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personnages connus de la guerre de sécession

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Robert E. Lee; Jefferson Davis (pesident of the Confederacy); Ulysses S. Grant (Memorial in NY: led the Union Army)

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la guerre de sécession

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the Civil War

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ambigu

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ambiguous

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couleur et animal symboles des Républicains

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Red; an elephant

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couleur et animal symboles des Démocrates

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blue; a donkey

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honorifique

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honorary

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battre son plein

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to be in full flow

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broder(ie)

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(to) embroider(y)

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l’auvent

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the awning

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la balancelle

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the swing seat

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sur les genoux de qqun

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on one’s lap

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une raie au milieu

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a center parting

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un fléau

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a scourge (prononcer /skeurge/)

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premier discours (inaugural, “baptême” d’orateur)

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maiden speech

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allocution

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an address

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décousu, incohérent

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disjointed

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exprimer, diffuser ou aérer

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to air

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se lamenter sur, se plaindre de

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to bemoan stg

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pousser qqun à faire qqch

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to goad so to do stg

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un aiguillon / stimulant

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a goad

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direct (pour une personne, un commentaire)

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blunt

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acte unilatéral

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one-sided action

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droit, moralement correct

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righteous (/rightious/)

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essence sans-plomb

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unleaded petrol (GB)/ unleaded gas(oline) (US)

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devant le parlement
outside the parliament
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contestable
questionnable
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il est dommage que
it is a pity that
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le trou dans la couche d'ozone
the hole in the ozone layer
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des produits chimiques
chemicals
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déverser
to pour / to discharge
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faire des ravages, causer de gros dégâts, dévaster
to cause havoc in/to
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indicateur (économique)
(economic) indicator
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nuage de pollution
smog
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émanations, fumées (de diesel)
(diesel) fumes
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précéder dans le temps
to predate stg
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mandat de premier ministre
a premiership
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éviter, prévenir (qqch de mal)
to avert
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une bonne excuse (fam)
a cop-out
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recevoir, se prendre (amende, etc)
to cop stg
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premier ministre de la république d'Irlande
Taoiseach (Leo Varadkar)
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renflouement, sauvetage financier
a bailout
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contrecarrer, faire échouer, déjouer / frustrer
to frustrate
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normes concernant les moteurs
engine (/engine/) standards
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raser qqch
to raze stg to the ground
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goudron
tar
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sables bitumineux
tar sands (ex au Canada)
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durée
a (time) span
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sainteté (entouré d'un respect religieux)
sanctity
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système d'échanges de droits d'émission
emissions trading system
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l'industrie agro-alimentaire
agribusiness
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plaignant (celui qui porte plainte)
complainant
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procureur
prosecutor
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la société civile
civil society
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à la différence de
to the difference of
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une valeur pédagogique
a pedagogic value
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siéger
to sit
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chef d'inculpation, accusation
charge
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à la demande de
at the request of
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déchiffrer
to decipher
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décryptage
decoding
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avertissement, mise en garde (officiel)
a notice
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un jalon, une date majeure
a landmark (--> adj: landmark)
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cas de jurisprudence
a landmark case
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violation des droits de l'homme
infringement on human rights
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s'engager
to commit oneself
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s'engager à faire
to commit to do
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cheville ouvrière, épine dorsale
linchpin / backbone
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sonner l'alarme
to ring the alarm (bell)
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fondement
basis(pluriel: bases) / founding principle
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système de plafonnement et d'échanges (--> émissions)
cap-and-trade system
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gérer, s'occuper de
to cope with
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Sunnite / Chiite
Sunni / Shia
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expiation
atonement
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qui cloche (adj) / de travers (adv)
amiss
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sans aucun doute
doubtless
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désarroi, consternation, découragement soudain
dismay
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une miche
a loaf
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la banquise
the ice floe
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un rayon de soleil
a sunray
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sous-produit / produit dérivé
a byproduct
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un courant d'air
a draught (/draft/)
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la sécheresse
drought (/draout/)
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un glacier
a glacier
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la tourbe
peat
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forer
to drill
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gisement de pétrole
oilfield
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raffiner
to refine
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paperasse, formalités administratives, bureaucratie
red tape, paperwork
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soja
soya / soybean
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sucre de cane
cane sugar
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3 vb pour un procès
to sue (attaquer en justice/ monter le dossier); to try (juger); to judge (juger, rendre la sentence)
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mots pour vrai
true (la vérité); real (réel, pas un hologramme); right (a raison); genuine (a la bonne origine; véritable); authentic
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avocat
lawyer; attorney (US); Barrister (UK)
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analyse
one analysis; 2 analyses
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point litigieux; sujet épineux
point of contention

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