Voc 3 Flashcards by Antoine Flacher

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Sévir contre

Réprimer

A

To crack down on

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Mesure de répression

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Crackdown

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Candidature à la présidence

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Run for the presidency

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Se calmer
Retomber
Baisser en intensité

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To let up

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Être moins dur avec quelqu’un

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To let up on

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Bâclé
Brouillon
Négligent

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Slapdash

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Jurer de faire

Promettre de faire

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To vow to do

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Douane

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Customs

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Application

Exécution de la loi

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Enforcement

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Patrouille frontalière

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Border patrol

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Chuter
S’effondrer
S’écrouler

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To plummet

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Refuser
Suspendre
Ne pas divulguer
Taire

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To withhold

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Sans papiers

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Undocumented

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Soutenir

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To back

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Réduire

Diminuer

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To cut

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Dormir tranquille

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To rest easy

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Annuler

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To cancel

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Personnel

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Staff

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Assistant

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Aide

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Proposer
Aboutir à
Arriver à

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To come up with

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Intenter un procès à

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To file a lawsuit against

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Supprimer progressivement

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To phase out

To wind down

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Catégoriquement

Formellement

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Flatly

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L’état de droit

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The rule of law

Appliquer | Faire respecter

To enforce

Mise en doute | Contestation

Challenge

Bobard

Canard

Déclarer coupable

To convict sb of sth

Qui a le droit à

Eligible for sth

Stratégies | Scénarios

Playbook

Pur et simple

Sheer

Enquête | Étude

Survey

S’inscrire | Inscrire

To enroll

Stupéfiant

Staggering

Inquiétude

Concern

Saisir | Comprendre

To grasp

La balle est dans leur camp

The ball is in their court

Manque de discernement | Stupidité

Obtuseness

Abolir

To strike down

Faire du bruit

To rattle around

Émettre | Délivrer

To issue

Rendre publique une déclaration

To issue a statement

Abroger

To rescind

Pur et dur

Hard shell

Pendant ce temps | En attendant

Meanwhile

Animosité

Animus

Production

Output

Créer des liens entre

To bond

Entrepreneur

Contractor

Pénurie de mains d’œuvre

Labour shortage

Répugnance | Réticence

Reluctance

A contrecœur

With reluctance

Se montrer

To show one’s face

Être d’une humeur massacrante

To be on the warpath

La main d’œuvre

Workforce

Population vieillissante

Aging population

Faire marcher | Faire avancer

To keep things ticking