Week 5 Flashcards by Zoe Edwards

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le levier

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lever

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le point de pression

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pressure point

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la montgolfière

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hot air balloon

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l’arsenal militaire

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military arsenal

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la digression

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digression

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être à la page

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be up to date

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se relaxer

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to relax

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l’intention de nuire à l’autrui

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intent to harm another

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chercher à équilibrer qqch/ chercher l’équilibre

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seeking balance

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une exercice bête et méchante

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an exercise in stupidity and malice

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marquer un tournant

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mark a turning point

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mettre en lumière

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bring to light

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opérer plus étroitement

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operate more closely

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réévaluer la stratégie de défense

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reevaluate the defense strategy

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les cibles légitimes

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legitimate targets

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la crainte principale

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the main fear

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mener les efforts diplomatiques

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lead diplomatic efforts

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les risques de prolifération nucléaire

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risks of nuclear proliferation

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une posture agressive

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an aggressive stance

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dépasser le cadre

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go beyond the framework

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un regard périphérique

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a peripheral view

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prendre un élan international

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build international momentum

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la faiblesse

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weakness

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la subvention

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subsidy

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envoyer des capitaux (publics/privés)

send capital

les munitions

ammunition

les ressources de renseignement

intelligence resources

les ressources intellectuelles

intellectual resources

entraîner qqn

to train someone

les formateurs.trices

trainers

les contrôles d’export

export controls

paralyser financièrement

financially cripple

le gel de capitaux

capital freeze

imparable

foolproof

les fonds d’investissement

investment funds

les intérêts

interest

pharamineux

enormous

les oligarques

oligarchs

le soutien

support

un sympathisant (du Kremlin)

a Kremlin sympathizer

un collaborateur

collaborator

une décision judiciaire

a judicial decision

faire un parallèle

make a parallel

lier les choses

linking things

de son plein gré

of his/her free will

malgré lui/elle

in spite of him/herself

sortir de la mondialisation

get out of globalisation

les industries d’armement

the arms industry

le ruine de l’âme

the ruin of the soul

le consigne

the instruction

une tentative d’explication

an attempt at explanation

diversifier les sources

diversify sources

anticiper les risques

to anticipate risks

un échec total

a total failure

malveillant

malevolent

percutant(e)

striking

recalibrer

recalibrate

un calibrage

calibration

prédire/anticiper les crimes

predicting/anticipating crime

appauvrir la pensée

impoverish thought

la propriété intellectuelle

intellectual property