Buzz N•18

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Faire face a

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To face

“To face the facts” faire face a la realité

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An eye-opener

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Une revelation

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Prendre une declaration au pied de la lettre

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To take a statement at face value

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Des equipements/ installations

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Facilities

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Beyond the topical facts

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Au dela des faits

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Manquer a son devoir

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To fail one’s duty

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In (all) fairness

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Pour etre (totalement) juste
(Pour nuancer un propos)

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Un echec lamentable/complet, absolue

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A miserable/ utter failure

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Faire semblant

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To fake

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To fall apart

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S’effondrer, se desagreger

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Un bouc emissaire

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A fall guy

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Tomber en discredit

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To fall into disrepute

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The fall-out

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Les repercussions

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Se ranger a l’avis de qqun

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To fall into line with someone

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Far-fetched

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Tiré par les cheveux

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D’une grande portee

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Far-reaching

“Far-reaching consequences”

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Ultra-rapide, expeditif

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Fast-track

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Fate

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Le destin, le sort

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Un trait caracteristique

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A feature

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To feature

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Faire figurer, mettre en vedette

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En avoir totalement assez avec

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To be thoroughly fed up with

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S’inquieter de

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To feel (deep) concern for

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Ses semblables

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Fellow-men

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Un crime

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A felony

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Ne pas prendre position

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To sit on the fence

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Montrer une ferveur intense pour

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To show intense fervour for

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Parer, detourner(une attaque), ecarter(une question)

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To fend

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La defense de l'environnement

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Conservation

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La maitrise de l'energie, les economies d'energie

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Energy conservation

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Reduire

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To deplete

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Une bombe a retardement

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A time bomb

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Epuiser

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To exhaust

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Transformer, traiter

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To precess

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Rare, peu abondant

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Scarce

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Abondant, a profusion

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Plentiful

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L'approvisionnement en petrole

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The oil supply

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Courir un risque

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To run a risk

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Le mvt antinucleaire

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The anti-nuke movement

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Une penurie

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A shortage

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Deverser les dechets a la mer

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To dump waste into the sea

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Tomber sur un filon

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To strike it rich

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Se tourner vers une nvlle source d'approvisionnement en nrj

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To switch to another source of energy

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Declencher une reaction en chaine

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To trigger a chain reaction

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Renverser le cours des choses

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To turn the tide

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Un gisement

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A deposit

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Le devlpmmnt durable

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Sustainable development

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Deverser

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To pour