Voc 6 Flashcards by Paul JULLIEN

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à contrecoeur

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reluctantly

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des tas de… je ne sais combien de…

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umpteen

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la devise

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a motto (es)

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aides sociales

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benefits

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dégrader

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to deface

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c’est une pratique courante

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it is common practice

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un argument, une défense

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a plea

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qui fait beaucoup de bruit

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High-profile

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irréaliste (adj)

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impractical

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sensibiliser l’opinion

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to raise public awareness of

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harceler, importuner

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to pester

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c’est aux télespectateurs de…

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It is up to viewers…

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être envahi, infesté de

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to be plagued with

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outsider

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Underdog

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révolutionnaire

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Ground-breaking

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souligner

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to underscore

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une redevance

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a licence fee

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lavage de cerveau

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brainwashing

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frénésie de consommation

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a consuming spree

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ahurissant, stupéfiant

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staggering

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abrutissant

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Mind-numbing

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d’état

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state-owned

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aller de pair (avec quelque chose)

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to go hand in hand (with something)

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absurde, grotesque

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preposterous

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le moindre mal

the lesser of two evils

faire passer son message

to get one's message across

le hic, c'est que

the snag is that

un tyran, une petite brute

a bully

les preuves ne manquent pas

There is no shortage of evidence

critiquer, réprimander

to lambast

prétendu

alleged

l'ubiquité

ubiquity

la puissance, la virilité, la force

the potency

élément déterminant, bascule

tipping point

il en va de même pour

the same goes for

tristement célèbre

infamous

reconnaître, admettre

to acknowledge

se retourner contre

to backfire on

armes à double tranchant

double-edged weapons

avoir à recours à

to resort to

être à la mesure de

to be commensurate with

la dévalorisation

the debasement

remplacer

to supersede

répéter

to rehearse

abaisser le niveau

to dumb down

travailler en étroite collaboration avec quelqu'un

to be hand in glove with somebody

incarner

to embody

inonder

to swamp

décrier

to disparage

crédule, naïf

gullible

mépriser

to look down on

la trahison

the treason

durement acquis

hard-won

détourner

to hijack

ironique

tongue-in-cheek

le mensonge, la fausseté

the falsehood

un panneau d'affichage

a billboard

à court d'argent

cash-strapped

grandiloquent, pompeux

bombastic

scander, marteler

to hammer out