Vocab en vrac 5 Flashcards by Maelle Casas | Brainscape

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Déplorer

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to lament/to bemoan

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prendre une position franche

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to take a clear stand

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cette réalité encourageante ne devrait pas éclipser …

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this heartening reality should not eclipse …

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surmonter/surpasser (une impasse)

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to overcome (a deadlock)

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assimiler qqchose à qqchose d’autre (faire le lien entre)

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to equate smth with smth else

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prendre le devant de la scène

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to take center stage

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se familiariser avec qqchose

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to grow familiar with smth

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être condamné

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to be doomed

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omniprésent/envahissant

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pervasive

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également/pareillement/de même (en début de phrase)

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likewise

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empêcher/gêner/mettre des obstacles

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to hinder/to hamper

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de peur de (perdre)

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for fear of loosing voters

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encore un…(shooting)

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yet another shooting

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ailleurs

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elsewhere

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le débat sera soulevé à plusieurs reprises

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the debate will be raised repeatedly

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il ne bénéficie plus de

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he no longer benefits from

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citoyens respectueux de la loi

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law-abiding citizens

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éviter un sujet

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to dodge a topic

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assister à

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to attend smth

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vivre des allocs

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to live on welfare/benefits

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un homologue

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a counterpart

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INDÉNOMBRABLES : suivit d’un verbe au singulier, ne prennent jamais de S et accompagnés de “much” ou “few”

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information, furniture, luggage, progress, news

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D’autant plus que/d’autant moins que

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All the more// less + ADJ as, since, because

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Je

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To object to smth // to going to..

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Deux fois moins que // deux fois plus que

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Half as many as // twice as many as

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Parmi lesquels

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Among which

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Donner la chaire de poule

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Give the shivers to

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Réformer (un système)

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To overhaul a system

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De débarrasser de

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To get rid of

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Falsifier une élection/un jeu

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To rig an election

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Couper les fonds dédiés à …

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To cut funds/defund devoted to Obamacare

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Une allusion à / faire allusion à

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A hint at // to hint at/ to allude to

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Tenir ses promesses

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To deliver on one’s promises

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Faire vœux de/s’engager à

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To vow to do something

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Une bulle dans laquelle on peut lire

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A speech bubble that reads/reading

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Un meeting politique

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A political rally

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Cacher

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To conceal/to hide

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Rabâcher qqchose

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To harp on about smth

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Les résultats d’une élection

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The outcome of an election

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MSM

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The main stream media

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Une enquête en cours

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An ongoing inquiry/probe/investigation

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Une vue globale/un bilan de la situation

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An overview of the situation

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Se retirer

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To pull of/to withdraw from

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Être prévu

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To be scheduled to do

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Déclencher des protestations

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To spark protests

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attirer la critique de

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To draw criticism from

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Supporter un projet

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To endorse a project

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Nuire à

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To undermine smth

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Une décision fortement critiquée

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A fiercely criticized decision

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Payer la facture

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To foot the bill

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Échouer continuellement

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To repeatedly failed to do smth

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Recourir à une nouvelle stratégie

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To resort to a new strategy

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déformer/transformer

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to warp

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un soulèvement

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an uprising

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annuler une décision

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to overturn a decision

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vider/détruire

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to gut

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un compte de / un score de

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a tally (the vote tallies)

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massivement

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overwhelmingly

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les chances/les probabilités

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the odds

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s’inquiéter

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to worry about/to fret over smth

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pur/simple

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sheer

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un coup porté à // en venir aux mains

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a blow to // to come to blows