Newpapers Flashcards

(56 cards)

1
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Ancillary

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secondaire-Accessoire

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2
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To round up

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Rassembler-arréter (–> They had rounded up people at gunpoint)

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3
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Undermine

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Dé©stabiliser -Saper

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4
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Furtherance

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Avancement

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5
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Rant

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Diatribe - extended angry talk

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6
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Remorseful

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plein de regrets- plein de remords

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7
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Lash-out

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s’en prendre à qqn-se déchainer contre qqn

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8
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Heartfelt

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Sincère - qui vient du fond du coeur

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9
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Plea

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Requéte - Demande

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10
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Worsen

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Empirer - Détériorer

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11
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Mercy

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Clémence - Compassion

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12
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Onslaught

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Attaque

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13
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Hammer

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Marteler - répéter quelque chose à quelqu’un

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14
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Heal

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Guérir - Réconcilier

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15
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Woe

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Malheur

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16
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Lul

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accalmie

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17
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Upswing

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En hausse - redressement

…both sides have noted an upswing n the Level of ….

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18
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To irk

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Agacer-Irriter

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19
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Unrest

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Agitation

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20
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Soul-searching

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Se poser des questions - examen de conscience

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21
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Steadfastness

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Loyauté - Ténacité

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22
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Slaughter

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Massacrer …..the public would have slaughtered him …

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23
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Cudgel

24
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Ranting

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Coup de gueule / caca nerveux

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Distate
Répugnant
26
Slur
Insulte / affront
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Steadying
raffermissement (d'une position)
28
Trailing
à la traine
29
Stalwart
Pilier (personne essentielle)
30
To kneel down
S'agenouiller
31
Stretcher
Brancard - Chassis
32
Probe
Enquête
33
Baffling
Perplexe
34
Graft
Pot de vin
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Slander
Calomnie-diffamation
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Afoot
Going on (en cours)
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Doomed
Voué à l échec
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Buoyed | buoyed by the promise of ...
Soutenu - encourager
39
Buoyed
Fort de ce succès
40
To seep back
Remonter à la surface ..... "confidence had seeped back into the continent "
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Narrow
Rétrécir
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Sharply
Rapidement
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Outright
Totalement/complètement
44
Unhealthy
En mauvaise santé
45
Entrenched
Etabli
46
Hovering
Sur place
47
Harbinger
Signe avant-coureur
48
Wobble
Osciller ...(the euro zone stands (or wobbles) ...
49
Stark
saisissant (contraste)
50
Decayed
Basculer
51
Mired
Embourber (...France is mired in stagnation ...)
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Epitomise
Le parfait exemple .... (But the country that most dramatically epitomizes all three is France)
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Painless
Indolore/sans peine
54
Jamboree
Réjouissance
55
Sore
Douloureux-irrité
56
Hawkish
Qui désire la guerre