Hotter than August Flashcards

(39 cards)

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par la même/ ainsi

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thereby

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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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Much ado about nothing

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3
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protracted battle

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bataille prolongée

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4
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à côté de/ le long de/ à la hauteur de/ en même temps que

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alongside

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5
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clause

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provision

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6
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texte en petit caractère

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fine print

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7
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juger/considérer/estimer

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to deem

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8
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Au cas par cas

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On case-by-case basis

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9
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persuader par la ruse

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to lure

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10
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entraver

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to hinder

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11
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freiner/ralentir

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to hamper

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12
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gaz de schiste

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shale gas

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13
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diminuer progressivement

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to dwindle

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14
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tenir une promesse

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to honour/fulfil a pledge/promise

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faire office d’exemple/ mener

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to lead the head forward

to set an example

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faire faillite

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un excés de

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surfeit

glut of stg

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inciter

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to incentivize

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les tenants et aboutissants

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the ins and outs

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dévoiler

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donner une marge de manoeuvre

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to give some leeway

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marché de quotas d’émissions

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Carbon trading/ Cap-and-trade programme

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compenser

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politique de la carotte et du baton

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carrot and stick policy

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Centrale électrique à charbon
a Coal-fired power plant
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équivalent à
akin
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point de comparaison
baseline
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prévoir
to forecast
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être pris en compte
to be reckoned with
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un conseiller
an advisor | an aide
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étouffant
sweltering/ stifling
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C'est dans le champ de compétence de qqn
It's under/ outside sbdy's remit
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être énervé à cause de qqc
to be cross with sby about sthg
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reprocher/ condamner/ critiquer
to chastise | to castigate/ scold sby fo sthg
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révélateur/ qui en dit long
tellingly/ revealingly
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use up rapidly, overconsume | engloutir
to guzzle water-guzzling This car guzzles gas
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rayer de la carte
to wipe stg
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effect of tourism Solutions
flights can hadly be made carbon neutral depletion of natural resources unspoiled areas are spoiled/tarnished/plundered/stained empowering local
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louer qqc (court terme)
to rent stg on a short lease