Voc 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Infrastructure de base

A

Greenfield infrastructure

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2
Q

Non-négligeable

A

Sizeable

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3
Q

Réduire les coûts, rogner

A

Cut corners

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4
Q

Fait sans effort, sans intérêt

A

Perfunctory

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5
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Sans fioritures, juste l’indispensable. Low-cost.

A

No-frills.

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6
Q

Encourir

A

Incur

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7
Q

Recrudescence

A

A spate

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8
Q

Réduire la facture

A

Bring down the toll

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9
Q

Ne criez pas victoire trop tôt

A

Spare the cheers

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10
Q

To treat diligently

A

To coddle (economic sectors)

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11
Q

Élaborer

A

Draw up

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12
Q

Voilé

A

Veiled

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13
Q

Faire le siège

A

To beleaguer (to be beleaguered)

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14
Q

Ouvrir les vannes a subventions

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To dole out

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15
Q

Souligner

A

Underline / underscore

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16
Q

Central cohesive element

A

A Linchpin

17
Q

Annulation

A

Annulment

18
Q

A source of resistance

A

Headwind

19
Q

Méfait

A

Misdemeanour

20
Q

De disputer pour des broutilles

A

To bicker

21
Q

Very small amount or part

A

A smidge

22
Q

Stay at work late

A

Burn the midnight oil

23
Q

Reflux, déclin, ressac

A

ebb

24
Q

Commun, habituel

A

Run-off-the-mill

25
Q

Avoir l’air nauséeux

A

To be green around the gills