civi presse 2 Flashcards

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façonner, forger

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to forge

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motivation, incitation

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incentive

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escalader, grimper sur

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to clamber on

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dégradé

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defaced

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divisé, fendu

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cleaved

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inscrit

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emblazoned

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le totalement ridicule

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flat-out ridicule

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morceau de métal

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metal lump

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la sphère publique

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the public realm

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pignon

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gable

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en représailles de

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in retaliation for

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hisser

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to hoist

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socle

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plinth

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des personnes étranges

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odd-people

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le mot est faible

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to put it mildly

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étonner, surprendre

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take aback

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sermonner, faire la morale

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to lecture

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cautionner, tolérer

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to condone

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éblouir

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to glare

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résulte de

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scores of

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tondu

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shorn

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un larbin colonial

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a colonial flunkey

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secouer

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to jolt

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pur, intact

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intainted

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est à l'opposé de
runs counter to
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inflexible
adamantine
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céder à
to pander to
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sous contrat
indentured
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butin de l'empire
spoils of empire
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incident
mishap
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détourner les dissidents au passage
to head off dissenters at the pass
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adoucir, atténuer
to tone down
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décerner
to bestow
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quota ethnique
tokenism
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la recherche sur le sujet est pour l'instant rare
research on the topic is so far scant
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réceptacle de mémoire
memory repositories
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tracer une lignée
trace a lineage
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faire défiler en arrière
to scroll back
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récupération
retrieval
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il y a un bon côté
there is a silver lining
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une compétence de synthèse
an overarching skill
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troubles de la mémoire
memory impairments
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postures
stances
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me donner des frissons
sends shivers to my spine
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les derniers affres
the last throes
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rebattre les oreilles
to bang on about
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legs importants
sizable bequests
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conclure l'affaire
to seal the deal
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vanter, louer
to extol
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faire tomber des statuts
to topple statues
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une idée floue
a hazy idea
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un paradis fiscal
a tax haven
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puissant
mighty
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butin
the plunder
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lutter contre
to contend with
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soulèvement contre
uprising against
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élevés
nurtured
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se frayer un chemin
to plough its own way
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des valeurs qui étayent le programme de l'école privée
values underpinning the public school curriculum
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personne interrogée
respondent
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chauvin
jingoistic
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colonisation non dissimulée
overt colonisation
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blanchir
a whitewash
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faire marche arrière
to backtrack
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trop présumer notre situation
overplaying our hand
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saisi de
gripped by
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extraverti
outgoing
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accepter sa disparition
to come to terms with its demise
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verre déformé
distorted lens
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financé
bankrolled
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une loupe
a magnifying glass
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confus
befuddled
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un parallèle plus remarquable
a more salient parallel
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principes
creed
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rejet
rebuff
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conflit
contention
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éradiquer, éliminer
to stamp out
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innocenter
to vindicate
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pour des motifs religieux
on religious grounds
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ils n'octroyaient pas une autorisation
they were not issuing a licence
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avec malveillance
maliciously
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grognement
snarl
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marteler
to hammer home
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double
twofold
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étant donné
given
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se mobiliser
to rally
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risquer, mettre en jeu
put on the line
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injustice
grievance
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négliger
overlook
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un budget serré
a tight budget
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inversement
conversely
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le mouvement naissant
the nascent movement
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louable
laudable
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superviser, surveiller
to oversee
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impitoyable
hard-nosed
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étoffer ses engagements pour le climat, actuellement vagues et sommaires
to flesh out its currently vague and scanty climate commitments
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commande publique
public procurement
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frôler
to verge on
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impliqués dans un combat
embroiled in a battle