Course 2 : RC 2 (d) Flashcards

1
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une crise

A

a crisis [kraɪsɪ:z]

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2
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to take care, to be responsible for

A

to look after

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3
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to search for

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to look for

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4
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to gaze at

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to look at

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5
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un enjeu, une participation

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a stake

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6
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s a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the
Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine
resources, including energy production from water and wind

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An exclusive economic zone (EEZ)

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7
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to have the right or the permission to

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to be entitled to

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réclamer, affirmer, prétendre

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to claim

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9
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the land along the edge of it. Someone who is on

shore is on the land rather than on a ship. (la rive, le rivage)

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the shore of a sea, lake or wide river / the shores (elephants living on the shores of Lake Kariba)

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10
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to question/ contester

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to dispute (Nobody disputed that Davey was clever)

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en périphérie / to be tense, nervous and unable to relax

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on edge / to be on edge

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to quarrel, to fight (disputer)/ to discuss, to debate/ to claim that

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to argue with someone/ to argue with someone about smthg /to argue that

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13
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fondre

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to melt

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14
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un levier

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a lever

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15
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organisation mondiale du commerce

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WTO (World Trade Organization

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16
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un subside / subsidier

A

a subsidy ˈsʌbsɪdɪ;

to subsidize [sʌbsɪˌdaɪz]

17
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festival, party, celebration

A

jamboree

18
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distribuer / un dépliant

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to hand out / a handout

19
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well-off, without financial problems

A

comfortably off

20
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the estimate, the calculation

A

the reckoning

21
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assouplir / désserrer

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to loosen (if someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe.

22
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une épineuse question / une épine, écharde

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a thorny issue/ a thorn

23
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des zones côtières, des eaux côtières >< des eaux dans le pays, …

A

coastal areas, coastal water >< inland water, inland waterways,…

24
Q

se tracasser (de)

A

to fret (over)

25
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a clever intendance

A

sensible stewardship

26
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ce n’est pas facile à accepter (idioms)

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it is not an easy sell

27
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forbidden, excluded

A

barred

28
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a place for species to breed or reproduce.

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breeding space

29
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to become well again

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to recover from an illness or an injury

30
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être mené à l’extrême, être porté à son extrême

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to be taken to its extreme

31
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augmenter (de)

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to rise ( by+ quantify) (smthg rises) >< to raise (sb raises smthg)

32
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l’estomac

A

stomach [stʌmək]

33
Q

fermetures successives

A

Rolling closures

34
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S’avérer fructueux

A

to prove successful