Buzz N7 Flashcards
Bleak
Morne, austere
Flagrant
Blatant
Une benediction
A blessing
That was his blind spot
Sur ce point il avait un bandeau devant les yeux
Une petite anomalie
A blip
De maniere inattendue
Out of the blue
A blue chip investment
Un investissement de pere de famille
A blueprint
Un avant-projet
Brusque/brutal(discours, paroles)
Blunt
A blot on the landscape
Une ombre au tableau
Exploser au visage
To blow up in one’s face
To go by the board
Tomber a l’eau/echouer
To boast
Vanter
Bogus
Faux/bidon
To get bogged down
S’enliser/ s’embourber
Se resumer a/ se reduire a
To boil down to
Bold
Audacieux
Soutenir
To bolster
To go by the books
Agir selon les regles
A boom-bust economy
Une economoie en dent de scie
Une aubaine
A boon
A border
Une frontiere
I agree/ i do not agree / in my opinion
Exprimer son avis a l’oral
Pour introduire un texte
- The article is about…/ deals with…/ reports on…./ focuses on…
- this article was published in/ released in the Eco/ is taken from
Prendre conscience
To get aware of/ to become aware of
Les humains
L’humanité
L’homme
Human beings
Mankind/ human kind
Man
Le dernier ( sondage)
The latest ( opinion polls)
Avec le temps
Over time/ with time
Les pays occidentaux/ orientaux
The western/ eastern countries
Reussir a faire
To manage to do/ to succed in V-ing
Un probleme important
A worrying/ alarming issue
Mettre en avant/ donner de l’importance
To stress/ to emphasize
Assister à
To witness/ to attend ( a lecture/ a meeting)
En conclusion je dirai
In conclusion, I would like to say…
Dans l’espace politique
In the political field
La politque etrangere francaise
French foreign policy