27 Flashcards

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rude, cinglant

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biting

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conquérir le vote de qqn

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to win over sbdy’s vote

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l’avenir nous réserve qqch

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sth lies ahead

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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faire capoter

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to scupper

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repousser, écarter

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to fend off

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encore moins par le reste du mone

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let alone by the wider world

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noble

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lofty

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les peuples

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peopleS

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compatissant, bien disposé à l’égard de

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sympathetic

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émancipation

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enfranchisement

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inaltérable

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immutable

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générosité

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beneficence

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châtier

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to smite

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les bonnes nouvelles

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the glad tidings

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redoutable, impressionnant

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formidable

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la Société des Nations

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the League of Nations

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éloquent

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telling

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droits de douane

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tariffs

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le commencement

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the onset

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tracer les grandes lignes

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to map out

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qui menace, imminent

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looming

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accuser qnn de pratiquer le “2 poids, 2 mesures”

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to accuse sb of double standards

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l’épuration ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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se dérober à l'idée que
to shrink away from
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unilatéral
go-it-alone
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en accord avec
in-keeping with
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haleter
to gasp
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mourir d'envie d'une tasse de thé
to be gasping for a cup of tea
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d'une voix entrecoupée
to gasp out
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bredouiller, toussoter
to sputter
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à double-vitrage
double-glaze
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décolleté
a cleavage
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un bruit sourd
a thump
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cogner sur
to thump
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attendre le bon moment, prendre son temps, jouer la montre
to bide one's time
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ligne de conduite, plan d'action
course of action
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tirer à pile ou face
to flip a coin
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Pile ou face?
Heads or tails?
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peu solide, fine (structure), peu convaincant
filmsy
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grogner
to grunt
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traînasser
to diddle around
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tripatouiller qch
to diddle with
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rouler qqn
to diddle sbdy
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esthétique
aesthetic
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respect mêlé de crainte
awe
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introduire
to usher in
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double langage
a double speak
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un néonconservateur
a neocon
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les colombes (par extension les partisans de l'option diplomatique)
the doves
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les faucons (par extension les partisans de la guerre)
the hawks
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conforme au priorité de qqn
friendly to sbdy's agenda
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la marche à la guerre
the build-up to war
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déclaré
overt
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refus de collaborer
non-compliance with
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faire valoir ses droits, justifier
to vindicate sth
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la puissance militaire
military might
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comme on pouvait s'y attendre
predictably
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de ... à ... il n'y a qu'un pas
there is but a short step from ... to
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renforts, montée en puissance
a surge (military)
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un bourbier
a quagmire
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un calendrier de retrait des troupes
a timetable to pull troops out of
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méprisant
comtemptuous
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ébranler, secouer
to rock
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donner raison
to vindicate
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comme il l'estime nécessaire
as he sees fit
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catégoriquement
emphatically
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sanction (uncountable)
autorisation
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le "gendarme du monde"
the "sheriff of the world"
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fondamental
seminal
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un pièce maîtresse
a centerpiece of
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de son propre aveu
by his own admission
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dessiner les contours de
to delineate
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soutenir
to uphold
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être à la hauteur de qch
to measure up to sth
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considérer, juger
to deem
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avancer prudemment
to tread cautiously
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catégorique
adamant
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avoir de l'influence
to have leverage
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sans égal
unmatched
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être doté de
to be endowed with
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agressif, brutal
to be strong-arm
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susceptible de
liable to
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s'aventurer à l'étranger
to venture abroad
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de premier rang
first-tier
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conraindre
to coerce
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avec laquelle il faut compter
to be reckoned with
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un sujet controversé
a moot question
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un bouclier anti-missile
a missile shield
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ne pas faire partie des priorités
to be law on the agenda
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méfiant à l'encontre de
wary of
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la course à l'armement
the arms race
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longtemps mis de coté
long-shelved
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agiter le spectre de
to raise the spectre of
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l'élargissement de l'OTAN
NATO enlargement
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faussement
deceptively
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une chamaillerie
a tiff
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visibilité
salience
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dans l'ensemble
broadly speaking
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constant
unwavering