Mes erreurs 2 Flashcards by Théo Guery

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des éloges

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praises

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une plaisanterie

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a jeer, a joke

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un lapsus

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a slip of the tongue

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garder le silence

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to keep silent/quiet

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la franchise

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honesty, frankness, sincerity

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prudent

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caution, careful

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grincheux

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grimpy

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bégayer

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to stamer, to stuter

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légitimité

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legitemacy

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un programme politique

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a platform

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le militantisme

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the activism

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inciter

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to urge

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faire marche arrière

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to back paddle

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un représentant

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a representative

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se présenter à des élections

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to run for the office

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une victoire écrasante

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a landslide victory

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soudoyer, corrompre

se laisser corrompre

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to bribe

to take bribe

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dissoudre

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to dissolve

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la mairie (batiment/ administration)

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the town hall/ city council

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l’impôt sur le revenu

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the income tax

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un procés

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a trial

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la culpabilité

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guilt

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horrible, affreux, épouvantable, atroce, terrible

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ghastly

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pauvre, misérable

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shabby

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du berceau au tombeau

from the cradle to the grave

illettrisme, analphabétisme

illiteracy

les mesures n'ont plus de raison d'être

the measures have outlived their usefulness

survivre

to outlive

attaque, assaut

onslaught

l'attaque violente de l'opposition contre la politique du gouvernement

the opposition's onslaught on government policy

réprimer, sévir contre

to crack down on

être trempé jusqu'aux os

to be soaked through OR to the skin

dont la plupart, la majorité

most of whom, of which

spécificité du verbe "to know"

jamais à la forme progressive!

(subjonctif) C'est normal qu'il ne comprenne pas?

It's normal that he shouldn't understand.

un actionnaire

a share holder

le mécontentement

dissatisfaction

la compression des profits

profits squeeze

sans précédents

unprecedented

un indicateur de tendance, un meneur

a bellwether

un mammouth (géant du commerce)

a behemoth

un exemple frappant

a striking example

un exemple évident, manifeste

a blatant example

être découragé, démoralisé

to be cast down

dissuader

to deter

dissuader quelqu'un de faire quelque chose

to deter somebody from doing something

durée d'un mandat

term of office

un exemple typique

a case in point

une condamnation

a charge

être engagé dans

to be committed to

irréfutable

compelling

conformément à

in compliance with

un moyen de dissuasion

a deterrent

une déception, désillusion

a disappointment

un licenciement, un renvoi

a dismissal

minimiser

to lay down

faire de légers progrès

to hedge forward

la naissance de

the emergence of

s'efforcer de

to endeavour to

au delà des attentes

beyond expectations