Synt 1 Flashcards by Clementine Ferre | Brainscape

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marauders

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marauders

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pillards

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plunders, looters

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l’ante

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the ante

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attiser, alimenter, entretenir

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to stoke

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misérable, malheureux

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wretched

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l’attraction

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a sideshow

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ruiner

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to wrack

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grenades assourdissantes

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stun grenades

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s’embarquer clandestinement

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to stow away

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esclavage

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bondage

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(le dessous des choses)

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underbelly

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répressions

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crackdowns

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bombarder, cribler

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to perl

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bouleversement

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upheaval

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un appel

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a roll-call

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étancher, endiguer, arrêter

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to staunch

staunch (adj) = dévoué

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mener, carry on

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to wage

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alarmisme

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scaremongering

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being lavishly generous

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the munificience

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somptueusement

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lavishly

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le dernier

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the latter

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faux, menteur

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bogus

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amèrement, fortement

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sorely

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caler

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to stall

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repousser

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to repel

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quais

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quaysides

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dissuader

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to deter

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logements

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dwellings

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habiter

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to dwell

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to scratch or grope around to find, collect….

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to scrabble

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tatonner

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to grope

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vaciller, tituber

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to lurch into

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goulot

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bottleneck

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encourager, supporter

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to countenance

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désesperé

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forlorn

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fortifié

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embattled

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renaissant, qui connait un nouvel essor

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resurgent

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connecter

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to log

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souligné, mis en évidence

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underscored

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effilocher, se défiler

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to fray

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bordélique

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shambolic

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incaner

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to epitomise

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commander, mandater, déléguer

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to commission

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évaluer, estimer, juger

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to assess

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to increase research INTO something

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ok

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une approche globale

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a blanket approach

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rendement, production, rapport

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yield

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céder, donner, rapporter, succomber à la tentation

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to yield

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saper, miner

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to undermine

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révision, remaniement

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overhaul

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contraindre, restreindre

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to constrain

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troquer

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to trade off

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gradually weaken or destroy (a person’s strength or power)

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to sap, to play out, to exhaust

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a corporate

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une entreprise

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accountability

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responsabilité

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not fit for purpose

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non adapté à l’objectif

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lobbying

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la pression, les solicitations

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to water down

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édulcorer, atténuer

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utterly

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complètement

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to flout

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mépriser, bafouiller

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outrage

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outrage, scandale

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bitumer, goudronner

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to tar

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intenable

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untenable

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déraciner, extirper

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to root out

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one bad person in a group of good people

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a bad/rotten apple

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mettre en route

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to set in train

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corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

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commensurate

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pas de solution magique

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no magic fix

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demander des comptes

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to hold to account

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échappatoires

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loopholes