Anglais - 19 Flashcards

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Ce n’est que lorsque des manifestations ont éclaté que le gouvernement a reconsidéré sa politique

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not until the protests erupted did the government reconsider its policy

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le patronat

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Employers

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finalement

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Ultimately

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cela revient à/se résume à

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this comes down to

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Ils croient en la croissance économique aussi fermement qu’en la protection de l’environnement

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They believe in economic growth as firmly as in environmental protection

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Non seulement les régimes autoritaires restreignent les libertés, mais ils répriment aussi la dissidence politique.

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Not only do authoritarian regimes restrict freedoms, but they also suppress political dissent

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en cours de route

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Along the way

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de façon significative

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meaningfully

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9
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persévérant

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persistent

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10
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Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University

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In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll we about the heart

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Quote, jobs past present and future

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une préoccupation

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a concern

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une blessure

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a wound

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dans le but de

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in an attempt to

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posséder

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to possess

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la fiction

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a fiction

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Il faut reconnaître aux militants que leur persévérance a entrainé un véritable changement politique

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you have to hand it to the activists, their persistence has brought real political change

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sonder

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to plumb

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les profondeurs

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the depths

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supporter, tolérer

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to put up with

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les véhicules électriques

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electric vehicles

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accomplir un nouvel exploit

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to pull off another coup

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célèbre

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prominent

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les leviers

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the levers

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un triomphe
a triumph
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augmenter fortement
to surge
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rapidement, promptement
promptly
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un problème plus opaque
a murkier matter
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une bouffée d'air frais
the breath of fresh air
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effort, tentative
the endeavour
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tendu, stressant
fraught
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une fusion
the merger
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sans limites
boundless
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à peine suffisant
scant
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la mainmise
the stranglehold
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retour en arrière
rolling back
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s'extasier sur
to gush over
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rapidement
swiftly
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user de son influence
to throw one's weight
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Ce n'est qu'un échelon sur une échelle bien plus longue
it is just one rung on a much longer ladder
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accrochages, luttes, chamaillerie
tussles
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Le débat sur le climat est devenu de plus en plus tendu à mesure que les tensions entre dirigeants s'intensifiaient
the debate over climategrew increasingly fraught as tensions between world leaders escalated
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émettre quelque chose
To issue something
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Une amnistie générale
A sweeping pardon
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susciter l'indignation
To draw outrage
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transporté
Ferried
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prudence, méfiance
wariness
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prudent, méfiant
wary
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promettre
To vow
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Qui est fait sur-le-champ, improvisé, non préparé
impromptu
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de grande envergure
wide-ranging
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Une remarque spontanée/négligeante
an offhand remark
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un déluge de
a flurry of
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gêner, entraver
to hamper
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dans l'oubli
in limbo
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inverser
to reverse
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au milieu de
amid
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particulier, idiosyncratique, original
idiosyncratic
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Un virage serré
a sharp turn
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Reporter qqc à plus tard
To punt on
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des remarques nonchalantes
breezy Remarks