Synt 1 Flashcards
1
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marauders
A
marauders
2
Q
pillards
A
plunders, looters
3
Q
l’ante
A
the ante
4
Q
attiser, alimenter, entretenir
A
to stoke
5
Q
misérable, malheureux
A
wretched
6
Q
l’attraction
A
a sideshow
7
Q
ruiner
A
to wrack
8
Q
grenades assourdissantes
A
stun grenades
9
Q
s’embarquer clandestinement
A
to stow away
10
Q
esclavage
A
bondage
11
Q
(le dessous des choses)
A
underbelly
12
Q
répressions
A
crackdowns
13
Q
bombarder, cribler
A
to perl
14
Q
bouleversement
A
upheaval
15
Q
un appel
A
a roll-call
16
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étancher, endiguer, arrêter
A
to staunch
staunch (adj) = dévoué
17
Q
mener, carry on
A
to wage
18
Q
alarmisme
A
scaremongering
19
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being lavishly generous
A
the munificience
20
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somptueusement
A
lavishly
21
Q
le dernier
A
the latter
22
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faux, menteur
A
bogus
23
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amèrement, fortement
A
sorely
24
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caler
A
to stall
25
repousser
to repel
26
quais
quaysides
27
dissuader
to deter
28
logements
dwellings
29
habiter
to dwell
30
to scratch or grope around to find, collect....
to scrabble
31
tatonner
to grope
32
vaciller, tituber
to lurch into
33
goulot
bottleneck
34
encourager, supporter
to countenance
35
désesperé
forlorn
36
fortifié
embattled
37
renaissant, qui connait un nouvel essor
resurgent
38
connecter
to log
39
souligné, mis en évidence
underscored
40
effilocher, se défiler
to fray
41
bordélique
shambolic
42
incaner
to epitomise
43
commander, mandater, déléguer
to commission
44
évaluer, estimer, juger
to assess
45
to increase research INTO something
ok
46
une approche globale
a blanket approach
47
rendement, production, rapport
yield
48
céder, donner, rapporter, succomber à la tentation
to yield
49
saper, miner
to undermine
50
révision, remaniement
overhaul
51
contraindre, restreindre
to constrain
52
troquer
to trade off
53
gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
to sap, to play out, to exhaust
54
a corporate
une entreprise
55
accountability
responsabilité
56
not fit for purpose
non adapté à l'objectif
57
lobbying
la pression, les solicitations
58
to water down
édulcorer, atténuer
59
utterly
complètement
60
to flout
mépriser, bafouiller
61
outrage
outrage, scandale
62
bitumer, goudronner
to tar
63
intenable
untenable
64
déraciner, extirper
to root out
65
one bad person in a group of good people
a bad/rotten apple
66
mettre en route
to set in train
67
corresponding in size or degree, in proportion
commensurate
68
pas de solution magique
no magic fix
69
demander des comptes
to hold to account
70
échappatoires
loopholes
