Journalistic Flashcards by benjamin Huet

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Improbabilité, faible probabilité, incertitude

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Unlikelihood

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Falaise

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Cliff

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Essayer de convaincre en vain

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With little success

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Avait déclenché

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Had triggered

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Une secousse, un seisme

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A tremor

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Enceinte de confinement

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Containment casings

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Mur extérieur

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An outer wall

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Béton armé

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Reinforced concrete

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Un raz de marée

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Tidal wave

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Un séisme de magnitude 7

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A earthquake measuring 7 on Richter Scale

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Être capable de

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To be able to

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Centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear plant

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Une faille

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Fault

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La manœuvre

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The calculation

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Tax-payer funded

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Payé aux frais des contribuables

Financé de la poche des contribuables

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Un “coup” politique

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A political stunt

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Donner un coup d’envoi

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To kick off

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Un office religieux

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A service

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Un faste, un apparat, une période heureuse

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A pomp

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To epitome

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Illustrer parfaitement

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Détourner, prendre en otage

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To hijack

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Des adieux

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A send-off

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Porter le deuil de

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To mourn

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Le feuillage, les feuilles

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The foliage

Trébucher sur une racine

To strumble over a root

Amère

Bitter

Une trappe (secrète)

A (secret) trap door

Les feuilles (arbre)

The leaves

Les feuilles qui sont tombées de l'arbre

The fallen leaves

Pièce de monnaie

A coin

Un billet de banque

- A bank note | - A bank Bill