Vocab en vrac Flashcards

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être admiré

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to be looked up

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sensibiliser les gens

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to raise people’s awareness

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négliger

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to overlook

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candidater à une élection / être au poste

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to run for office / to be in office

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s’engager

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to get involved in

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un mandat

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a term

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les penchants politiques

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the political leaning

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supporter/soutenir

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to endorse

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refuser l’accès à qqun

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to deny access to somebody

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le présentateur tv

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te news anchor

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dans la période qui précède…

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in the run-up to …

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un nouveau dans … (la politique, les affaires…)

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a newcomer to… (politics…)

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la technologie de pointe

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the cutting-edge technology

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14
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être ému aux larmes

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to be moved to tears

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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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un ouragan

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a hurricane

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17
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faire les grands titres

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to make the headlines

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fermer les yeux sur…

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to turn a blind eye on …

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19
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la volonté

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willingness

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20
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réduire

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to shrink

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21
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rarement (avant le verbe)

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seldom

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faire allusion à. ..

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to allude to…

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23
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2 moyens d’améliorer une phrase :

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  • commencer par un ing “doing this can be usefull” - commencer par un mot en Wh “How old is she doesn’t matter”
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les résultats d’une enquête

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the findings of a survey

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authentique

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genuine

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un jour sur 2

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every other day

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faire un parallèle

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to draw a parallel

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arriver/se passer

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to occur

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les chiffres parlent d’eux même

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the figures speak for themselves

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a peine avions nous fait X que Y arriva

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No sooner had we done X that You occurred

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provenir de

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to be due to / to stem from

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insister sur

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to dwell on

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minimiser

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to downplay / to belittle

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des experts

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scholars / academics

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une question de la plus haute importance

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a matter of utmost urgency

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déplorer (3)

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to lament / to bemoan / to deplore

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le mépris pour // mépriser

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scorn / disregard for // to scorn / to disregard

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une incitation / une motivation

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an incentive

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inciter

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to prompt

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une querelle

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a feud

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reprocher

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to blame

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un organe de presse

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a media outlet

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dénigrer

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to disparage

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convaincre qqun à faire qqchose

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to talk to somebody into doing something

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dissuader qqun de faire qqchose

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to talk somebody out of doing something / to determine somebody from doing something

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l’essentiel

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the gist / the heart

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sans surprise

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unsurprisingly

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monter en flèche

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to soar

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hésiter

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to waver

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s’attaquer à

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to tackle

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faire disparaître

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to get rid of

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faire remarquer

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to point out

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volontairement

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wilfully

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les résultats/les effets

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the outcome

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l’espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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respecter la loi

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To abide by the law

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un point de repère

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a landmark