Vocabulaire - Flashcards

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Désastreux

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Disastrous

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Faire un brèche dans qqc

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To breach something

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Revenir en arrière (péjoratif)

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To dip back

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Présenter des risques catastrophiques pour la société

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To pose catastrophic risks to society

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5
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Limiter le réchauffement climatique

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To curb global warming

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Des pays peu importants

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Low-lying countries

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Un assouplissement

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A relaxation

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Des inondations dévastatrices

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Devastating floods

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Être alarmant

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To be alarming

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10
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Faire une petite brèche dans qqc

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To make a dent in something

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Sans fondement

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Groundless/unproven/unsubstantiated

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Toucher qqn (avoir des répercussions sur lui)

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To affect someone

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13
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Une faible contribution

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Low contribution

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14
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Être nuisible à

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To be damaging to/for

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Mal tourner

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To go wrong

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Éviter un désastre

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To avoid a disaster

17
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Un préjugé/un parti pris

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A bias

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Un abus de

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A misuse of

19
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Irréaliste

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Unrealistic

20
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Des conséquences imprévisibles

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Unpredictable consequences

21
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Des faiblesses

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Weaknesses