Voc Livret Flashcards by Camille Lafon

Pressions directes

Arm-twisting

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Une situation inextricable

A catch-22 situation

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Une approche musclée

A heavy handed approach

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Un projet stupéfiant

A jaw-dropping project

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Une bureaucratie qui fourre son nez partout

A meddlesome bureaucracy

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Une requête refoulée

A pent-up demand

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Une story refoulée

A telltale story

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Une escroquerie, une arnaque

A scam, a sting

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Une situation épineuse

A vexed situation, a thorny situation

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improviser un discours

to ad lib a speech

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une improvisation

an ad lib performance

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mettre sur le compte de = imputer de

to ascribe sth to

to put down to

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circonvenir = contourner la loi

to circumvent the law

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calmer

to dampen enthusiasm

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accorder au compte goutte

to dole out

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critiquer

to excoriate sb or sth

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mentir de manière éhontée

to fib brazenly

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empêcher qq chose d’arriver

to forestall sth

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se préparer au combat

to gird oneself for a fight

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jubiler

to gloat over / about sth

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se donner bcp de mal pour faire qq chose

to go to great lenghts to do sth

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avoir maille à partir

to have a brush with sb

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faire démarrer une industrie

to kickstart an industry

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formuler des critiques à l’encontre de

to level criticism against

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rater qq chose

to make a hash of sth

mettre au placard

to mothball sth

être battu aux voix par

to be outvoted by

remuer ciel et terre pour

to pull all the stops to do sth

revenir en arrière

to turn the clock back

tergiverser

to prevaricate

tendre la main

to reach out to one's opponents

bazarder

to scrap something

avoir des frissons dans le dos

to send shivers down the spine

stimuler

to spur

freiner à mort

to step on the brake

être à cheval sur deux mondes

to straddle two worlds

contraindre qq'un à faire qq chose

to strong-arm sb to do sth

se vanter de

to swagger about

affronter un orage

to weather a storm

résister à qq chose

to withstand to sth

c'est un beau parleur

he's all hat and no cattle

c'est incontestable

it brooks no contradiction

c'est de la poudre aux yeux

it's window-dressing

c'est une justice à géométrie variable

it is one rule for some and another for the rest

ça nous ramène à

it is a throwback to

cela apporte de l'eau au moulin de

it is grist to the mill of

il se mêle de tt

he's a real busybody

ce fut un feu de paille

it was a flash in the pan

quelles imbécilités

what utter drivel

être condamnable, critiquable

to be blameworthy

être inflexible

to be unyielding

être destiné à

to be earmarked for

reculer face à la protestation

to back down in the face of protest

s'en sortir

to bail oneself out

embobiner qq'un pour qu'il fasse qq chose

to bamboozle sb into doing sth

remonter le moral à qq'un

to cheer someone up

être imperturbable

to be unfazed

contester une décision

to challenge a decision

s'engager à faire qq chose

to pledge to do sth

faire fuite d'information

to leak information

s'armer de courage

to steel oneself to do sth

se porter garant pour qq'un

to vouch for sb

être un indécise

to be a ditherer

être plein aux as

to be rolling in money

le fanatisme

bigotry

un fanatique, sectaire

a bigot

le chauvinisme

jingoism

un spécialiste

an expert

une aubaine

a windfall

avoir le bras long

to carry a lot of clout

ressasser qq chose

to hark back to sth

rester dans le droit chemin

to stay on the straight and narrow

le machisme

the chauvinism

les moqueries

gibes

un silence de mort

a pin-drop silence

diaboliser

to demonize

toucher le fond

to hit rock bottom

ralentir l'inflation

to curb inflation

flatter qq'un

to toady to sb

être mal à l'aise

to feel queasy about sth

prendre des mesures

to take steps

fermer les yeux sur qq chose

to turn a blind eye on sth

pousser qq'un à faire qq chose

to egg sb to do sth

chercher le bon côté des choses

to look for the silver lining

les équipements

the amenities

un fléau

a curse

le par coeur

rote learning

un manque à gagner

a shortfall in earnings

un système dernier cri

a state of the art system

un écran tactile

a touch screen

c'est mon point fort

it's my strong suit

prendre le taureau par les cornes

to grasp the nettle

avoir une marge de manoeuvre

to have margin for action

toucher un point sensible

to touch a raw nerve

enjoliver

to put a gloss on sth

un travail baclé

a slapdash job

un moment critique

a crunch

s'astreindre a

to school oneself to do sth

moins bien loti que

to be worse-off than

homologue

counterpart, peer

indexer sur

to index to

commencer à faire qq chose

to start doing

retraite par répartition

the pay-as-you-go pension

contrefaçon

counterfeiting