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UNIT 7 Flashcards

1
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satisfaisant

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satisfactory, satisfying

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D’un côté, le chômage est le problème le plus préoccupant de l’U.E.

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On the one hand, unemployment is the most worrying issue in the EU.

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suggérer, laisser entendre, sous-entendre que…

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suggest, imply that…

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une cellule solaire

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a solar cell

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un panneau solaire

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a solar cell

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prétendre que…

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claim, maintain that…

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Autrefois, les impôts augmentaient beaucoup plus vite qu’aujourd’hui.

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Taxes used to rise much faster than they do now / In the past, taxes rose much faster than now.

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produire de l’électricité

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to generate electricity

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réactionnaire

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reactionary

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10
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une raffinerie de pétrole

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an oil refinery

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Sais-tu nager ?

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Can you swim ?

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révolutionnaire

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revolutionary

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un panneau solaire

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a solar cell

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jurer

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to swear/swore/sworn

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écrire

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to write/wrote/written

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Il sait jouer aux échecs.

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He can play chess.

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l’énergie marémotrice, la houille bleue

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tidal energy, tidal power

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18
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Les médias prétendent que le prix du pétrole va monter en flèche.

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The media claim oil prices will soar.

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19
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savoir

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to know/knew/known

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La plupart des enfants savent faire du vélo.

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Most children can ride a bike.

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21
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corrompu

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corrupt

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22
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les réserves de pétrole

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oil supplies, oil reserves

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23
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des installations nucléaires

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nuclear facilities

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“Ce qui est fait est fait”

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“Don’t cry over spilt milk”

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25
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sortir du nucléaire

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to abandon, phase out nuclear energy

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26
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talentueux

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talented

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les sources d’énergie renouvelable

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renewable energy sources, renewables

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28
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éliminer les déchets nucléaires

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to dispose a nuclear waste

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29
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estimer, considérer que…

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argue, contend that…

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30
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l’élimination des déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste disposal

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31
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paranoïaque

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paranoid

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32
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De nos jours, la plupart des gens de moins de 50 ans savent se servir d’Internet.

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Nowadays most people under 50 know how to / can use the Internet.

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Mais seule une minorité sait jouer d’un instrument de musique.

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But only a minority can play a musical instrument.

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significatif

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significant

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Enfant, je n’avais pas coutume de me plaindre

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As a child, I wasn’t used to complaining.

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36
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la pénurie d’énergie

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the energy gap, the energy shortage

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37
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souffler

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to blow/blew/blown

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38
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les énergies fossiles

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fossil fuels

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39
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huile de palme

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palm oil

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Je n’ai pas l’habitude de conduire à gauche.

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I am not used to driving on the left.

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41
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se convertir au nucléaire

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to go nuclear

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42
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un parc d’éoliennes, un parc éolien, une ferme éolienne, un champ d’éoliennes

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a windfarm

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43
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indigné

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indignant

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44
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Il n’a pas obtenu le poste parce qu’il ne sait pas taper et qu’il ne parle pas chinois.

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He didn’t get the job because he can’t type and can’t speak Chinese.

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45
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une cellule photovoltaïque

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a photovoltaic cell

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un (réacteur) surgénérateur

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a fast breeder (reactor)

47
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les retombées radioactives

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nuclear fallout

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prometteur

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promising

49
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D’un autre, l’inflation pourrait resurgir. Cela ne sert à rien de le nier.

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On the other (hand), inflation could re-surface. There is no point in denying it.

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les dérivés du pétrole

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oil products

51
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remarquer, observer…

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remark that…

52
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convaincant

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convincing

53
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une voiture électrique

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a battery-powered car, an electric car

54
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arpenter

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to stride / strode / stridden

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Il faudra que tu t’habitues à travailler davantage.

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You will have to get used to working harder.

56
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croître

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to grow/grew/grown

57
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s’épuiser

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to run out, become depleted

58
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l’essence

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petrol (GB) , gas (US)

59
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une centrale électrique, thermique

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a power station, a poser plant

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les déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste

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les schistes bitumineux

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oil shale

62
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l’enrichissement de l’uranium

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uranium enrichment

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jeter

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to throw / threw / thrown

64
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conduire

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to drive/drove/driven

65
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noter, constater que…

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note that

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les besoins d’énergie

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energy needs, energy requirements

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nier que…

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deny that…

68
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ajouter, préciser que…

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add that…

69
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le gaz

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gas

70
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avancer, soutenir que…

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argue, contend that…

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porter

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to wear/wore/worn

72
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disproportionné

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disproportionate

73
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l’huile / le gaz de schiste

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shale oil / gas

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Elle ne savait pas danser le tango.

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She could not dance the tango.

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une usine marémotrice

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a tidal power station

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On a vu la femme habillée en rouge entrer dans l’une de ces maisons.

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The woman (dressed) in red was seen entering / to enter one of these houses.

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serein

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serene

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obligatoire

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compulsory

79
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supposer que…

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assume that…

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l’énergie éolienne / solaire

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wind power / solar power

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…être d’accord pour dire que , reconnaître que…

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agree that…

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les bio-carburants, les agro-carburants

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biofuels

83
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l’énergie nucléaire

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nuclear power, nuclear energy

84
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une cellule photovoltaïque, une photopile

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a photovoltaic cell

85
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le pétrole

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oil, petroleum

86
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une plateforme pétrolière

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an oil rig, an oil platform

87
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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear plant

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l’hydroélectricité

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hydroelectricity, hydropower

89
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faire remarquer, souligner que…

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point out that…

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une hydrolienne

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a tidal turbine, a marine turbine

91
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le charbon

A

coal

92
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augmenter

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to rise/rose/risen

93
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porter

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to bear / bore / borne

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Cette mesure n’a rien à voir avec la protection de l’environnement.

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This measure has nothing to do with the protection of the environment.

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un pays producteur / exportateur de pétrole

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ain oil producing / oil exporting country

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combustible (carburant)

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fuel

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les sables bitumineux

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tar sands

98
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Elle n’a que dix mois mais elle sait déjà marcher.

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She’s only 10 months old but already she can walk.

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De toute évidence, ils ont l’habitude de se coucher tard.

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They are obviously used to staying up late.

100
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voler

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to fly/flew/flown

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légitime

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legitimate

102
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Je ne nie pas que la plupart des pays asiatiques que j’ai visités sont en crise.

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I don’t deny that the countries I’ve visited in Asia are going through a crisis.

103
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déterminé

A

determined

104
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Il est analphabète, il ne sait ni lire ni écrire

A

He is illiterate : he cannot read or write

105
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fusion (du coeur d’un réacteur nucléaire)

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meltdown

106
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Tu sais jouer du saxo ? Lui, non.

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Can you play the sax ? He can’t.

107
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les hydrocarbures

A

hydrocarbons

108
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une éolienne

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a windmill, a windpump, a wind turbine

109
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une crise pétrolière, un choc pétrolier

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an oil crisis, an oil shock

110
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l’hydrofracturation

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fracking

111
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contradictoire

A

contradictory

112
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faire remarquer que…, préciser que…

A

comment that…

113
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monter à cheval

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to ride/rode/ridden

114
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La chute de la criminalité n’a rien à voir avec la baisse du chômage.

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The fall in the crime rate has nothing to do with the drop in unemployment.

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