step_35 Flashcards by Laëtitia Kang

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se tenir au courant de

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to be/to keep abreast of something (to be aware of)

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universitaire

2. théorique

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academic

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un as

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an ace

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garder un atout en réserve

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to keep an ace up one’s sleeve

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avoir tous les atouts

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to hold all the aces

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un as du volant

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an ace driver

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les pluies acides

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acid rain

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une loi

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an act of Parliament

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une loi

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an act of Congress

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une catastrophe naturelle

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an act of god

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perspicacité

sagacité

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acumen

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le don des affaires

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business acumen

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obstiné

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adamant

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une adresse

2. un discours officiel

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an address

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s’adresser à

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to address someone

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admettre

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to admit

to acknowledge

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droit d’entrée, admission

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admittance

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accès interdit

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no admittance

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politique américaine anti-discriminatoire en faveur des minorités

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affirmative action

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les suites, les séquelles

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aftermath

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un ordre du jour (congrès, assemblée, réunion)

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an agenda

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être un point prioritaire

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to be high on the agenda

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souffrant

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ailling

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une pension alimentaire (en cas de divorce)

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alimony

soulager, alléger (pain, difficulties)

to alleviate

distant, qui ne se sent pas impliqué

aloof (uninvolved)

une embuscade

an ambush

effroyable

appalling

pertinent

apt

une série, un vaste choix

an array

l'amiante

asbestos

une chaîne de montage (usine)

an assembly line

fin, astucieux

astute

un public

an audience

éviter, prévenir

to avert a danger

une récompense, un prix

an award

une hache, un couperet

an axe

supprimer, faire des coupes sombres

to axe

supprimer des emplois

to axe jobs | to slash jobs

faire des coupes sombres dans les dépenses

to axe expenditure

un vote, un scrutin

a ballot

une urne

a ballot box

un bulletin de vote

a ballot paper

arnaquer, embobiner

to bamboozle, to con, to hoodwink

une caserne

barracks

du chahut

barracking

désert, stérile

barren

un coup

a bash

cogner

to bash

se prendre une râclée

to take a bashing

faire l'échange, faire du troc

to barter | to swap

une série, une ribambelle, une fournée (péj)

a batch

battre, maltraiter, martyriser

to batter

duper

to beguile | to swindle

un ours

a bear

un marché en repli

a bear market

engendrer

to beget

un banc

a bench

un député de base à la Chambre des communes

a backbencher