The NY Times / The Economist Flashcards by Thomas Brgr

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Déclarer coupable / un détenu

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To convict of / a convict

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Interdire quelque chose / exclure quelqu’un

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To bar

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To subdue / subdued

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Maîtriser, dompter / modéré, maîtrisé

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Appuyer, approuver

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To endorse

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Allié

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Ally

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Avec retenue

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With restreint

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Une accélération / intensification (d’un processus)

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A ramping up

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Déversoir (évacuer eau d’un barrage )

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À spillway

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lancer

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to lob

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sombre / maussade / austère

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bleak

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remanier / réviser / reformer

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to overhaul

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ultérieur / plus loin

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onward (an onward flight / to go onward)

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être entaché par

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to be marred by

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salir quelqu’un / diffamer

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to malign

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un discours de campagne (US)

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a stump speech

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récolter / engranger

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to reap

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un assaut / une agression

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an onslaught

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négociations

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negotiations

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mépris / dédain

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a contempt for

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renforcer / dynamiser

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to bolster

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un conflit / une querelle

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a strife

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concrètement / palpablement

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palpably

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abandonner/laisser tomber qqch/ qqlqn

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to ditch

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barrage

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dams

le prochain/futur (publication, rapport, rencontre)

the forthcoming (publication, report, meeting)

lourd/encombrant

cumbersome

un bras de fer/ une lutte

a tussle

période aride/vague de sécheresse

dry spell

lacune

shortcoming

somptueux/copieux

lavish

subventions importantes concernant les énergies renouvelables

subsidies lavish on renewable energy

projet favori

a pet project

sombre, lugubre

grim (discovery, reality)

blessé

wounded

paresseux, mou, léthargique

sluggish

doubler/tripler

to double/treble

être envahi par le chagrin

to be overwhelmed with sorrow