Voc 2 Flashcards by Antoine Flacher

Grignoter
Réduire petit à petit
Réduire la portée de

To chip away (at sth)

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Enlever quelque chose progressivement

To chip sth away

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Sous peine de

On / under pain of sth

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Poursuite

Prosecution

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La partie plaignante

The prosecution

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Poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

To prosecute sb for doing sth

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Négation
Rejet
Démenti

Denial

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Déclarer / reconnaître / juger coupable

To convict sb of sth

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Nouveau

Supplémentaire

Further

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Adopter un projet de loi

To pass a bill / a law

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Important
Significatif
Conséquent

Consequential

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A l’étranger

Overseas

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Par la suite

Ultérieurement

Subsequently

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Affaire

Procès

Case

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Juger une affaire

To try a case

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Gagner son procès

To win one’s case

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Inculpation

Chef d’accusation

Charge

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Programme scolaire / d’études

Curriculum

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Annuler

Invalider

To nullify

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Figurer dans les textes de lois

Etre dans le code

To be on the statue book

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Patrie

Homeland

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Érudition
Connaissances
Savoir

Scholarship

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Faire obéir
Faire respecter
Mettre en vigueur / en application

To enforce

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Cadre
Structure
Charpente

Framework

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Fermer les yeux sur | Tolérer

To condone

Banaliser | Minimiser

To trivialize

Choquant | Flagrant

Gross

Terriblement | Extrêmement

Grossly

D’une injustice flagrante

Grossly unfair

Être classé comme quelque chose

To qualify

Un débat passionné / animé

A heated argument / debate

Controverse

Dispute

Incontestable

Beyond dispute

Inattaquable | En béton

Cast-iron

Âpres négociations

Horse-trading

Homologue

Counterpart

Faire face à Affronter Accepter le fait que

To face up to sth

Passer au crible | Examiner

To sift (through) sth

Diffamation

Libel

Cours | Crédibilité

Currency

Avoir cours

To have currency

Rassembler

To muster

L’emporter sur | Chasser

To see off

État hyper protecteur | État paternaliste

The nanny state

Appartenir à

To belong to

Source de préoccupation

Cause for concern

Se mêler de

To meddle in

S’opposer fermement à

To make a firm stand against

Non respect | Non conformité

Non compliance

Passible de

Liable to

Mettre

To set (on / up)

Poursuivre quelqu’un pour

To prosecute sb for

Impardonnable

Unforgivable

Souligner Insister Mettre l’accent

To emphasize

S’appliquer à

To apply to

Bon exemple

Case in point

Perspective

Outlook

Largement

Widely

Whether

Marchandage

Haggling

Banaliser

To trivialize

Considérer

To deem

Raccourcissement Réduction Restriction

Curtailment

Frayer la voie pour

To pave the way for

Affreux | Terrible

Awful

Par conséquent | Donc

Therefore

Librement

Freely

Étaler | Enduire

To smear

Réfuter

To rebut

Infraction

Infringement

Clamer | Crier fort

To shout about

Pente glissante

Slippery slope

Éviter

To avoid

Négligé

Overlooked

But

Purpose

Estime de soi

Self esteem