Vochelle 3 Flashcards

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Conclure un accord (3)

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To sign/conclude/reach an agreement

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Une offensive

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A crack down

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Être l’objet d’un contrôle

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To be processed

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Régler
Ou
S’installer

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To settle

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Le tout

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The whole thing

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Essayer (2)

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Try to

Attempt to

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Les interrogations

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The concerns

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Pas plus/moins de

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For not more/less than

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Dénoncer

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To stand up against

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Être dénoncé

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To be decried

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Être politiquement/civilement averti

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To be politically/civic-minded

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Fierté civile

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Civil proud

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Un sentiment d’appartenance

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A sense of belonging

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Avoir son mot à dire

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To have a say in sthg

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Un changement des mentalités

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A change in mindsets

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Avoir un intérêt perso dans

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To have a vested interest in

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Être à la base de

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To be the bedrock of

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Uniformisation

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Standardization

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Un moteur de la croissance économique

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An engine of economic growth

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Ce qui compte le +

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What matters most

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Garder contact

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To engage

To keep a touch

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Encourager

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To foster

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Une association

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A body

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Se diriger vers de nouveaux horizons

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To head for greener pastures

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Une approche réticente

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A hand-off approach

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Une approche enthousiaste

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A hand-on approach

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Se faire des relations

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To network

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Endiguer

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To stem

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Tirer avantage

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To capitalize

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Un ambitieux

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A high-flyer

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Prime d’embauche

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Golden hello

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32
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Prime de depart

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Golden handshake

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33
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Renforcer

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To strengthen

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Redorer

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To burnish

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À l’improviste

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Out of the blue

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Un pionnier

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A trailblazer

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Gaspiller?

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To waste

To squander

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38
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En général

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Overall

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39
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En partance pour (2)

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To the bound for

Heading for

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40
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Brilliant

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Glittering

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Un projet risqué

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A venture

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Diminuer de moitié

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To halve

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Ne pas être attaché

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To be Untethered

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Gens

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Folk

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Chétif

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Puny

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Lacunaire

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Patchy

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Un modèle à imiter

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A model to emulate

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Distribuer

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To dole out

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Maintenir

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To sustain

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Supposer (2)

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To suppose

To assume

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Croiser le chemin de

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To cross paths with

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Contre toute attente

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Against all odds

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Il est peu probable qu’il vienne

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The odds are against him coming

54
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Lieu de prédilection

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Hangout of choice

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Client régulier

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A patron

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Comment ce fait-il que

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How does it happen that

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À mi-chemin entre

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Midway between

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S’emparer d’un marché (2)

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To capture/corner a market

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Voitures autonomes

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Driver less/ autonomous/self-driving cars

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Une révolution conceptuelle

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A paradigm shift

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Être sur le point de

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To be bound to

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Une longueur d’avance

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A head start

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Se diversifier dans d’autres domaines

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To branch out into new areas

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Un retour de bâton

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A backlash

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Rivaliser farouchement

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To compete fiercely

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Naviguer en eaux inconnues

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To sail into uncharted waters

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Répondre de ses actes

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To be accountable for its actions

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Beaucoup plus loin

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Much further

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Renoncer

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To forgo

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Brouiller

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To blur

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Permettre

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To enable

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Au delà

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Beyond

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Frontière, limite spirituelles

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Boundaries

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Stimuler

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To spur

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Une recette

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A recipe

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La plus grande part

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The lion’s share

77
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Tout ce qui précède

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All of the above

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Saper

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To undermine

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Un potentiel

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A would-be

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Un présumé

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A so-called

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Être imminent

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To loom

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Fascinant

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Compelling

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Un citadin (2)

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An urbanite

A city dweller

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Un banlieusard (2)

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A suburbanite

A commuter

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Être libre comme l’air

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To be footloose and fancy free

86
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Naviguer sur la vague de l’opportunité technologique

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To ride the wave of technology opportunity

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Impliquer (2)

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To involve

To entail

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Une compétition acharné

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A cut-throat competition

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Frayer la voie

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To blaze the trail

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Un petit boulot

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An odd job

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Économie collaborative

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Collaborative/sharing/gig économy

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Prix très bas

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Rock-bottom prices

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Une main d’œuvre précaire

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A casualized workforce

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Avoir droit à des prestations sociales

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To be entitled to social benefits

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1 sur 5

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One in five

One out of five

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Rembourser

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To pay back

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Contracter un prêt

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To take out a loan

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Deux fois plus que

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Twice as many as

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Une pénurie

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A storage of

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Inondé

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Flooded