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Vocab en vrac 2 Flashcards

1
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resserrer

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to tighten

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adoucir

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to soften

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empirer

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to worsen

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affaiblir

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to weaken

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5
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se sentir menacer par

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To feel endangered by/ jeopardized by

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couper les revenus de …

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to cut …. fundings

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un …. renommé

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a renowned/ an acclaimed ….

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rivaliser contre qqun

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to vie with / to compete against

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mettre ses espoirs sur qqun

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to pin one’s hopes on sbdy

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être plus susceptible de faire qqchose

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to be more likely to do something

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avoir de meilleur chances de gagner

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to stand a better chance of winning

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être représenté avec

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to be depicted with

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être de mèche avec …

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To be in league with

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14
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une critique cinglante

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a scathing/sharp criticism

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militant / défenseur des droits civils

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(civil rights) activists/ proponents/ advocates

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tolérer un acte répréhensible

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to condone a wrongdoing

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s’en tenir aux faits

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to stick to the facts

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18
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illégal

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unlawful

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un obstacle

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a hurdle

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un grand nombre de (dénombrable/indénombrable)

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a large number of acts / a large amount of money

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des attaques à caractère raciste

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racially-motivated attacks

22
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dénoncer

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to denounce

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Les forces de l’ordre

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law enforcement forces

24
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délit de faciés

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racial profiling

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régulièrement

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routinely

26
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une dette / être endetté

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a debt / to be indebted

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sans aucun doute // avoir des doutes

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undoubtedly // to doubt smth / to have doubts about smth

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pluriels irreguliers : crise/hypothèse/phenomène/bactérie/critère

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a crisis/crises // a hypothesis/hypotheses // a phenomenon/phenomena // a bacterium/bacteria // a criterion/criteria

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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

30
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être prêt à

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to be set to

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faire un discours

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to deliver a speech

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camper sur ses positions

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to stick to one’s guns

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correspondre à leur opinion

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to match their views

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fautif/coupable

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blamewothy

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digne d’intérêt

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worthy of interest

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commencer (mieux que start ou begin)

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to initiate

37
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atteindre un paroxysme

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to reach a climax

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ne pas condamner

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to fail to condemn

39
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faire qqch ouvertement

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to do smth overtly

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la gravité

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the seriousness

41
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ainsi

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thereby

42
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prendre le parti de

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to side with sb

43
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montrer sa vraie nature

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to show your true self

44
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totalement/entièrement

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utterly

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empêcher/gêner

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to hinder

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sortir qqch de son contexte

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to take smth out of its context

47
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avoir un effet dissuasif/ dissuader qqun de faire qqch

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to act as a deterrent / to deter sb from doing smth

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déclencher un tollé (= cri d’indignation/réclamation)

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to spark an outcry

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être consterné / consternant

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to be dismayed / dismaying

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un déficit

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a shortfall

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favoriser

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to foster

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promettre / une promesse

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to pledge / a pledge

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