Brexit Flashcards

(73 cards)

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décider de

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to decide on sth

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sondages [résultats]

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polls

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sondages [enquête]

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surveys

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s’embarquer dans, entreprendre, se lancer dans

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to embark on

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s’engager à faire qqch

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to commit to + ing

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être dans le pétrin, la mouise

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to be in a bind

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fantasque, irréalistique

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fanciful

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assurer, garantir

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to secure

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inutile, superflu

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needless

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imiter, égaler

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to emulate

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flagrant, éblouissant

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glaring

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éblouir

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to glare

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libérer, délivrer

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to set free

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lourd, pesant, pénible

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burdensome

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Bruxelles

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Brussels

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garder, retenir

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to retain

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le marché unique

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the single market

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trompeur, erroné

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misleading

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abandonner, laisser tomber

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to scrap

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20
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la paperasserie

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the red tape

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21
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la bureaucratie

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bureaucracy

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22
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“du jardin” de la maison

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home-grown

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rester

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to remain

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gênant, embarrassant, maladroit

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awkward

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"débrouille-toi !"
deal with it !
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et pourtant
and yet
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défenseur, militant, partisan
an advocate, a proponent, a supporter, a defender
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récupérer
to reclaim sth
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réclamer
to require, to demand
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la souveraineté
the sovereignty
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préconiser, prôner, recommander
to advocate
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ou l'inverse / ou inversement
or the other way round
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marchandage
bargaining
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peu convaincant
unconvincing
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negociable
negotiable
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composer
to make up
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se précipiter, se presser
to rush
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au-delà de
beyond
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leave aside
mettre à part
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"mis à part le fait que..."
"leave aside the fact that"
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Suisse
Switzerland
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Norvège
Norway
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un coup (de poing) / une influence
a clout
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remplir
to fill / to crowd
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un rêve utopique
a pipe-dream
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manquer de confiance / douter
to mistrust
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replié sur soi-même
inward-looking
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mettre en minorité, recueillir un plus grand de votes
to outvote
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donner un coup de poing, composter, perforer
to punch
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colportage, vente ambulante
a peddling
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trafic d'inflence
influence peddling
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défaut, faille, imperfection
a flaw
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dépensier, gaspiller
wasteful
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effectuer
to effect
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traîner, flâner
to loiter
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l'Ecosse
Scotland
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se résigner à, renoncer à, démissionner
to resign
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retombées, répercussions
fallout
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de moitié
by half
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à l'image de
modelled on
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responsable de qqch
liable for
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rembourser
reimburse
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valeur
value
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expédition, envoi
shipping
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acheter, acquérir
to purchase
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le code postal
postcode
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empêcher
to prevent
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contourner / une rocade
to bypass / a bypass
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difficile, délicat, épineux
tricky
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modifier, transformer, changer
to alter
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une réforme du travail
a labour-reform bill
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licenciement économique
redundancy
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un licencié
a redundant