Vocable Flashcards

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1
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Découragé

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Dispirited

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Incertitude (3)

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Uncertainty, doubt, incertitude

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Extrême droite

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Far right

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Renaissant

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Resurgent

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À l’horizon, dans un futur proche

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Over the horizon

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Parfois

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On occasion

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Scène, paysage (politique)

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Stage

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Une douzaine

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A dozen

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Une vingtaine

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A couple of dozen

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Rivaliser

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To vie

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Fournir qqch à qqn

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To present sby with sthg

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Peu honorable

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Disreputable

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Organiser des rassemblements, manifestations

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To stage rallies, marches

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Militant

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Campaigner

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Assurer, garantir

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To ensure

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Quelques (une poignée de)

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a handful of

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Camp d’entraînement pr jeunes recrues

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Boot camp

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18
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À de nbx/maints égards

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In many respects

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Son leader de l’époque

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Its then leader

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20
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Comté

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County

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21
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Le paysage de la droite extrêmiste

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The far-right scene

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Témoignage

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Testimony

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Veterans peut vouloir dire

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Sympathisant de longue date

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S’affaiblir

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To wane

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L’affaiblissement

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The waning

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26
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Chance

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Fortune

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À un moment donné

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At some point

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28
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La droite est inactive, dormante

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The right is on its back

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29
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Devaient, venaient á

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Were to

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30
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Si Ukip en venait à disparaître (2)

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If Ukip were to fold / were ukip to fold

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31
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S’effacer (fig)

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To take a back seat

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32
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Cesser

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To cease

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33
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Il n’y a pas d’intérêt à

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There’s no point in

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34
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Prendre, devenir populaire

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To catch on

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Prendre de l’ampleur, gagner en importance

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To snowball

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36
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Tenir sa promesse

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To make good on a promise

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Très majoritairement

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Overwhelmingly

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Se heurter de plein fouet à

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To run headlong into

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Être de nouveau tombé au plus bas

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To reach a new low

40
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Poser, soulever des questions

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To beg questions

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Ouvrir la voie à

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To usher in

42
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De manière défavorable

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Adversely

43
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Perspective

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Prospect

44
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Ne fera qu’aggraver qqch

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Will only add to further sthg

45
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Se débrouiller tout seul, être indépendant (pays, homme)

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To stand on one’s two feet

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Être imprégné de (ceci est imprégné de cela) / comprendre, présenter

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To be laced with

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Adopter qqch (adopter un style…)

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To embrace

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Principalement

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Not least

49
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Insulte raciste

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Racist slur

50
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Tenir pour responsable, accuser

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To place the blame on

51
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Abréviation

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Shorthand

52
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“Booster”, renforcer

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To bolster

53
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D’ici là

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By then

54
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Être chargé de, être responsable de (2)

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To be charged with / to be tasked with

55
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Adapté

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Fit for purpose

56
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Dissuader qqn de faire qqch

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To deter sby from doing sthg

57
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Trouver un compromis entre ça et ça

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To balance sthg against sthg

58
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Accroître, intensifier, renforcer

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To heighten

59
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En proie au terrorisme

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Terror-prone

60
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Marge de manoeuvre

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Leeway

61
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Promettre, jurer

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To vow

62
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Engagement

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Commitment

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Avoir hâte de

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To be eager to

64
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Politiques intransigeantes en matières de sécu (ds les 90’s aux US)

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tough-on-crime policies

65
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Dégénérer en

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To devolve into

66
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S’avérer

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To turnout to be / to prove (on ne met pas to be)

67
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Entreprendre, se lancer dans

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To set about

68
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Surmonter des différences

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To bridge differences

69
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Raviver

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To reignite

70
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Se frayer un accès par la force

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To punch one’s way

71
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Prendre ses fonctions

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To assume office

72
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Face à

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In the face of

73
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En l’espace d’un mois

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Within the space of a month

74
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La voie à suivre

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The way forward

75
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Grandes conséquences / conséquences d’une portée considérable

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Far-reaching consequences

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Entrer en vigueur

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To come into force

77
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Sur un pied d’égalié

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On equal terms

78
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Redouter, craindre

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To dread

79
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A partir de l’année dernière

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As of last year

80
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Avoir son mot à dire

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To have a say

81
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En apparence

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Seemingly

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Personne ordinaire/ lambda

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Regular person

83
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Il ne faut pas grand chose pour

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It doesn’t take much to

84
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Loin, éloigné

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Remote

85
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Faire monter les enchères

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To raise the ante

86
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Dans un contexte de

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Against a backdrop of

87
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La caractéristique, la marque distinctive

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The hallmark

88
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Bouleversement

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Upheaval

89
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Considérablement

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Dramatically

90
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Mettre en oeuvre

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To enact

91
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Exposer qqch au grand jour

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To lift the lid on sthg

92
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Sur le long terme

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In the long-run