4ème page Flashcards by Grégoire GAMBINO

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une faille

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a loophole

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combler la faille

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to close the loophole

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une solution miracle

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a magic bullet

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le pilier du parti

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the mainstray of the party

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gâcher

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to mar

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manipuler les chiffres

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to massage figures

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un effondrement financier

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a financial meltdown

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une vache à laît

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a milch cow

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un événement marquant

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a milestone

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prendre de la vitesse

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to gain momemtum

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une tempête de protestations

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a public outcry/uproar

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évincer du pouvoir

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to oust from power

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le résultat

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the outcome of the election

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externaliser l’entretien

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to outsource maintenance

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dépasser les concourrents

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to outstrip competitors

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l’emporter sur les désavantages

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to outweight the disadvantages

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la refonte du système

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the overhaul of the system

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culminer à

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to peak at

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limiter les hausses de salaires

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to peg pay rises

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des promesses en l’air

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pie in the sky

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fonder ses espoirs sur

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to pin one’s hopes on

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établir avec précision

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to pinpoint/ pint down

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être en préparation/dans les tuyaux

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to be in the pipeline

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fléau

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a plague/a scourge

un vibrant plaidoyer

an emotive plea

promettre de

to pledge to

situation très difficile

a plight/ predicament

un stratagème

an electoral ploy

faire la publicité de

to plug in

être prêt à

to be poised to

les pots de vin

pork

la distribution de pots de vin

pork barelling

prendre les devants pour empêcher

to pre-empt

la fréquence

the prevalence

le processus de paix

the peace process

monter en épingle

to blow out of proportion

an expert

a pundit

un bourbier

a quagmire

saccager dans les rues

to rampage through the streets

inflation galopante

rampant inflation

c'est une fausse piste -pour brouiller les cartes

it is a red herring

publier des chiffres

to release figures

délocaliser/délocalistation

to relocate/relocation

réorganiser le système

to revamp the system

surmonter la crise

to ride out the storm/to weather the crisis