Fluent Part 5 Flashcards

(90 cards)

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la foule, la rue

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the mob

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la loi de la rue

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mobracy, mob rule

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3
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un foyer de protestation

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a hotbed of protest

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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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5
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un soulèvement

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an upheaval, an uprising

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envahir les rues

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to flood the streets

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7
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défiler

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to march

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s’affranchir du joug de

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to cast off the yoke of

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un excès de violence

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an outbreak, an outburst

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la violence

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mayhem

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la répression policière

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police crackdown

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réprimer

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to quash, to quell, to snuff out

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renforcer les effectifs de police

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to beef up the police

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faire machine arrière

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to withdraw

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bâilloner l’opposition

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to gag the opposition

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transgresser les lois de

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to flout the rules of

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17
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malmener

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to bully

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18
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mettre le feu

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to set ablaze

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une insurrection

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an insurgency

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20
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maîtriser

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to restrain

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21
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la bannière étoilée (drapeau américain)

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the Stars and Stripes

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le pays de la libre entreprise

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the land of free enterprise

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l’esprit d’entreprise

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entrepreneurship

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une attitude de battant, de gagneur

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a can-do attitude

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pragmatique
down-to-earth
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une société multiculturelle
a multicultural society
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très semblable
cast in the same mould
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le creuset (image mythique de l'intégration des immigrants aux Etats-Unis
the melting pot
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l'indépendance
self-reliance
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ne pas avoir besoin des autres
to be self-reliant
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l'individualisme acharné
rugged individualism
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partir de rien
to start from scratch
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les tranches de revenus élevés
high-income brackets / groups
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un écart grandissant entre les riches et les pauvres
a widening gap between rich and poor
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gravir les échelons du succès, grimper l'échelle sociale
to climb up the social ladder
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de toutes origines sociales
from all walks of life
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un colosse aux pieds d'argile
a giant with feet of clay
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la ségrégation positive
affirmative action
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la fragilité de l'Amérique
America's frailty
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regarder le bon côté des choses
to look on the bright side
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passer un examen
to take an exam
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réussir un examen
to pass an exam
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obtenir son diplôme
to graduate
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un élève en difficulté
a low-achiever
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quelqu'un qui a abandonné ses études
a dropout
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lent d'esprit
dim-witted, slow-witted
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avoir un cours de maths
to have a maths class
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zélé, travailleur acharné
industrious
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faire son maximum
to bend over backwards
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se donner des objectifs élevés
to raise one's sights
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qui comprend vite
quick on the uptake
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une bourse (selon les revenus ou les résultats scolaires)
a scolarship, a grant
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un stagiaire
a trainee
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la formation sur le tas
on the job training
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le programme
the syllabus
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le bachotage
cramming
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s'y connaître en
be conversant with
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cultivé
educated, well-read
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un rat de bibliothèque
a bookworm
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aller à l'école de la vie
to go to the school of hard knocks
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un concours
a competitive exam
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proposer une réponse
to volunteer an answer
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la formation continue
further education
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les drogues douces
soft drugs
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les drogues dures
hard drugs
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les drogues occasionnelles
recreational drugs
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une saisie de crack
a crack seizure
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se droguer
to be on drugs
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la toxicomanie
substance abuse
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tâter à la drogue
to experiment with drugs
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goûter à la drogue
to dabble in drugs
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être en manque
to crave for drugs
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retomber (dans)
to slip back (into)
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une société envahie par la drogue
a drug-ridden society
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répandu, étendu
widespread
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d'une grande portée
far-reaching
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un dealer, un vendeur de drogue
a drug dealer, a drug pusher, a supplier, a peddler, a drug trader
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le mileu, la pègre de la drogue
the drug mafia, the drug underworld
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l'argent de la drogue
drug revenues
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ramasser des bénéfices à la pelle
to rake in profits
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la brigade des stupéfiants
the Drugs Squad
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lancer une croisade contre
to launch a crusade against
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s'attaquer au fléau de la drogue
to fight the drug scourge
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ne plus toucher à la drogue
to stay drug-free
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remporter une victoire
to score a victory
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faire une cure de désintoxication
to undergo drug therapy
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rechuter
to relapse, to slip back into
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légaliser
to legalize, to liberalize
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dépénaliser
to decriminalize
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la permissivité, le laxisme
permissiveness