step_16

Question 1

être dépourvu de

Answer 1

to be devoid of

Question 2

aucun, pas le moindre

Answer 2

whatsoever

Question 3

incomber

Answer 3

to devolve

Question 4

déléguer

Answer 4

to devolve

Question 5

décentralisation

transferts de pouvoirs

Answer 5

devolution

Question 6

consacrer

Answer 6

to devote + to V-ing

Question 7

être différent

Answer 7

to differ

Question 8

faire la différence

Answer 8

to differenciate

Question 9

creuser, fouiller

Answer 9

to dig

Question 10

creuser sa propre tombe

Answer 10

to dig one’s own grave

Question 11

les chercheurs d’or

Answer 11

gold-diggers

Question 12

faible

Answer 12

dim

Question 13

un faible espoir

Answer 13

a dim hope

Question 14

une vague souvenir

Answer 14

a dim memory

Question 15

extrême, désastreux, sinistre

Answer 15

dire

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avoir terriblement besoin de

Answer 16

to live in dire poverty

Question 17

désordre, chaos

Answer 17

disarray

Question 18

être en pleine confusion

Answer 18

to be in disarray

Question 19

tomber dans le chaos

Answer 19

to fall into disarray

Question 20

se débarasser de

Answer 20

to discard (to get rid of)

Question 21

abandonner

Answer 21

to discard a plan

Question 22

dévoiler, divulguer, révéler

Answer 22

to disclose

to unveil

Question 23

une révélation

Answer 23

a disclosure

Question 24

mécontentement

Answer 24

discontent

Question 25

a l'effet d'une bombe

Answer 25

came as a bombshell

Question 26

une différence de, une divergence, un désaccord

Answer 26

a discrepancy

Question 27

se méfier de

Answer 27

to distrust | to mistrust

Question 28

afficher, montrer au grand jour, étaler

Answer 28

to display

Question 29

jeter, se débarrasser de

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to dispose

Question 30

l'enlèvement

Answer 30

disposal

Question 31

l'enlèvement des ordures

Answer 31

waste disposal

Question 32

être à la disposition de

Answer 32

to be at somebody's disposal

Question 33

jetable

Answer 33

disposable

Question 34

bouteilles, emballages, etc. jetables

Answer 34

disposables (bottles, containers...)

Question 35

inquiétude

Answer 35

disquiet

Question 36

inquiétant

Answer 36

disquieting

Question 37

être délabré

Answer 37

to be in disrepair, to be dilapidated

Question 38

tomber en ruine

Answer 38

to fall into disrepair

Question 39

des perturbations, du désordre

Answer 39

a disruption

Question 40

la détresse, la douleur

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distress

Question 41

angoissant

Answer 41

distressing

Question 42

abandonner, se débarrasser de

Answer 42

to ditch

Question 43

un fossé

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a ditch

Question 44

une ultime tentative

Answer 44

a last-ditch attempt

Question 45

hésiter

Answer 45

to hesitate, to dither, to waver, to falter

Question 46

plonger

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to dive, to take a dive

Question 47

un point controversé

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a divisive issue

Question 48

l'allocation de chômage

Answer 48

the dole

Question 49

être au chômage

Answer 49

to be on the dole

Question 50

domestique

Answer 50

domestic

Question 51

intérieur (en politique)

Answer 51

domestic

Question 52

la politique intérieure

Answer 52

the domestic policy

Question 53

produit intérieur brut

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gross domestic product (gdp)

Question 54

être condamné

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to be doomed

Question 55

le jour du Jugement Dernier | la fin du monde

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doomsday

Question 56

la chute, la perte

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the downfall

Question 57

restructurer | dégraisser

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to downsize a company to streamline to reengineer

Question 58

une baisse | une récession

Answer 58

a downturn

Question 59

main d'oeuvre non spécialisée

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unskilled labour

Question 60

drastique, draconien

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drastic

Question 61

inondations

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floods

Question 62

horrible

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dreadful

Question 63

une sécheresse

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a drought

Question 64

ennuyeux, monotone

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dull