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Vocabulaires (dans des textes) Flashcards

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jugement severe sur islam

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Opinions about islam are harsh

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Ifop

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French statistics agency

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quelles que soient les classes d’age

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across all age groups

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méfiant

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guarded/wary

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denoncer

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condemn (denounce) /criticised

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un échec imputable a

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a failure attributed to

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sombre

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bleak

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regroupé

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grouped together/congregate

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avant tout/en priorité

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first and foremost

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interpelle

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disturbing

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ce durcissement

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this harder/tougher line

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De droite comme de gauche

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  • Right across the political spectrum

- On both sides of the political divide

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fustiger

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condemn (thrash)

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vehiculeee

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promoted/advocated/endorsed

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l’amour vache (m)

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tough love

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vache

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harsh/meal (fam)

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les pays nordiques

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Scandinavia

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anglo-saxons

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english-speaking countries

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volontiers

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willingly/gladly

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s’autoflagelle

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beat itself up

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au motif que

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on the grounds/basis that

in case

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A peine sortis

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fresh out

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35 heures de cours

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35 contact hours

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endurcir

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toughen up

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la plus grande rapidite

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at speed

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Bcp seront amenés a abandonner la musique

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Many of the students will end up having to drop extracurricular activities such as music

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dispositif

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set up/measures

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concours

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competitive exams

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polir

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fine-hone (polish up)

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les cadres de la nation

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country’s executives

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rempiler

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re-enlist/sign up again

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dans le vaste monde

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in the big wide world

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d’autres chemins

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other avenues

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A société cruelle, formation brutale

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Cruel societies provide brutal training

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le pamphlet

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satirical work (lampoon)

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outrancier

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far-fetched (outrageous)

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sacraliser

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sanctified/revered

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le coin supérieur

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the top corner

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dit-on

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apparently

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le premier sujet de cauchemar des Francais

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stuff of nightmares for the French/is all French students’ worst nightmare

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c’est dire

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which just goes to show

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42
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la quasi-totalite

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most

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43
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renoncer

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get along just fine (not give up on in this context apparently)

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au meme titre que

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on a par with

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a bout de souffle

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  • on its last legs

- running out of steam

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Bon, j’admets l’argument de la tour Eiffel

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Okayy - I’ll go along with the Eiffel Tower analogy,

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sans doute une bonne idea…

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now there’s nothing wrong with…

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48
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se saigner financièrement

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to bleed themselves dry

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49
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Les dernières heure

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  • Final hours

- On its last legs

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Pouvant atteindre 1,50m de long

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Capable of reaching 15.m in length (up to 1.5 metres long)

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Bon marche, ce bras télescopique rencontre depuis des mois un énorme succès

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Because it is cheap, these extendable poles have been a big hit in these past few months

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52
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les salles ( in the context of the museum)

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exhibition spaces

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en se mettant en scene

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get into the shot

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les professionnels

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experts

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indique-t-on a Versailles

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is the position at Versailles

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56
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les pieds our appareil photo

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tripods

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57
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designer (in this context)

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point to

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le crayon

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pencil

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la decision n’est pas encore arrêtée

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the decision is not yet formalized

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la direction

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management

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affectuee a la circulation

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assigned to traffic duty

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s’est presentee a son travail

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turned up for work

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la prefecture de police de Paris

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Paris police headquarters

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reglement

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regulation/rules

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le/la fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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a fortiori

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  • in particular
  • all the more so
  • with all the more reason
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s’est obstinee

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refused to budge/ held firm/ was resolute

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exiger

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require/needs/necessitates

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69
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tout comme

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in the same way

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renoncer a plusieurs reprises

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back down on a number of occasions

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le prefet

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the chief of police (or headmaster etc depending on the context)

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Les Lucustru

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well-known food brand in France

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la ville de Paris

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Paris City Hall/concert

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concours (pour la police)

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an entry test/a selection process

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affecte a la circulation, au stationnement et a la lutte contre les incivilites

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assigns them to traffic and parking patrol, and dealing with anti-social behaviour

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l’affaire s’arrange

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resolve/sort out the matter

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le policier/ la policiere/

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police officer

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a coup sur

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definitely

79
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elle fera l’objet de sanctions administratives

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she will stand to face disciplinary procedures

80
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la revocation

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dismissal/removal

81
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pouvant aller jusqu’a

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which could go as far as

82
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nulle encore

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much worse

83
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a quelques semaines du

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a few weeks from

84
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la tournure

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turn/development

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la polémique

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controversy

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demander la tete du (qqn)

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demand (someone) is sacked

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avoir mieux a faire

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have something better to do/have better things to do

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se taire

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  • shut up

- keep quiet

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en faire un sujet de débat

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turn it into a subject of debate

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affligeant

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distressing/painful business/not very nice at all

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gloser

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  • gossip about

- harping on about

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J’ai en mémoire

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This reminds me/makes me think of

93
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la main de Thierry Henry

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Thierry Henry’s handball

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La suite lui avait d’ailleurs

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It turned that that he was

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se remette en question

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to be an inquiry

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prébendier

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profiteer

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frileux/se

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weak, timid

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aveugle

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blind person

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en attendant

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meanwhile

100
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râler

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complaining

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siffler

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whilstling/whining

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surtout entendu dans les stades

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more usually associated with chants in football stadiums

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dans les milieux branches, naturellement

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well, at least by the trendier party of its population (anyway)

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le petit monde marseillais de la culture

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Marseille’s cultural enclave/crowd

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se feliciter

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pat oneself on the back/boating about

106
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formidable elan

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fantastic stimulus

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un indiscutable renouveau culturel et urbanistique

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indisputable/unquestionable cultural and structural makeover

108
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marque le pas

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has been sidelined

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gommer

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makes up for (erases)

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commune

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administrative district

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les elections municipales

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council elections

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flou

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vague/confused

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la malediction a été vaincu

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the curse has been lifted/broken/vanquished

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être à l’ordre du jour

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  • be on the cards

- be on the agenda

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l’incarnation de l’authorite

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as their figurehead

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bien entendu

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of course/naturally/genuinely

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peut-on penser

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to suppose

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au suffrage universel

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popular vote

119
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Si cela arrivait

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  • If this were to come to pass

- If this were to happen

120
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cela ne manquerait pas d’affecter les pouvoirs du…

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  • if this were to come to pass

- if this were to happen

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dans les faits

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in fact

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regir

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rules over/affects

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qui se garde de dire son nom

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which dare not speak its name

124
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absolutisme (m)

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absolute power

125
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cela est encore plus vrai

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this is all the more the case

126
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n’ont plus d’autonomie

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have got their hands tied

127
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un roi ou une reine d’opérette

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a puppet king or queen

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au-dessous

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above

129
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en dessous de

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below

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en toute quietude

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calmly/quietly/without interference

131
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tapis rouge

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red carpet

132
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entretenir le mythe

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keep the myth alive

133
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dévoilée (at Cannes film festival)

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premiered/launched/presented

134
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en competition officielle comme dans les sections parallèles

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both in the official selection and the parallel sections

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cinema d’auteur

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independent film cinema

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avoir un mal fou a se faire

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  • find it incredibly difficult to do

- have a hell of a job/time doing

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cinema d’auteur

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independent film cinema

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le malaise

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general ease/discomfort

from ‘dizzy’

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cerner

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pinpoint/identify

from encircle

140
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realisatrice/teur

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filmmaker/director

141
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sans être mandate par quiconque

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without having been commissioned/asked to do so by anybody

142
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l’ensemble de la chaine

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every link in the chain

143
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parler d’une meme voix

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present a single/collective voice

144
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intervenants

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contributors

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depassant

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rising above/overcoming

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l’etendue

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the scope

147
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au dela

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(from overlapping)

148
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l’imbrication

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complexity/intimacy

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gripper

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inhibit/hamper

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portee générale

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accessibility

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l’imbrication

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complex/intimacy

152
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portee générale

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accessibility

153
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la chapelle

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school of thought (clique)

154
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la portee générale

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accessibility

155
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galvaudé

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hackneyed/clichéd

156
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en métropole comme aux Antilles

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in both mainland France and the French West Indies

157
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ne semble pas prendre fin

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seems to be going on forever/shows no sign of abating

158
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donne une nouvelle dimension a ce conflit

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sheds a new light on the conflict

159
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en effet

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in fact

160
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preuve que

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this goes to show/this proves that

161
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a durablement frappé les esprits hexagonaux

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has had a lasting impact on the minds of the metropolitan france

162
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une nette majorité

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a clear majority

163
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la aussi, l’appartenance politique est déterminante

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political orientation is a determining factor here too

164
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aide suffisamment l’ile

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does enough to support the island

165
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Plus généralement

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In more general terms

166
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A noter que

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It is significant to note

167
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cause essentielle

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underlying cause

168
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l’embrasement social

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civil unrest

169
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if “?” used then phrase the question as

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“In response to the question as to…”

170
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bien malgré lui

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un-intendedly

171
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la vedette des journaux televises

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hit all of the TV headlines

172
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Paleologue

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paleologos

173
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engage dans une controverse

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engaged in a heated debate

174
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un lettre

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sage/scholar

175
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une phrase au detour

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one minor deviation

176
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injurieux

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insulting

177
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faire des excuses

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make an apology

178
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Quelle idée aussi de…

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But what on earth was he thinking when…

179
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aussitôt

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straightaway

180
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le ban et l’arrière ban des spécialistes du Vatican

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the sum total of the/every single Vatican specialists/experts

181
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le pape s’est-il excusé?

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did the pope apologise?

182
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attristé ou désolé

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saddened or regretful

183
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Un autre, non.

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But another one was not

184
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recteur de la Mosquée de Paris

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head of the Paris mosque

185
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être a son comble

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at its height

186
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plus critique

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more critical

187
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et le propre de la nitroglycérine, c’est…

A

the thing about nitroglycerine is…

188
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secouer

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shake

189
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remontant a plusieurs siècles

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goes back several centuries

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