5ème page

Question 1

un désaccord

Answer 1

a rift/a split

Question 2

exclure la possibilité

Answer 2

to rule out the possibility

Question 3

être à court de pétrole

Answer 3

to run out of oil

Question 4

l’alarlisme

Answer 4

scaremongering

Question 5

abandonner un plan

Answer 5

to scrap a plan

Question 6

faire capoter

Answer 6

to scupper

Question 7

un revers majeur

Answer 7

a major setback

Question 8

rendre un rapport plus intéressant

Answer 8

to sex up a report

Question 9

abandonner un projet

Answer 9

to shleve plans

Question 10

consolider l’économie

Answer 10

to shore up the economy

Question 11

la vitrine idéale

Answer 11

the ideal showcase

Question 12

diminuer

Answer 12

to shrink

Question 13

battre de l’aile

Answer 13

to be on the skids

Question 14

montrer des signes de ralentissement

Answer 14

to slacker (off)

Question 15

critiquer sévèrement un projet

Answer 15

to slam plans

Question 16

casser les prix

Answer 16

to slash prices

Question 17

être sévèrement critiqué

Answer 17

to be slated

Question 18

la corruption

Answer 18

sleaze

Question 19

les petites phrases en politique

Answer 19

political soundbites

Question 20

déclencher

Answer 20

to spark off/to trigger

Question 21

être le fer de lance d’une campagne

Answer 21

to spearhead a campaign

Question 22

être synonyme de désastre

Answer 22

to spell disaster

Question 23

conseillers en communication politique

Answer 23

spin doctors

Question 24

les retombées commerciales

Answer 24

commercial spin-offs

Question 25

être profondément divisé sur

Answer 25

to be split over/on

Question 26

encourager les investissements

Answer 26

to spur inverstment

Question 27

être au point mort

Answer 27

to stall

Question 28

une position très ferme

Answer 28

a tough stance

Question 29

une déclaration officielle

Answer 29

an official staatement

Question 30

endiguer le flot

Answer 30

to stem the tide

Question 31

intensifier la lutte

Answer 31

to step up the fight

Question 32

un point de friction

Answer 32

a sticking point

Question 33

prendre la mairie d'assaut

Answer 33

to storm the town hall

Question 34

avoir la mainmise

Answer 34

to have a stranglehold

Question 35

avancer à grands pas

Answer 35

to make great rides

Question 36

un bastion

Answer 36

a stronghold

Question 37

la pierre d'achoppement

Answer 37

the stumbling block

Question 38

augmenter brutalement

Answer 38

to surge/rocket/shoot up/soar

Question 39

être influencé

Answer 39

to be swayed

Question 40

des changements radicaux

Answer 40

sweeping changes

Question 41

prendre la relève

Answer 41

to take over from

Question 42

un piège

Answer 42

a snag

Question 43

un défi difficile à relever

Answer 43

a tall order