Cours Flashcards

1
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unmapped

A

uncharted

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2
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encré (dans les moeurs), enraciné

A

rooted

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3
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pagayer

A

to paddle

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4
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décide par toi même

A

decide for yourself / on your own

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5
Q

a flood

A

une innondation

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6
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Tu ferais mieux de…

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You would be well-advised to + BV

You had better + BV

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7
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Tu ferais mieux de ne pas…

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You had better not + BV

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8
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conseiller, recommander

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to advise / to urge

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9
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Faire face à

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to prevent / to tackle the pb of / to face up to the pb of / to fix the pb of / to cope with

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10
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Les américains croient dure comme fer à

A

Americans are staunch believers (quand je suis un “staunch beliver” c’est que je croix dure comme fer à qqchose)

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11
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la peste

A

plague

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12
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se moquer de

A

to make fun of / to poke fun of

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13
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la risée de

A

the laughing stock of

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14
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A cause de

A

Because of / as a result of / due to

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15
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Les évènements sont la cause de mon départ

A

Events resulted in my (your, his…) leaving

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16
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croitre/augmenter

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to : surge, soar, rise, increase, skyrocket (monter en flèche)

17
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a augmenté progressivement/en continu

A

has steadily increase

18
Q

a augmenté d’un coup

A

has sharply increased

19
Q

a augmenté trop vite

A

has dramatically increased

20
Q

décroitre/baisser

A

to : decrease, drop, dwindled, fall from 50 to 10

21
Q

hativement

A

hastily

22
Q

se décharger de responsabilités (par exemple le gouvernement sur les villes)

A

to shoulders off its responsabilitiy to cities

to abdicate its responsability on cities

23
Q

ne pas prendre ses responsabilité concernant (les inondations)

A

to don’t take on its responsability regarding floods
when it comes to floods
as regard floods

24
Q

moyens financiers

A

financial means

25
Q

qui va arriver

A

to upcoming

26
Q

traîner des pieds

A

to be foot-dragging

27
Q

se produire (un évènement)

A

to occur/ to happen/ to take place

28
Q

d’autant plus

A

all the more

29
Q

to ought

A

pareil que should mais avec une connotation morale