voc 5 Flashcards

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bouc-émissaire

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a scapegoat –> to scapegoat

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diffuser, émettre

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to broadcast

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esprit critique

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a critical mind

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soutenir, appuyer

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to endorse

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5
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médias traditionnels

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mainstream media

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réviser, revoir, éditer

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to edit

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éditeur

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publisher

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rédacteur en chef

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editor

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attaquer en justice

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to sue someone, to take someone to court

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qui partage ses idées, qui est dans le même état d’esprit

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like-minded

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11
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fil d’actualités

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newsfeed

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12
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déformer, voiler, pervertir

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to warp

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13
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un peu tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched

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14
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atout, carte maîtresse

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trumpcard

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15
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las

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weary

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souiller, ternir

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to sully

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méfiant

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suspicious, wary, cautious

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se référer à , évoquer, rappeler, revenir sur

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to hark back to

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19
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PDG

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CEO

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20
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truqué

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rigged

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21
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courant descendant

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downdraft –> an economic downdraft

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22
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une flambée

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a flare-up

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23
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soupçon ou relent

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whiff

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savourer, se délecter de

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to relish

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impasse
deadlock
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marginal, anticonformiste
maverick
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délit
misdemeanour
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justification
vindication --> to vindicate
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taux de participation (élections)
voter turnout
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titulaire, en exercice
incumbent
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suporter, tolérer
to stomach
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nord est des USA, ancienne manufacturing belt
the Rust Belt
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dès que
no sooner + inversion
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se vanter, se targuer de, fanfaronner
to boast
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décider de ne pas faire
to decide against doing
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avoir hâte de
to look forward to +vb-ing
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être habitué à faire
to be used to doing
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profession
occupation
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affectation, mission
assignment
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reconnu
acknowledged
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intense, grave
acute
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potentiel, éventuel, futur
prospective
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séjour, période de travail, mission ponctuelle
a stint
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symbole de prestige
status symbol
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ultérieur
subsequent
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être attrayant pour
to appeal to
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complaisance, auto-satisfaction
complacency
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intégralité, totalité
entirety
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avec du recul, rétrospectivement
in hindsight
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pivoter, basculer
to pivot
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estime de soi
self-esteem
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approuver, appuyer
to endorse
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industrie familiale, entreprise artisanale
cottage industry
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agréable
enjoyable, pleasant
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particulier
private individual
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malheur, infortune
woe
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notoriété, importance, place de premier plan
prominence
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piquer la curiosité de qqun
to pique sb's interest
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marge de bénéfit
profit margin
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rachat (d'une entreprise) --> OPA
takeover --> takeover bid
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ne pas honorer sa parole
to renege
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revenir sur une promesse
to renege on a pledge
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poids
heft
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surveillance, examen approfondi
scrutiny
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breveter
to patent
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cadre, champ, étendue
scope
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bouleverser, perturber
to disrupt
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terne, morne
lacklustre
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obstacle
hurdle
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stressant, tendu
fraught
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entrepôt
warehouse
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magasin de vente au détail
retail store
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à peu près
roughly
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production, rendement
output
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étagère, rayon
shelve
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marchandises, biens
wares (goods for sale)
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une pile
a stack
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être en concurrence avec
to vie with
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snober
to snub
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une décharge
a landfill