2ème page Flashcards by Grégoire GAMBINO

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réclamer des dommages et intérêts

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to claim damages

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sévir contre

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to clamp down/to crack down on

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changer de comportement

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to clean up one’s act

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énigme/problème insoluble

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a conundrum

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la crise du crédit

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the credit crunch

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des réductions

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cutbacks

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donner carte blanche

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to give carte blanche/a free hand

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franchir les obstacles

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to clear the hurdles, to overcome obstacles

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sujet à controverse

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controversial, contentious

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redoutable

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daunting

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une date limite

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deadline

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une impasse

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a deadlock

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sortir de l’impasse

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to break to deadlock/stalemate

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désamorcer la crise

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to defuse the crisis

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des réserves qui s’amenuisent

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depleted stocks

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dissuader

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to deter from doing

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un effet dissuasif sur

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a deterrent to

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appareil/gadget

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a device

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minimiser l’importance

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to downplay the significance of

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réduire les effectifs

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to downsize the workforce

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un avant-projet

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a draft

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invétéré (chez qui l’habitude est ancrée)

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dyed-in-the-wool

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acharné/extrémiste

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die-hard

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une croyance bien ancrée

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a deep-roated belief

les oiseaux de mauvais augure / prophètes de malheur

doomsday prophets

destiné à

earmarked for

décongestionner la ville

to ease congestion in the city

entrer en vigueur

to come into effect

mettre en danger

to jeopadize/endanger

rentrer dans ses frais

to break even

aggraver

to exacerbate

le moindre des 2 maux

the lesser of two evils

se lancer dans une aventure

to embark upon an adventure

les énconomies chancelantes

faltering economies

les gros richards

fat cats

le bouc émissaire

scapegoat

éviter la défaite

to fend off/ to stave off defeat

faire ses choux gras de/ s'en donner à coeur joie

to have a field day

produit phare

a flagship product

critisicim

flask

se faire violemment critiqué

to take a lot of flak

éclater

to flare up

des émeutes ont éclatés

riots flared up

déjouer une tentative

to foil an attemp

faire de même

to follow suit.