19/11/13 Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Tordre le cou à une rumeur

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To quash - scotch a rumour

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De sources bien informées

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From knowledgeable - authorised sources

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Enfler (rumeur)

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To fly about

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Faire la une

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To hit the headline, the front page

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Des questions d’actualité

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Topical issues

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Cela mérite pourtant une couverture médiatique plus large

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It would yet deserve more media coverage

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À force de dénigrer et de diffamer les hommes politiques

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By dint of running down and libelling politicians

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Les marchands de ragots

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Garbage - Gossip mongers

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Susciter l’hostilité du public

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To arouse the public’s animosity

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Passer tout son temps devant la télévision

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To be a hopeless couch potatoe

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Être hypnotisé par les écrans

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To be mesmerized by the TV sets

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Afin de

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So as to

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Sensibiliser

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To sensitise

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Un changement imminent

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An impending change

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Les jeux TV

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Game and variety shows

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Pousser les gens à

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To urge people to

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Des journaux à sensation

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Sensational newspaper

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S’immiscer dans la vie privée des gens

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To pry into people’s private lives

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Le jour où la liberté de la presse sera réduite, la démocratie sera en danger

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From the day when the freedom of the press is curtailed, democracy will be in jeopardy

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Une dérive constante

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A constant excess

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Être ancré dans

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To be deep-rooted
To be deeply ingrained
To be deeply anchored
To be deeply entrenched

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Inventer une expression

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To coin an expression

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Quelque chose de disputé

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A disputed point

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Façonner l’opinion publique

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To mould public opinion

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Livrer l'information pure
To provide someone with straight news
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Un société de médias
A media-driven society
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Des petites phrases
Soundbites
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Devenir une véritable institution
To become anchormen
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Survivre à l'essor d'Internet
To resist the rise of the Internet
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Tricotter
To knit
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Coudre
To sew
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Être auto satisfait
To be smug
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Un cercle d'amis
A set of friends
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Peut-on aller jusqu'à dire que
Could we go so far as to say that
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Asséner un coup
To deal a blow