Version Journalistique Flashcards by Diane Lajaumont | Brainscape

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Les chariots

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Wagons

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La règle de la chandelle intérieure (au baseball)

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The infield-fly rule

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Avec la meme ténacité

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As tenaciously

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Les révolutionnaires et les pionniers

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The revolutionaries and pioneers

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Façonner

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To forge

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Les contrées

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Wilderness

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S’accrocher à

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To cling to

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Les cosmopolites d’aujourd’hui

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Moderne cosmopolitans

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De loin

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By far

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Plus strict

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Tougher

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Au premier plan

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At the forefront

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Dissimuler

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Canceled

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La réglementation du port d’armes n’est donc pas pour demain

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So gun control is not around the corner

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S’habiller de façon formelle

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To dress formally

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Garde-robe

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Wardrobe

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Noeud(s) papillon

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Bow-tie(s)

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Smoking

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Dinner jacket / tuxedo

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Tenue de soirée

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Evening dress / wear

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Restent courants

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Still form an essential part of / are still to be found in

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Le roi des boutons de manchette

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Cufflinks king

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Petites attaches

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Little fasteners

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Priser

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Prize

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Les banquiers de la City

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City bankers

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Provocation

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Provocation

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D’autant plus que

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All the more so as / since / because

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Abordable

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Affordable

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Ne se dément pas

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Has enjoyed unflagging success

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Le ÇA

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The turnover

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Les ventes n’ont jamais vraiment décollé

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Sells never really took off

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Le formalisme

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Formality

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Qu’elles vous plaisent ou non

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Like them or not

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Dur, solide, résistant, robuste

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Tough

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tenue de soirée de rigueur

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evening dress required

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le point faible

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the Achilles’ heel

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la main d’oeuvre

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labor / labour

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espérer rivaliser

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to hope to compete

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avoir de l’influence

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to hold sway

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faire partie de l’effectif

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to be on the roll / on our roll(s)

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avoir le vent en poupe

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to be on a roll

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salarié

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worker on theit roll

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les coûts de production

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manufacturing costs

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sensiblement

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significantly

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retraite

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pension

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l’assurance chômage

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unemployment insurance

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indemnité de licenciement

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severance pay / package

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faiblesse

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weakness

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la reconnaissance

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acknowledgment

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imprégner, s’infiltrer dans

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to permeate

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réglementation

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regulation

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tenir bcp

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to hold dear

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accorder à qqn le bénéfice du doute

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to give someone the benefit of the doubt

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assurance maladie

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sickness benefit

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avoir de quoi être jaloux

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ti have something to be jealous about

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le bilan

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the report

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la facture mensuelle

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the monthly bill

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un ménage

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a couple / a household

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s’élève à 41$

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amounts to 41$

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mètre carré

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cubic metre

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avec Amsterdam ou Hambourg

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along with Amsterdam and Hambourg

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ou encore

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or again

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même gratuit

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even free

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l’or bleu

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blue gold

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écarts

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discrepancies

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mettre en avant

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to underline

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grandes villes

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major cities

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assurer une qualité supérieure de l’eau

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to ensure better water quality

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dérisoire

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derisory

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les coûts de dépollution

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purification costs

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tarif final

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final price

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la rareté

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rarity / scarceness

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rare, peu abondant

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scarce

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se raréfier

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to become scarce

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saoudien

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Saoudi-Arabian

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subventionné

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subsidized

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certes

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admittedly

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afficher

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flaunt

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les pouvoirs publics

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the authorities

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réglementer

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to control

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les entreprises productrices

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…-producing companies