4/01/14 Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Promulguer, appliquer

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To enact

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Subvenir à ses besoins

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To support oneself

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Sous l’égide de

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Under the aegis of

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S’engager à

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To commit to doing sth

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Lier, contraindre

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To bind bound bound

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Un produit de base

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A commodity

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Économique, rentable

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Cost-effective

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Il est beaucoup trop tôt

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It is far too soon

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Fustiger

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To castigate

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Être dépassé

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To be outdated

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Des objectifs chiffrés

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Numerical targets

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S’effondrer, s’embourber

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To founder

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Des preuves irréfutables

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Compelling evidence

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Diminuer de moitié

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To halve

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Obligatoire

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Mandatory

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Un cadre, un système

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Conspuer, huer

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Siffler

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Une note de bas de page

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Le président sortant

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The incumbent President

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De la com ecolo

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Éviter

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Une tribune

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A bully pulpit

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Imminent

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Abondamment
Profilgately
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Bien se passer
To go smoothly
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Entièrement
Utterly
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Inoffensif
Harmless
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Ne pas prendre de risque
To be on the safe side
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Aller à l'encontre des principes de
To go against the grain of
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Entraver
To hamper
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Un fanatique
A zealot
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Laisser passer le train
To miss the bandwagon
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Sinistre
Doom-laden
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Faire brutalement prendre conscience de
To shock people into realising that