21 Flashcards

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le garant de

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the custodian of

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un principe

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a tenet

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un juge

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a justice

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intenter une action devant une cour

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to petition a court

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une conférence

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a lecture

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prendre ses distances par rapport à

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to back away from

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sensé, valable

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sound

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correspondre au clivage politique traditionnel

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to fall along party lines

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mitigating circumstances

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extenuating circumstances

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le début, l’aperçu d’une tendance

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a glimpse of a trend

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faiblir, s’estomper

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to wane

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faire appel

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to lodge an appeal

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commuer une peine

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to commute a sentence

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un ténor du barreau

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a big-name lawyer

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équivalent

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akin to

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un complexe (militaire, pénitencier)

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a compound

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dans un délai raisonnable

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in due course

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des critiques acerbes

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scathing criticism

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revenir à, être équivalent

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to be tantamount to

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mauvais traitements

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ill-treatment

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édulcorer qqch

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to water down sth

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justifier le recours à la torture

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to condone torture

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aseptiser

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to sanitise

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sévices corporels / insultes

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abuse

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critiquer violemment
to lambast
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une prison de haute sécurité
a supermax facility
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l'égalité des chances
equality of opportunities
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l'Eglise anglicane
the Church of England
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se laisser séduire par une promesse
to be lured by a promise
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déontologie, éthique du travail
work ethic
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passer de la misère à la richesse
to go/rise from rags to riches
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arriver en masse
to pour
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rassemblés, blottis
huddled
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aspirer à faire qqch
to yearn to do sth
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endiguer le flot
to stem the tide
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les indigents
paupers
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se voir refuser l'entrée
to be denied entry
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annuler
to repeal
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se mélanger
to blend
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la première de la pièce a eu lieu à
the play premiered in
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une expression
a phrase
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rejeter, écarter une idée
to dismiss
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responsabilisation
empowerment
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se manifester, être mis en avant
to come to the fore
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prendre parti pour... , se ranger parmi
to take sides with
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provoquer
to bring about
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un détracteur
a critic
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un travail sans perspectives
a dead-end job
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formuler, concevoir
to frame a concept
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postuler
to posit
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un trait d'union
a hyphen
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péjorativement
disparagingly
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un conseil/ conseiller
an advice/ to advise
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querelle, engueulade
bust-up*
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généralisé, avéré
full-blown
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Khrouchtchev
Krushchev
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solitaire
reclusive
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s'étendre sur, négocier difficilement
to hammer out
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violente critique
a brickbat
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manœuvrer
to steer
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mettre le cap sur
to steer a course for
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s'éloigner
to steer away
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macabre
grisly
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se prêter au jeu
to play along
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s'amuser
to play about
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faire des siennes
to play up
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causer du soucis à qqn
to play sb up
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jouer la comédie
to play-act
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facture
invoice
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facturer
to invoice
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polir
to buff
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communication regulator in the UK (équivalent du CSA)
Ofcom
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arracher, soutirer qqch de qqn
to prize sth from sbdy
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à deux heures de
2 hours away
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vol à l'arraché
bag snatch
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cri strident
a squawk
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frange
a fringe
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une groupe marginal
a fringe group
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l'essentiel c'est que
the bottom line is that
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c'est le vrai problème
that's the bottom line
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rassembler
to round up
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arrondir au chiffre supérieur
to round up
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rompre
to sever
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rompre tout liens avec qqn
to sever all ties with sbdy
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être exprimé
to be voiced
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avoir son mot à dire dans qqch
to have a voice in sth
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ruche
a hive
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le petit nouveau
to be new kid on the block
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débat sans fin
nerver-ending debate
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c'est pour brouiller les pistes
that's red herring
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hareng
herring
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rouleau compresseur
a steamrolleur
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grincer, craquer
to creak
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enfourcher, chevaucher
to straddle
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une escale
a stopover
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manier le bâton et la carotte
to resort to the carrot and the stick approach
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en toute connaissance de cause
knowingly
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rien d'autre que
nothing but
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contester
to challenge
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à part entière
fully-fledged