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Voc — America's foreign policy Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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let alone

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encore moins

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the wider world

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le reste du monde

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domestic

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national

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lofty

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noble

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non-entanglement

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neutralité, refus d’intervenir

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sympathetic

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compatissant, bien disposé à l’égard de

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peoples

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des peuples

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the Secretary of State (US)

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le ministre des Affaires étrangères

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the latter

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ces derniers / ces dernières

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to gain ground

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gagner du terrain

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to coin an expression

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inventer une expression

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enfranchisement

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émancipation

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13
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salvation

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le salut

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14
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immutable

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inaltérable

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beneficence

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générosité

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16
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smite

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châtier

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17
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the glad tidings

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les bonnes nouvelles

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18
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the aftermath

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les suites, les séquelles

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formidable

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redoutable, impressionnant

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outbreak

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déclenchement

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wariness

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prudence

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22
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eventually

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en fin de compte

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the League of Nations

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la Société des Nations

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telling

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éloquent

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tariffs

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droits de douane

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the onset

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le commencement

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in the wake of

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suite à, dans le sillage de

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to map out

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tracer les grandes lignes de

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containment

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endiguement

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to expose

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dénoncer, mettre en lumière

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to endorse

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apporter son soutien à

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a foe

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un ennemi

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a beacon

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un phare

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a scar

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une cicatrice

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psyche

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le psychisme

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the military

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l’armée

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consistent

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cohérent

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to deflate

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dégonfler, démonter

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looming

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qui menace, imminent

40
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to accuse sb of double standards

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accuser qqn de pratiquer le “deux poids deux mesures”

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a lame-duck president

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un président affaibli, en fin de mandat

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the UN

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ONU

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to take a heavy/significant toll

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faire beaucoup de victimes

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to curtail

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restreindre

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stalemate

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une impasse

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NATO

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OTAN

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ongoing

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en cours

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ethnic cleansing

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l’épuration ethnique

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talks

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des négociations

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to shrink away from

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se dérober à l’idée

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go-it-alone (adj)

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unilatéral

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in-keeping with

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en accord avec

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deep-rooted

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profondément ancré

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they hold it for certain that…

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ils tiennent pour acquis que…

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as he/she/it sees fit

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comme il/elle l’estime nécessaire

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regardless of

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sans tenir compte de

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emphatically

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catégoriquement

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sanction (uncountable)

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autorisation

à ne pas confondre avec “sanctions” = des sanctions

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to be entitled to do sth

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être en droit de faire qqch

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the “sheriff of the world”

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le “gendarme du monde”

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seminal

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fondamental

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a centerpiece of

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une pièce maîtresse de

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by his/her own admission

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de son propre aveu

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to delineate

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dessiner les contours de

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to make a point of +ING

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mettre un point d’honneur à

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to uphold

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soutenir

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a departure from

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une nouveauté; un changement de direction par rapport à

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to measure up to sth

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être à la hauteur de qqch

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to deem

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considérer, juger

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to tread cautionsly

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avancer prudemment

71
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leverage

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de l’influence

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adamant

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