Voca 6 Flashcards

(68 cards)

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L’état de grace

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the state of grace

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le recul (avec du recul)

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hindsight (with hindsight)

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l’engouement x2

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the craze/infatuation

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un retournement de situation

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a twist

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5
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une promesse

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a promise

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la fermeté

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firmness

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une surenchère

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an escalation

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l’informatique

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computer science

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un enjeu

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a stake

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le défi

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the challenge

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une équipe

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a team/crew

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une émission de télé réalité

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a reality show

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une école maternelle

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a nursery school

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un cercueil

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a casket/coffin

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le public

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the audience

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une situation critique/difficile

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a predicament

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un traitement médical

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a medical treatment

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la couverture santé

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universal health care coverage

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le slogan

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the slogan

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20
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un soda

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a fizzy drink

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21
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la guérison

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the recovery

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la recherche (scientifique)

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the research (indénombrable!)

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un fléau

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a scourge/plague

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fécondation in vitro

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in vitro fertilization

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un être humain, un humain
a human being
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les partisans
the proponents
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les opposants
the opponents
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fœtus
fetus(es)
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la valeur
the value
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une position (sur un sujet)
an adamant
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une niche (sens figuré)
a niche
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le territoire
the soil
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les défenseurs de
the advocates of
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la prison
the jail/prison
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les acteurs (d'un fait)
the perpetrators
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un procès
a trial
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les principes
the principles
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Des preuves
proof (indénombrable!)
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une méthode
a method
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le vilain petit canard
the ugly duckling
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une vocation
a call
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calomnie
slander
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le recours à
the recourse to
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rendements
yields
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les fournisseurs
the suppliers
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un monopole
a monopoly
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l'appauvrissement
the impoverishment
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un chercheur
a researcher
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la remise en question
the calling into question
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un événement
an event
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une centrale nucléaire
a nuclear plant
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l'association (de plusieurs choses)
the combination
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un rapport (à), une relation
a relation (with)
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la flamme de la discord
the furor of sicord
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un massacre
a massacre/slaughter
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la procuration (d'armes)
the availability (of guns)
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la gachette
the trigger
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un brevet
a patent
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un tas de
a bunch of
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un changement
a shift
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une grande enseigne
a big-box store
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un bon rapport qualité prix
a good value for money
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une évaluation
an assessment
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des mesures incitatives
incentives
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un esprit critique
a critical mind
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le bien fondé, la légitimité
the legitimacy
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preuve à l'appui
with supporting evidence
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la prudence, défiance
wariness