Version Journalistique Flashcards

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Les chariots

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Wagons

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La règle de la chandelle intérieure (au baseball)

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The infield-fly rule

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Avec la meme ténacité

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As tenaciously

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Les révolutionnaires et les pionniers

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The revolutionaries and pioneers

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Façonner

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To forge

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Les contrées

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Wilderness

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S’accrocher à

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To cling to

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Les cosmopolites d’aujourd’hui

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Moderne cosmopolitans

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De loin

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By far

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Plus strict

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Tougher

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Au premier plan

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At the forefront

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Dissimuler

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Canceled

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La réglementation du port d’armes n’est donc pas pour demain

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So gun control is not around the corner

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S’habiller de façon formelle

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To dress formally

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Garde-robe

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Wardrobe

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Noeud(s) papillon

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Bow-tie(s)

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Smoking

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Dinner jacket / tuxedo

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Tenue de soirée

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Evening dress / wear

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Restent courants

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Still form an essential part of / are still to be found in

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Le roi des boutons de manchette

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Cufflinks king

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Petites attaches

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Little fasteners

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Priser

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Prize

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Les banquiers de la City

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City bankers

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Provocation

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Provocation

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D'autant plus que
All the more so as / since / because
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Abordable
Affordable
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Ne se dément pas
Has enjoyed unflagging success
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Le ÇA
The turnover
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Les ventes n'ont jamais vraiment décollé
Sells never really took off
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Le formalisme
Formality
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Qu'elles vous plaisent ou non
Like them or not
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Dur, solide, résistant, robuste
Tough
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tenue de soirée de rigueur
evening dress required
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le point faible
the Achilles' heel
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la main d'oeuvre
labor / labour
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espérer rivaliser
to hope to compete
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avoir de l'influence
to hold sway
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faire partie de l'effectif
to be on the roll / on our roll(s)
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avoir le vent en poupe
to be on a roll
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salarié
worker on theit roll
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les coûts de production
manufacturing costs
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sensiblement
significantly
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retraite
pension
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l'assurance chômage
unemployment insurance
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indemnité de licenciement
severance pay / package
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faiblesse
weakness
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la reconnaissance
acknowledgment
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imprégner, s'infiltrer dans
to permeate
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réglementation
regulation
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tenir bcp
to hold dear
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accorder à qqn le bénéfice du doute
to give someone the benefit of the doubt
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assurance maladie
sickness benefit
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avoir de quoi être jaloux
ti have something to be jealous about
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le bilan
the report
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la facture mensuelle
the monthly bill
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un ménage
a couple / a household
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s'élève à 41$
amounts to 41$
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mètre carré
cubic metre
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avec Amsterdam ou Hambourg
along with Amsterdam and Hambourg
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ou encore
or again
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même gratuit
even free
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l'or bleu
blue gold
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écarts
discrepancies
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mettre en avant
to underline
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grandes villes
major cities
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assurer une qualité supérieure de l'eau
to ensure better water quality
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dérisoire
derisory
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les coûts de dépollution
purification costs
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tarif final
final price
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la rareté
rarity / scarceness
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rare, peu abondant
scarce
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se raréfier
to become scarce
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saoudien
Saoudi-Arabian
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subventionné
subsidized
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certes
admittedly
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afficher
flaunt
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les pouvoirs publics
the authorities
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réglementer
to control
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les entreprises productrices
...-producing companies