6ème page Flashcards

(37 cards)

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critiquer qqun violemment

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to take someone to task

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des relations tendues

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tense relations

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trouver un accord

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to come to terms

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4
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un groupe de réflexion

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a think-tank

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5
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l’objectif principal

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the main thrust

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une bombe à retardement

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a time bomb

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7
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se plier à la règle

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to toe the line

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8
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nuire considérablement

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to take a toll on

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9
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sonner le glas pour

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to toll the bell for

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10
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renverser le dictateur

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to topple the dictator

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11
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le critère/la pierre de touche

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the touchstone

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12
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to reduce

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to trim

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13
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un redressemet

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a turnaround

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14
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un atout (maître)

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a trump card

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saper, affaiblir

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to undermine

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être à la base, étayer

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déclencher une vague de violence

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to unleash a wave of violence

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mettre à jour

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moderniser

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un bouleversement politique

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a political upheaval

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conseiller vivement

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faire volte-face

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to do a U-turn

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avoir tout intérêt à ce que

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to have a vested interest in

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intérêts particuliers

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vested interests

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écarter une épidémie
to ward off an epidemic
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comité de surveillance
a watchdog (committee)
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un tournant décisif
a watershed
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une réalisation couteuse et inutile
a white elephant
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un voeu pieux
wishful thinking
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une manne financière
a windfall
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éradiquer la pauvreté
to wipe out/eradicate poverty
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difficultés économiques
economic woes
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trouver une solution
to work out a solution
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ne pas dévoiler
to keep under wraps
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s'attirer les foudres
to incur one's wrath
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un moyen de comparaison
a yardstick
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comprendre l'avertissement/que la fin est proche
to see the writing on the wall