Buzz N7 Flashcards by alex trb | Brainscape

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Bleak

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Morne, austere

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Flagrant

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Blatant

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Une benediction

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A blessing

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That was his blind spot

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Sur ce point il avait un bandeau devant les yeux

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Une petite anomalie

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A blip

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De maniere inattendue

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Out of the blue

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A blue chip investment

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Un investissement de pere de famille

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A blueprint

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Un avant-projet

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Brusque/brutal(discours, paroles)

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Blunt

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A blot on the landscape

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Une ombre au tableau

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Exploser au visage

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To blow up in one’s face

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To go by the board

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Tomber a l’eau/echouer

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To boast

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Vanter

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Bogus

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Faux/bidon

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To get bogged down

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S’enliser/ s’embourber

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Se resumer a/ se reduire a

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To boil down to

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Bold

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Audacieux

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Soutenir

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To bolster

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To go by the books

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Agir selon les regles

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A boom-bust economy

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Une economoie en dent de scie

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Une aubaine

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A boon

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A border

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Une frontiere

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I agree/ i do not agree / in my opinion

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Exprimer son avis a l’oral

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Pour introduire un texte

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The article is about…/ deals with…/ reports on…./ focuses on…
this article was published in/ released in the Eco/ is taken from

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Prendre conscience

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To get aware of/ to become aware of

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Les humains
L’humanité
L’homme

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Human beings
Mankind/ human kind
Man

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Le dernier ( sondage)

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The latest ( opinion polls)

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Avec le temps

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Over time/ with time

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Les pays occidentaux/ orientaux

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The western/ eastern countries

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Reussir a faire

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To manage to do/ to succed in V-ing

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Un probleme important

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A worrying/ alarming issue

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Mettre en avant/ donner de l’importance

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To stress/ to emphasize

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Assister à

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To witness/ to attend ( a lecture/ a meeting)

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En conclusion je dirai

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In conclusion, I would like to say…

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Dans l’espace politique

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In the political field

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La politque etrangere francaise

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French foreign policy