Editorial Guardian : expressions utiles Flashcards by Gauthier Martins-Salgado

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cela peut arriver à tout moment et à tout endroit

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this could be happening here and now

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transformer

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to turn into

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causer

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to induce

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enquête

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inquest

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bien entrainé

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well trained

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bastion / forteresse / place forte

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stronghold

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essayer de faire ainsi serait risquer de detruire

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to try to do so would be to risk destroying

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intrusion officielle

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official intrusiveness

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inévitable

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unavoidable

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chercher un équilibre entre sécurité et liberté

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to strike an acceptable balance between safety and liberty

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scandale

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outrage

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attiser les tension politiques

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to inflame political tensions

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quelqu’un ou quelque chose à blamer

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somebody or something to blame

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avoir échoué sur des points importants

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to have failed in significant respects

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métier à salaire faible

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low-paid jobs

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HLM

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desolate housing projects

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laïque

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secular

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une réaction

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a backlash

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urne électorale

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ballot box

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nourrir la montée du FN

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to fuel the FN’s rise

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faire face à un challenge urgent

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to face an urgent challenge

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le préjudice

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prejudice

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parti extréme droite

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rightwing extremist parties

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commencer à maitriser l’énorme défi

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begin to master the enormous challenge

en représailles

in retaliation

intervenir militairement en Syrie

to intervene militarily in Syria

présenter un niveau plus élevé de menace

to present a higher level of threat

contourner toutes les mesures de sécurité élaborées

to circumvent all the elaborate security measures

entièrement sécuritaire

wholly safe

porte-avion

aircraft carrier

les normes de sécurité

safety standards

efficace

effective

reconsidérer

to reconsider

partenaire peu fiable

unreliable partner

attaquer de front le problème

tackle head on the problem

se diriger vers

heading for

richesse

wealth

se nourrir

to feed on

il est grand temps de ...

it is high time