Jones Ch 8&9 Flashcards

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Croates

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Croats

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Manifestations

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Démonstrations

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Thaïlandais

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The Thais

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Antennes paraboliques

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Broadcasting satellites / dishes

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Excédés

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Annoyed

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Consacrer sa vie

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To devote one’s life to

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Soutenus par la Chine

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Chinese-backed

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Cambodge

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Cambodia

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Précaire

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Precarious

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Face à

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In the face of

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Telle ampleur

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Such a widespread

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Désemparé

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Helpless

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La gravité

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The severity

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Un enfant sur 10

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One child in ten

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Ne mange pas à sa faim

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Do not eat his fill

Does not get enough food

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Pas possible !

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Week I never !

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Camps de réfugiés

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Refugee camps

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Souffrance humaine

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Human suffering

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Pour voir par lui-même

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To see for himself

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Quel gâchis !

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What a mess !

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Arriver à un accord

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To reach an agreement

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Avoir du mal à se faire entendre

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To find it hard to make yourself heard

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A force de discussion

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To talk someone into +ing

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S’asseoir à la même table

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To sit round the same table

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Reforme
White Paper
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Traiter / résoudre
To tackle
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Jouer 19€
To stack
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Jusque là
So far
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Dirigeants
Leaders
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Être habitué à
To be used to +ing
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Être soumis à
To be subject to
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Pressions
Pressures
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Craquer
To breakdown
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Trompettiste de jazz
À jazz trumpeter
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La coccinelle
The beetle
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Sa fabrication va être reprise
Its production is going to be resumed
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Exaspéré
To be infuriated
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Belligérants
Warring factions
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Ex-Yougoslavie
Former Yugoslavia
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Les militants du congrès national africain
The ANC militants
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Les Zoulous
Zulus
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L’Alliance de Droite
The Right-Wing Alliance
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Néo-fascites et Ligue Lombarde
Neofascists and Northern League
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Être à couteaux tirés
To be at loggerheads with each other
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Décourageant
Discouraging | Disheartening
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Motifs futiles
Futile motives
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Candidats
Contenders
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Course à la présidence
Race for the presidency
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Ministère de l’éducation
Education Secretary
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Remplacer
To surrogate
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Les valeurs morales | L’éducation
Morality
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Imposées clairement à la maison
Being stressed in the home
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Revenir à la mode
Come back into fashion
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École publique
A state school
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GCSE
General Certificate of secondary education
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Se conformer
To comply
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Rappeler
To recall
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Un gouvernement de réconciliation nationale
A government of national reconciliation
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Salon automobile
Motor fair
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Enfants handicapés
Children with special needs
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Alliance
Covenant
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Crise de Yougoslavie
Yugoslav crisis
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Réussir un examen
To pass an exam
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Se contredire
To contradict themselves
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Citoyen moyen
Average citizen
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Où est la vérité
Where the truth lies
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Une bataille
The contest
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Serré
Tight | Close
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Faut-il s’inquiéter
Should one worry | Should one keep an eye on
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Agissements
Schemes | To be up to
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Secte Bouddhiste
Buddhist sect
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Va être pendu
Is due to be hanged
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Politique d’abattage
Slaughter policy
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Se poursuivre
To go on
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Fin de l’épidémie
End of the outbreak
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Sacro-saint
Sacrosanct
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Hommes d’état
Heads of state
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Ingérence étrangère
Foreign interference
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Peine de mort
Death penalty
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Actuellement
At present
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Repenser complètement
Complete re-think
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Dans la mesure où
In so far as
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Succéder
To succeed
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Est passé à l’Est
Defected to the East
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La série de colis piégées
The series of parcel bomb attacks
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Madman
Un détraqué
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Baisser les taux d’intérêt
Bring down interest rates
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Relancer l’économie
Boost the economy