Vocab en vrac 3

Question 1

poursuivre en justice

Answer 1

to prosecute sb

Question 2

un moyen dissuasif

Answer 2

a deterrent

Question 3

recréer/refaire

Answer 3

to recast

Question 4

à contre coeur

Answer 4

grudgingly

Question 5

contredire

Answer 5

to put the lie to smth

Question 6

l’apogée / l’âge d’or

Answer 6

the heyday

Question 7

une vague de/une série de

Answer 7

a rash of / a spate of

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chercher à faire qqch

Answer 8

to seek to do smth

Question 9

adopter

Answer 9

to embrace

Question 10

opposer qqun a qqun d’autre

Answer 10

to pit sb against sb else

Question 11

déchaîner/provoquer/déclencher

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to unleash

Question 12

enhardir (= donner du courage)

Answer 12

to embolden

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avoir très envie de qqchose

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to long for smth / to long to do smth

Question 14

brouiller les cartes

Answer 14

to cloud the issue

Question 15

s’unir derrière une cause

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to gather in the name of / to take up a cause

Question 16

présager

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to bode (well)

Question 17

résister à/ tenir tête

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to stand up to sb

Question 18

progresser / gagner du terrain

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to gain ground

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renverser / retourner

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to overturn

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bienveillant

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benevolent

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plein de / lourd de

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fraught with

Question 22

battre son plein

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to be in full swing

Question 23

ce qui ressort (du texte) est…

Answer 23

what stands out (from the text) is that …

Question 24

maîtriser qqun / assujettir

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to subdue

Question 25

déchirer

Answer 25

to rip apart

Question 26

faire face à des critiques grandissantes

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to face mounting criticism

Question 27

une expérience scientifique dans laquelle ...

Answer 27

a scientific experiment in which

Question 28

sensibiliser le public

Answer 28

to raise public awareness of/about smth

Question 29

la société de consommation

Answer 29

the consumer society

Question 30

On dirait que les gens ont tendance à...

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it seems that people tend to...

Question 31

cette idée est reflétée dans...

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is mirrored in... / is echoed in...

Question 32

instead of people

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citizens, inhabitants, taxpayers

Question 33

instead of he says

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argues, states, points out, stresses, depicts, underlines

Question 34

instead of think

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assume, believe, consider, suppose

Question 35

instead of give

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provide (sb with info), grant (sb permission), bring (benefits)

Question 36

instead of want

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be willing to, feel like doing

Question 37

instead of good

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positive (consequences), beneficial (effect), right (amount, price), valid (excuse, reason), efficient, decent (living conditions)

Question 38

instead of bad

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negative, dreadful (crime), awful (weather), poor (results, conditions), inadequate (solution, system), inefficient

Question 39

instead of big

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large (amount, number), substancial (rise of, increase), significant (change), major (issue)

Question 40

instead of small // little bit difficult

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tiny (flat), minor (consequences) // somehow difficult

Question 41

instead of important

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far-reaching (consequences), key (issue), radical (change), critical (condition, situation), historic (event), crucial (point, role), influential (person)