26.03.2014 Flashcards by Carlos Domingo

Q

poser sa candidature pour, solliciter, vouloir être

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to put in for

cours: “putin putting in for speed champion”

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la monnaie

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the currency

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to have no time to loose (syn) (2)

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to have no time to spare

to have no time on one’s hands

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To stay (syn) (+litté)

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to remain

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l’issue

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The outcome

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transformer la réalité

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To distort reality

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Voter par procuration

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to vote by proxy

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bourrage des urnes

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Ballot stuffing

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un sondage

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A survey

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Homologue

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counterpart

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Remplir un vide

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to fill a vacuum

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représenter, incarner

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To epitomize

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à la barre (bateau)

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At the helm

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discréditer, rejeter quelque chose

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To discard

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une requête

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A plea

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vaguement, à tord…

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Loosely

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c’est un enfant de son temps

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He’s a child of the times

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assez parlé, agissons

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enough talking, we must act

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ils sont fini les jours où…

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Gonne are the days when….

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Metre la main sur (3)

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to take over / to rade = to ransack

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An expression by Shakespeare : Julius Caesar

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To the dogs and the dogs of war

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un revers

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a setback

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balle de match

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Set Point

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aller aux urnes

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to go to the polls

une épreuve de force (2)

a showdown = a contest of wills

An open struggle (≠ )

a closed door struggle

to be up to the task (=) (2)

to be up to the circumstances | to be found wanting

perdre du terrain

to lose ground

un fouilli, un désastre, un pagaille

a shambles

comettre des erreurs

to fumble

s'embourber

to bog down

embourbé

mired in mud

Powerless (=)

helpless

efficasse

efficient

tenir le cap

It’s not holding the course

tanguer

to be pitching and tossing

inefficient (=) (2)

ineffective = ineffectual

inopérant

inoperative

C’est chancelant (3)

it’s shaking = tottering (au sens purement physique du terme) = fledgling

être dans la merde

to be in for it

ne tenir qu'à un fil

to hang by a thread

metteur en scène

stage-director

demissionner

to withdraw | = to stand down

sept millions de personnes

Seven million people

couche d'ozone

Ozone layer

nuages empoisonnés

poison clouds

casi. gazes déchets...

gaseous wastes

gaz toxics

noxious gases

to discharge into the atmosphere (=)

to disgorge into the atmosphere

se mélanger

to combine

abîmer, gâcher, gâter

to spoil

un ciel brouillé

A smudged sky