Sup-Voc Essentiel Flashcards

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Reportage, compte-rendu

A

A coverage/account

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2
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S’attaquer à un problème

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Tackle to a prob

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Apparaitre (une crise, un probleme)

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To arise

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4
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Etre prudent, reservé à propos de

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To be noncommittal about

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5
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L’article se résume à une liste des inconvénients

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The article boils down to a list of the downsides

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6
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Dorer, donner une image positive

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To burnish

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7
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A critic

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Un critique (personne)

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Criticism

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Des critiques

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9
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To entail

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Impliquer, entraîner

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10
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Un révélateur

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An eye-opener

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11
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Etendu, de grande portée

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Far-reaching

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12
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Prévoir (autre que “predict”)

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To forecast

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13
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En venir à l’essentiel

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Get to the point

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14
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Guère, à peine

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Hardly

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15
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Pour l’instant

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For the time being

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16
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Rentrer dans les détails

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Get into particulars

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17
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Voir les choses différemment de quelqu’un

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Not to see eye to eye with someone

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18
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An: ideal

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Idyllique

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19
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To imply

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Laisser entendre que, sous-entendre que

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20
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It stands to reason that

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Il va sans dire que

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21
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Une solution, remède miracle

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A magic bullet

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22
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Faire une remarque

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To make a point

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23
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Un sujet à controverse (avec : point)

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A moot point

24
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A savoir

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Namely

25
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Nocif(2)

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Noxious, harmful

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Assez curieusement, étrangement

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Oddly, strangely enough

27
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A bien y réfléchir

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On second thoughts

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An outcome(an+fr)

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A result

Un résultat

29
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An outline(an+fr)

to outline

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Frame
Draft
Shape

=un plan (plutôt de devoir)
contour

dresser un tableau de

30
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To overlook (an+fr)

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Neglect
Omit
Disregard

:passer outre, ne pas voir que

31
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Subjectivité

!pas litteralement

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Partiality

32
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Minimiser

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To play down

33
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Preposterous

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Ridiculous

34
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Etre enclin à faire qch

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To be prone to doing sth

35
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Un partisan

A

A proponent

36
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Nuancer

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To qualify

37
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Remettre en cause la bonne foi de quelqu’un

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To question somebody’s good faith

38
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Répugnance à faire quelque chose

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Reluctance to do sth

39
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Aller à l’encontre de

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To run counter to

40
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Scathing

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=Caustic, stinging

:virulent

41
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Une question délicate

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A sensitive issue

42
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Pronouce: scheme

A

/ski:m/

43
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Culpabiliser

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To shame

44
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Prise de position
Prendre position
Prendre parti

A

A stance, stand
To take a stand
Take side with

45
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Steady

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=regular

:constant

46
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Provenir de (2)

A

Result from

Stem from

47
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Surmise

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=assume, suppose

48
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Tout porte à croire

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There’s every reason to believe

49
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Things are getting better=

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Looking up

50
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Thrive

A

Prospérer

51
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Subir, traverser

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Undergo

52
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Saper, miner, ébranler

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To undermine

53
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Il ne fait aucune doute que (1 mot)

A

Undoubtedly

54
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Conseiller vivement

A

To urge

55
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Avec le recul

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With the benefit of hindsight