vocab for translation Flashcards

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à l’échelle mondiale

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on a/the world/global scale

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à savoir

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namely/that is to say

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aboutir

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to result in

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aidons-les

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let’s help them

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atteindre

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to reach

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au fil des (années)

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over the years

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avec méfiance

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suspiciously/distrustfully/mistrustfully

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avoir du mal à

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to have difficulty doing…

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avoir hâte de

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cannot wait to

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avoir lieu

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to take place

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bras de fer

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power struggle

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celles-ci

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these/ the latter (fem plu)

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ces derniers temps

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lately

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cesser de

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to stop to

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ceux qui

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those who (masc plu)

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chez cette tranche d’âge

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among/within this age group/age bracket

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d’une part…d’autre part

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on one hand…on the other hand

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demeurer/rester

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to remain

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depuis longtemps

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for a long time

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dès

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from

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détournement

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misappropriation

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devrions-nous/devrait-on?

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should we?

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dont

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of which/including

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empirer

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to get worse/worsen

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emprisonner/incarcérer/écrouer/détenir/mettre en prison/derrière les barreaux/sous les verrous
to put in prison
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en dépit de
despite
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encore
still
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enjeu
what’s at stake/issue
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entraider
to help each other
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environ
about/roughly/approximately
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expulser/renvoyer/déporter
to expel
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facture d’électricité
electricity bill
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falloir
be needed/have to
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faute de
due to a lack of
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grâce à
thanks to
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guère
hardly
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il n’y aura plus de
there will be no more
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ils auraient dû
they should have
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jusqu’il ya peu de temps
until (quite) recently/a short time ago/not long ago
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l’appui
support
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l’augmentation/la hausse
the increase
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l’entretien d’embauche
job interview
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l’espoir
hope
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l’infraction
offence/crime
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la délinquance/criminalité juvénile
juvenile delinquency
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la lutte
the struggle, the fight, the battle
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la majorité/la plupart de
most
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la mobilisation
rallying
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la réinsertion
reintegration
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la traversée maritime/de la mer
sea crossing
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le plus dur à supporter
the hardest/most difficult/toughest (thing) to bear/ stand/ put up with
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le pot de vin
bribe
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le rebondissement
unexpected development
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le sommet
summit
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le taux
rate
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le taux de récidive
rate/level of reoffending/recidivism
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les délits
crimes/offences
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les mineurs
minors
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les parties d’extrême droite
extreme right-wing parties
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les pays occidentaux/de l’ouest
western countries
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les plus démunis
the poorest/most disadvantaged/deprived/the least well-off/those in the greatest need/the most needy/the most unfortunate
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mal à l’aise
ill at ease
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maladies graves
serious illnesses
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menacé
threatened
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mettre en cause
to charge/to accuse
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mieux vaut
it would be better
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milliard
billion
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montrer d’un cran
to take up a notch
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n’était plus
was no longer
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néanmoins
nonetheless/even so/nevertheless
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obliger à
to oblige
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organisation syndicale
representatives of the trade union
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organisations patronales
employers’ organisations
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oser
to dare
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OTAN
NATO
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pas forcément
not necessarily
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pas la peine de
there is no point in/don’t bother/it’s pointless/useless/a waste of time
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poser votre candidature pour
applying
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poursuivre en justice
to prosecute/bring before the courts/take court/bring before the law
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pourtant
however/nevertheless
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présent...depuis
have been...since
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prêt à
ready to
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quatre coins du monde
four corners of/ all over/every part of the world/earth/planet/globe
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quoique/bien que
although
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relever le défi
to rise to the challenge
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résoudre
to solve
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s’installer
to settle
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selon/d’après certains/quelques-uns /selon certains
according to some
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subvenir à ses besoins
to support/to provide for
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tenter de
to try to
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toucher
touch/affect (also earn a salary)
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tout en essayant de
while trying to
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travail au noir
moonlighting
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un tiers
a third
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venir de
just
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viser à
aim to
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de plus en plus de
more and more (of)
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bien que, quoique (+subjunctive)
although
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malgré
despite, in spite of
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il y aurait
there would be
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encourager à
to encourage to
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produit
produced
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en dix ans
within ten years
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dans dix ans
in ten years
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depuis longtemps
for a longtime
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parvenir à
to succeed in
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accru
increased
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commerçant
shopkeeper
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gratuit
free of charge
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mensuellement
monthly
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prometteur
promising
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quelques
some
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plusieurs
several
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majorité
adulthood
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abaisser
lower
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l’ado
teenager
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le taux d’abstention
to abstention raté
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le chemin de fer
railway
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desormais
from now on, henceforth
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le mécontentement
discontent
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au lieu de
instead of
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quotidiennement
daily
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presque
almost
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un manque
a lack
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gérer
to manage
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ceci, cela
this, that
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à la fois
both
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envers
towards
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lorsque
when
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d’à côté
next door
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ému
moved (emotionally)
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émouvant
moving, touching
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se débrouiller
to manage
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les noces
wedding
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il a fallu
it was necessary
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ceux qui, celles qui
those who
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subsister
to survive