Voca 6 Flashcards

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L’état de grace

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the state of grace

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le recul (avec du recul)

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hindsight (with hindsight)

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l’engouement x2

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the craze/infatuation

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un retournement de situation

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a twist

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une promesse

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a promise

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la fermeté

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firmness

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une surenchère

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an escalation

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l’informatique

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computer science

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un enjeu

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a stake

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le défi

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the challenge

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une équipe

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a team/crew

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une émission de télé réalité

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a reality show

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une école maternelle

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a nursery school

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un cercueil

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a casket/coffin

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le public

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the audience

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une situation critique/difficile

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a predicament

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un traitement médical

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a medical treatment

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la couverture santé

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universal health care coverage

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19
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le slogan

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the slogan

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20
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un soda

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a fizzy drink

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21
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la guérison

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the recovery

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la recherche (scientifique)

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the research (indénombrable!)

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un fléau

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a scourge/plague

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fécondation in vitro

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in vitro fertilization

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un être humain, un humain

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a human being

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les partisans

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the proponents

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les opposants

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the opponents

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fœtus

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fetus(es)

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la valeur

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the value

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une position (sur un sujet)

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an adamant

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une niche (sens figuré)

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a niche

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le territoire

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the soil

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les défenseurs de

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the advocates of

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la prison

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the jail/prison

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les acteurs (d’un fait)

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the perpetrators

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un procès

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a trial

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les principes

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the principles

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Des preuves

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proof (indénombrable!)

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une méthode

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a method

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le vilain petit canard

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the ugly duckling

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une vocation

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a call

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calomnie

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slander

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le recours à

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the recourse to

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rendements

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yields

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les fournisseurs

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the suppliers

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un monopole

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a monopoly

47
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l’appauvrissement

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the impoverishment

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un chercheur

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a researcher

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la remise en question

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the calling into question

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un événement

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an event

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear plant

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l’association (de plusieurs choses)

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the combination

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un rapport (à), une relation

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a relation (with)

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la flamme de la discord

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the furor of sicord

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un massacre

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a massacre/slaughter

56
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la procuration (d’armes)

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the availability (of guns)

57
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la gachette

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the trigger

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un brevet

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a patent

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un tas de

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a bunch of

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un changement

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a shift

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une grande enseigne

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a big-box store

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un bon rapport qualité prix

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a good value for money

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une évaluation

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an assessment

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des mesures incitatives

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incentives

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un esprit critique

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a critical mind

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le bien fondé, la légitimité

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the legitimacy

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preuve à l’appui

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with supporting evidence

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la prudence, défiance

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wariness