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Vochelle 2.2 Flashcards

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Déclin

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Downfall

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Se montrer plus intelligent

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To outwit sbody

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L’emporter sur

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To outweigh sbody

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Continuelle controverse

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An ongoing controversy

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Une lutter ardue

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An uphill struggle

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Peu impressionné, déçu

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Underwhelmed

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Être surchargé (2)

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To be overburdened

To be overloaded

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Être envahi

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To be overrun

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Le problème est double

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The problem is twofold

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Culpabilité

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Guilt

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Éphémère

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Short lived

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Surmonter (2)

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To get over

To overcome

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Depuis Une vingtaine d’années

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For 20-odd years

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Autour des affaires

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Business-wise

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Sangloter sans retenue

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To sob unrestrainedly

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Déformer le propos de qqn

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To misquote sbody’s word

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Avec méfiance

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Mistrustfully

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Abuser de l’hospitalité

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To overstay

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trois fois plus nombreux

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Outnumbered by 3 to 1

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Regain de violence

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Outbreak of violence

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Un rassemblement

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A rally

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Sectarisme

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Bigotry

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Dresser qqn contre

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To pit sbody against

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Un problème épineux

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A vexed/thorny issue

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Adopter

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To embrace

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But sous-jacent

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An underlying goal

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Un signe avant-coureur

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A harbinger

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Épuration ethnique

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Ethnic cleansing

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… a fait un mort et 19 blessés

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It claimed 1 life and left 19 people injured

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30
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Un article engagé

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A biased article

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31
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Fustiger (3)

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To lambast
To castigate
To lash out at

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Une critique violente

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A diatribe

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Épreuve de vérité

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Acid test

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34
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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat around the bush

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Tenter d’éviter un sujet

Idiomatique

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To pirouette across a minefield

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36
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Appeler un chat un chat

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To call a spade a spade

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37
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Être amadoué

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To be coax into doing

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38
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Mettre les gens dans le même panier

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To lump people together

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39
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Ne pas correspondre à

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To fall short of sthg

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Une personne impulsive

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A rash person

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Être à cheval sur

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To be a stickler for

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Avoir le sens des affaires

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To have a business acumen

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Ouvrir la voie à une nouvelle ère

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To usher in a new area

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Éradiquer

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To slam out

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Délit de faciès

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Racial profiling

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Désirer ardemment (3)

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To yearn/long/crave for

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Retour en arrière

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Backward step

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Être curieux (2)

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To be curious

To be inquisitive

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«Je suis sûr»

Idiomatique

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I’m positive

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Baisser les yeux (3)

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To look down
To lower one’s head
To hung one’s head

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Aller voir quelqu’un

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To go and see sbody

52
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Aller chercher qqchose

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To go and get sthg

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«Tu es tombé sur la tête»

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You’re nuts
You’re mental
You must be off your mind

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Se faufiler (ramper)

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To crawl
To sneak
To creep

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Inflation galopante

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Creeping inflation

56
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Lancer une production

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To roll out a product

57
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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in the money

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Savourer, prendre plaisir

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To relish

59
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Supermarché du scoop

Journalisme a cachets

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Checkbook journalism

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Une sonnette d’alarme

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A wake up call

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Il y a matière à réfléchir

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It offers food for thought

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Raconter des histoires

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To spin tales

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Simple, pur

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Mère

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Remettre en cause

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To question

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De tous horizons

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From all walks of life

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Conviction, croyance, confession

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Persuasion

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Déboulonner

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To debunk

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Mensonges (3)

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Falsehoods
Fake story
Untruths

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Se faire passer pour

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To pass oneself off as

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Faire pression (3)

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To press for
To pressurize for
To pester for

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Une critique amère

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A bitter diatribe

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Fustiger

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To lambast

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Faire le point sur

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To take stock of

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Un travail mal fait

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A botched job

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Au détriment de

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At the expense of

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To be masterly at

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Être le maître dans

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Info divertissement

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Infotainment

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Dramatiser

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To sensationize

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Être franc

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To be outspoken

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Se faire avoir (2)

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To be deceived by

To be taken by

81
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Le bien public

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To public/common good

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Creuser, fouiller

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To dig

83
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Déterrer des scandales

Dévoiler la vérité

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To unearth scandals

To uncover the truth

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Vérités dérangeantes

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Unpalatable truths

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Un comité de surveillance

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A watchdog

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Être ébloui

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To be dazzled

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Être de connivence avec (2)

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To collude/connive with

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Faire des pieds et des mains pour

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To scramble for

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Un terreau à talents

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A breeding ground for talents

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Sonner le glas

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To roll the knell for

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Un poumon économique

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An economic powerhouse

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Aller bon train

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To be rife

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Briser, éclater

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To shatter

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Sombre tableau

Sombres perspectives

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Bleak outlook

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Se résumer à

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To boil down to

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Perspectives plus positives

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Brighter prospects

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Le principe fondamental

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The basic tenet

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Avoir une meilleure/moins bonne situation

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To have it better/worse

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Marasme économique

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Sluggish economy

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Se débrouiller

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To get by

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