souhaiterais commenter le point de vue de l’auteur à ce sujet.

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Finally / Lastly / Last I’d like to comment on the writer’s view on this subject.

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Il est enfin arrivé !

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He’s arrived at last ! / At last he’s arrived !

58
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Finalement, on a dû payer deux fois plus.

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Eventually / In the end we had to pay twice as much.

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réaliste

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realistic

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idéaliste

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idealistic

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athée

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atheistic

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optimiste

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optimistic

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pessimiste

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pessimistic

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matérialiste

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materialistic

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individualiste

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individualistic

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narcissique

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narcissistic

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égoïste

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egoistic

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impérialiste

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imperialistic

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chauvin

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chauvinistic

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moralisateur

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moralistic

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sadique

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sadistic

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masochiste

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masochistic

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impressioniste

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impressionistic

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journalistique

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journalistic

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l’économie mondiale

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the global economy

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une frontière

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a border, a frontier

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le commerce, les échanges

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trade

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l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce, l’OMC

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the World Trade Organization, the WTO

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le libre-échange

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free trade

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un partisan du libre-échange

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a free trader

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l’économie de marché

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the free market, free-market economy

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un partisan du libéralisme

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a free-marketeer

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le libéralisme

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liberalism

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la déréglementation

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deregulation

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une zone de libre-échange

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a free trade area

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un partenaire commercial

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a trading partner

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un excédent / déficit commercial

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a trade surplus / deficit

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un exportateur / un importateur

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an exporter / an importer

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un pays exportateur d’énergie

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an energy-exporting country

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le taux de change

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the exchange rate

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s’emparer d’un marché

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to corner, to capture a market

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mesures protectionnistes

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protectionist measures

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les tarifs douaniers, les droits de douane

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tariffs

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les droits de douane

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customs duties

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les barrières douanières

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trade barriers

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les barrières tarifaires / non-tarifaires

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tariff barriers / non-tariff barriers

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abaisser / supprimer les barrières douanières

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to lower / to remove trade barriers

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le Tiers-Monde

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the Third World

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un pays émergent

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an emerging country

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les PMA, les pays les moins avancés

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LDCs, least developed countries

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un pays émergent, une économie émergente

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an emerging economy

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le commerce équitable

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fair trade

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les délocalisations

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outsourcing, offshoring, relocating

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délocaliser des emplois

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to outsource, to relocate jobs

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le travail des enfants

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child labour

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les nomes en matière d’emploi

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labour standards

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les normes en matière d’environnement

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environmental standards

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les coûts de production

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production costs

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les coûts salariaux

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wage costs

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la concurrence

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competition

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un concurrent

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a competitor

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compétitif

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competitive

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la compétitivité

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competitiveness

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être à la traîne

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to lag behind

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l’américanisation

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Americanization

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l’occidentalisation

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Westernization

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l’uniformisation

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standardization

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l’exception culturelle

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cultural exception / cultural exemption

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un militant anti-mondialiste

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an antiglobalization activist

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un militant anti-mondialiste

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an antiglobalist

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l’altermondialisme

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alter-globalization

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la démondialisation

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deglobalization

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On dit que les Américains sont plus matérialistes que les Britanniques.

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The Americans are said to be more materialistic than the British / British people.

124
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Le lac se trouve plus loin, dans une région extraordinairement belle.

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The lake is further away in an extraordinarily beautiful region (area).

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Les autres survivants ont eu du mal à se faire entendre.

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The other survivors had difficulty (in) making themselves heard.

126
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Les Français passent presque cinq heures par jour à regarder la télévision.

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The French people spend nearly five hours a day watching television.

127
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Plus les manifestants font de bruit, plus la police est violente.

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The noisier the demonstrators / protesters are, the more violent the police are.

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Tu lui prouveras que tu es plus fort qu’elle en t’abstenant de la critiquer.

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You’ll prove to her that you are stronger than she is by abstaining / refraining from criticizing her.

129
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La pire solution consisterait à nous en aller sans rien dire.

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The worst solution would consist in going away without saying anything.

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Enfin ! Il a réussi à faire taire sa fille !

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At last ! He’s managed to silence his daughter !

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Je n’ai vraiment pas envie d’aller à pied à l’hôpital.

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I really don’t feel like walking to the hospital / going to the hospital on foot.

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Elle est masochiste : elle ne peut pas s’empêcher de travailler le dimanche.

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She is masochistic : she can’t help working on Sundays.

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l’aîné

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the elder

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ma soeur aînée

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my elder sister

et non pas my older sister

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l’aîné des deux

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the elder of the two

136
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la nouvelle est d’autant plus surprenante que l’on nous avait promis que

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the new is all the more surprising {since/as} we had been promised that

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l’économie britannique va plutôt bien depuis dix ans

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the British economy has been doing rather well for a decade

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différence entre “at last” , “finally”, “eventually”

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at last exprime un sentiment (exaspération,soulagement),

finally est neutre

eventually marque le bilan d’un processus “blabla and eventually we had to..”

139
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Différence entre farther et further

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Farther = Spatial (farther en distance)
Further = Figuré (further information)

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