Vocab en vrac 5

Question 1

Déplorer

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to lament/to bemoan

Question 2

prendre une position franche

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to take a clear stand

Question 3

cette réalité encourageante ne devrait pas éclipser …

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this heartening reality should not eclipse …

Question 4

surmonter/surpasser (une impasse)

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to overcome (a deadlock)

Question 5

assimiler qqchose à qqchose d’autre (faire le lien entre)

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to equate smth with smth else

Question 6

prendre le devant de la scène

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to take center stage

Question 7

se familiariser avec qqchose

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to grow familiar with smth

Question 8

être condamné

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to be doomed

Question 9

omniprésent/envahissant

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pervasive

Question 10

également/pareillement/de même (en début de phrase)

Answer 10

likewise

Question 11

empêcher/gêner/mettre des obstacles

Answer 11

to hinder/to hamper

Question 12

de peur de (perdre)

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for fear of loosing voters

Question 13

encore un…(shooting)

Answer 13

yet another shooting

Question 14

ailleurs

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elsewhere

Question 15

le débat sera soulevé à plusieurs reprises

Answer 15

the debate will be raised repeatedly

Question 16

il ne bénéficie plus de

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he no longer benefits from

Question 17

citoyens respectueux de la loi

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law-abiding citizens

Question 18

éviter un sujet

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to dodge a topic

Question 19

assister à

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to attend smth

Question 20

vivre des allocs

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to live on welfare/benefits

Question 21

un homologue

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a counterpart

Question 22

INDÉNOMBRABLES : suivit d’un verbe au singulier, ne prennent jamais de S et accompagnés de “much” ou “few”

Answer 22

information, furniture, luggage, progress, news

Question 23

D’autant plus que/d’autant moins que

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All the more// less + ADJ as, since, because

Question 24

Je

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To object to smth // to going to..

Question 25

Deux fois moins que // deux fois plus que

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Half as many as // twice as many as

Question 26

Parmi lesquels

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Among which

Question 27

Donner la chaire de poule

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Give the shivers to

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Réformer (un système)

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To overhaul a system

Question 29

De débarrasser de

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To get rid of

Question 30

Falsifier une élection/un jeu

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To rig an election

Question 31

Couper les fonds dédiés à ...

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To cut funds/defund devoted to Obamacare

Question 32

Une allusion à / faire allusion à

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A hint at // to hint at/ to allude to

Question 33

Tenir ses promesses

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To deliver on one’s promises

Question 34

Faire vœux de/s’engager à

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To vow to do something

Question 35

Une bulle dans laquelle on peut lire

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A speech bubble that reads/reading

Question 36

Un meeting politique

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A political rally

Question 37

Cacher

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To conceal/to hide

Question 38

Rabâcher qqchose

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To harp on about smth

Question 39

Les résultats d’une élection

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The outcome of an election

Question 40

MSM

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The main stream media

Question 41

Une enquête en cours

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An ongoing inquiry/probe/investigation

Question 42

Une vue globale/un bilan de la situation

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An overview of the situation

Question 43

Se retirer

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To pull of/to withdraw from

Question 44

Être prévu

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To be scheduled to do

Question 45

Déclencher des protestations

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To spark protests

Question 46

attirer la critique de

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To draw criticism from

Question 47

Supporter un projet

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To endorse a project

Question 48

Nuire à

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To undermine smth

Question 49

Une décision fortement critiquée

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A fiercely criticized decision

Question 50

Payer la facture

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To foot the bill

Question 51

Échouer continuellement

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To repeatedly failed to do smth

Question 52

Recourir à une nouvelle stratégie

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To resort to a new strategy

Question 53

déformer/transformer

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to warp

Question 54

un soulèvement

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an uprising

Question 55

annuler une décision

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to overturn a decision

Question 56

vider/détruire

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to gut

Question 57

un compte de / un score de

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a tally (the vote tallies)

Question 58

massivement

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overwhelmingly

Question 59

les chances/les probabilités

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the odds

Question 60

s'inquiéter

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to worry about/to fret over smth

Question 61

pur/simple

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sheer

Question 62

un coup porté à // en venir aux mains

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a blow to // to come to blows