Voc 3 Flashcards by Antoine Flacher | Brainscape

Q

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

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Appliquer

Faire respecter

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To enforce

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Mise en doute

Contestation

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Challenge

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Bobard

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Canard

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Déclarer coupable

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To convict sb of sth

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Qui a le droit à

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Eligible for sth

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Stratégies

Scénarios

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Playbook

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Pur et simple

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Sheer

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Enquête

Étude

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Survey

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S’inscrire

Inscrire

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To enroll

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Stupéfiant

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Staggering

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Inquiétude

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Concern

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Saisir

Comprendre

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To grasp

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La balle est dans leur camp

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The ball is in their court

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Manque de discernement

Stupidité

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Obtuseness

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Abolir

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To strike down

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Faire du bruit

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To rattle around

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Émettre

Délivrer

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To issue

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Rendre publique une déclaration

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To issue a statement

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Abroger

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To rescind

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Pur et dur

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Hard shell

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Pendant ce temps

En attendant

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Meanwhile

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Animosité

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Animus

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Production

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Output

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Créer des liens entre

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To bond

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Entrepreneur

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Contractor

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Pénurie de mains d’œuvre

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Labour shortage

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Répugnance

Réticence

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Reluctance

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A contrecœur

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With reluctance

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Se montrer

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To show one’s face

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Être d’une humeur massacrante

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To be on the warpath

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La main d’œuvre

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Workforce

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Population vieillissante

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Aging population

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Faire marcher

Faire avancer

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To keep things ticking