Journaleese Vocabulary Flashcards by Guillaume Dorier

Être l’ordre du jour (2)

Pas dans les priorités

To be high on the agenda
To be top of the agenda

On the back burner

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Une découverte

A breakthrough

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Un mot à la mode

A buzzword

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Le résultat final

The bottom line

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Influence politique

Political clout

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Lire le sort de quelqu’un

To see the writing on the wall

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L’invention de

The brainchild of

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Donner carte blanche (4)

To give go-ahead
To give freehand
To give green light
To give carte blanche

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Un dilemme

A quandary

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Un obstacle

A hurdle

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Des troubles sociaux

Social unrest

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Un cercle vicieux

A catch-22 situation

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Un problème

A snag

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dépendance

Reliance

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Un atout, un actif

An asset

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Une carte maîtresse (2)

A trump card

An ace

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Rencontrer une impasse

Surmonter une impasse

To reach a stalemate

To break a stalemate

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Des répercutions

A knock-on effect

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Perspective

Outlook

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Morose // brillant

Grim, gloomy // rosy , brilliant

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Un exemple parfait

A case in point

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Un tournant (3)

A milestone
A landmark
A turning point

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Inconvénients

Drawbacks

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Réunir des arguments pour/contre …

To make a case for/against …

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Être médiatisé (2)

To be hyped | To be publicized

Prétendre soutenir une cause

To pay lip service

Être à la base de (2)

To underpin | To underlie

Mettre en place

To implement

Faire les frais

To bear the brunt

S’attaquer à un problème (2)

To come to grip with an issue | To tackle/address an issue

Abandonner un plan

To scrap a plan | To jettison a plan

Se retourner contre

To backfire on

Conduire à

To lead to

Être tourmenté par

To be plagued by

Réparer les pots cassés

To mend fences

Faire des progrès

To make headway

Entreprendre | S’engager

To embark upon/on

Ne pas être d’accord

To beg to differ

Ouvrir la voie à

To pave the way for

Controversé (2)

Controversial | Contentious

Du courant dominant

Mainstream

Préoccupations (2)

Concerns, worries

Imparfait (2)

Flawed, defective

Être aux antipodes

To be poles apart

Débat animé (2)

Heated/lively debate

Etre profondément enraciné, retranché (3)

To be deeply rooted, ingrained, entrenched

Le moindre des deux maux

The lesser of two evils

Un écart impossible à combler

An unbridgeable gap (between...)

Les riches | Les pauvres

The haves | The not-haves

L’écart entre

The discrepancy (between...)

Entrer en effet (2)

To come into effect/force

Recommencer à zéro

To start from scratch all over again

En dépit de

In the teeth of

A la suite de (2)

In the aftermath/wake of

Paralysé

At a standstill

Hors sujet

Beside the point

Être en jeu (2)

To be at stake | To be on the line

Dans la même direction

By the same token/way

Dans l’immédiat

In a short term

Au bord de (2)

On thé verge/brink of

Journaleese Vocabulary Flashcards

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