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6.06.09.2014 Flashcards

1
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compte à rebourd

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Countdown

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époustouflant

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Breath-taking

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3
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chevaliers

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Knights

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un endroit du bout du monde, paumé… etc.

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A god-forsaken-place

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commencer à zéro

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To start from scratch

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En guenilles, en haions

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xxxxxxxxx

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L’histoire de quelqu’un qui part de rien / vient du ruisseau, et s’élève

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xxxxxxxxxxx

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Sur le déclin

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on the wane

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ça chute de10 %

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It fell by ten

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souffrir de

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To suffer from

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11
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tyrannie

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tyranny

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12
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extremist (syn)

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Fundamentalist

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“tyranniser” la population, exercer sur elle un pouvoir tyrannique

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Exercising tyranny over the population

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les époux

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Spouses

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musulman

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muslim

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les plaisirs de la chaire

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Pleasures afforded by the senses

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17
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répudié(e)

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repudiated

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18
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exciter (sexuel) (3)

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To excite
= to turn on
= arouse

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19
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pension alimentaire

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alimony

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20
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divorcer d’un homme

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to divorce from a

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subvenir aux besoins de quelqu’un

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to provide for

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interdire à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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to prevent someone from doing something

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rapports sexuels

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sexual intercourse

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criminaliser

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to criminalize

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un euphémisme (2)

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an euphemism

= an understatement

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punissable

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Punishable

27
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un diplôme universitaire

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an university degree

28
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doctrine de non intervention américaine.

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Doctrine of the “light footprint”

29
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Le Bellicisme (2)

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warmongering

= bellicosity

30
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demander quelqu’un en mariage

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to propose to someone

31
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des vidéos nationalistes

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nationalistic videos

32
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blessé

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wounded

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hémoglobine

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haemoglobin

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adoucir son image (2)

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to ease down / to to tone down his image

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faire les choses ≈en bon et du forme ≈en grand

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to do things in great style

36
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droit de vote

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Suffrage

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participer à une élection

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To participate in the election

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avoir le droit de voter à une élection

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to be eligible for an election

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inscrit

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registered

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quelqu’un qui a le droit de vote

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an eligible voter

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déposer un bulletin de vote (dans l’urne) (2)

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to cast a ballot

to slit the ballot paper into the ballot box

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bureaux de vote

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polling stations

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dissuader, rebuter

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to turn off

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brouiller les cartes

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to cloud the issues

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défier les taliban, s’élever contre les talibans

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to defie the Taliban /stand up against the Taliban

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rassurant(e)

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reassuring

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essayer de se placer avantageusement

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to jockey for position

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s’incliner devant tant de courage

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to bow before such courage

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pensée de ‘quand on prend ses vœux pour des réalités’

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wishful thinking

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deduce (syn)

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Infer

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autoritaire (2)

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authoritarian / authoritative

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liberticide (adj)

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Liberticidal

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renforcer, se renforcer (2)

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to strengthen

to reinforce

54
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islamico-concervateur

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both Islamic and conservative

55
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détournement de fonds

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embezzlement

56
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donner son blanc-seing

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to give carte blanche

57
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que du vent, que des rêves

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just cloud-cuckoo-land

58
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dans mes rêves les plus fous

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In my wildest dreams

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