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02.04.2014 Flashcards

1
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en fait

A

Actually

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2
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finalement

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Eventually

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3
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paroles

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Lyrics

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4
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cendres

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Ashes

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5
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une hémorragie interne

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an internal bleeding

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massacre

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Slaughter

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un marteau

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A hammer

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une lame

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a blade

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s’ennorgueillir de

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To take pride in

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gigantesque

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Gigantic

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un lavabo

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a washstand

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12
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≈ça se profile à l’horizon

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It’s looming

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chou à la crème

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Cream puff

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14
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pédé

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poof

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15
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gay

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gay

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16
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remaniement ministériel

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Cabinet reshuffle

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17
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la consternation

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Dismay

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le parti socialiste était donné battu dans les sondages

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= the socialist party was show trailing in the polls

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“cela ne vint pas en surprise”

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did not come as a surprise

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20
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une défaite cuisante

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a crushing defeat

21
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Le président doit tirer des conclusions de la défaite

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The president must draw the conclusion from the defeat

22
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taux de chômage

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Unemployment rate

23
Q

des idées impopulaires auprès des électeurs

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Voter losers

24
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= il pouvait toujours espérer un miracle soudain / du jour au lendemain.

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He could always expect an overnight miracle !

25
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chosen with care (syn)

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handpicked

26
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fidèle à

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faithful to

27
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digne de confiance (2)

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reliable

trustworthy

28
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sans expérience

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unseasoned

29
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avoir le bras long

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to have a long arm

30
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un coup dur

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A stunning blow

31
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Un désaveu

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a cruel reverse

32
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se prendre une veste

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to take a licking

33
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se prendre une raclée

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to be given a drubbing

34
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être battu à plat de couture (aux éléctions)

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to be trounced at the polls

35
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perdre la face

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to lose face

36
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to be beaten (syn +litté)

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to be chastised

37
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être ébranlé par la défaite

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to be reeling from defeat

38
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Recueillir x% des voix

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to pull in x% of the vote

39
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Tourner autour des x%

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to hover around x%

40
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Dépasser la barre des x%

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to go beyond x%

41
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Atteindre la barre des x%

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To collect x% of the votes

42
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Rassembler x% des voix

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to muster x% of the votes

43
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Emporter x% des voix

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to grab x% of the votes

44
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Faire moins que x%

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To score less than x%

45
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Un diner romantique en tête à tête aux chandelles

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a romantic candlelit quiet dinner alone

46
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répression policière

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police crackdown

47
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une bombe atomique / (une centrale nucléaire?)

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A nuke

48
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putin et moi sommes faits de la meme trempe

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Putin and myself are cast in the same mould

49
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son “atout” de séduction, c’est sa femme.

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His seduction asset / trump is his wife

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