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Vocabulaire Essai (Verbes) Flashcards

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être très sélectif

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to cream off

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exacerber (2)

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to exacerbate

to compound

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se tourner vers

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to turn one’s back ON

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infliger des dégâts

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to wreak Havoc ON

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bouleverser, chambouler

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to play havoc With

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contrecarrer

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to thwart

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prendre un bon départ

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to take a headstart

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ralentir, entraver (4)

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to curtail
to hinder
to hamper
to hobble

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Il fait des amalgames entre musulmans et islamistes

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He blends muslims and islamists together

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mettre sur la touche

marginaliser

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to sideline

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se flétrir

s’évanouir (espoir, interet)

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to wither

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entrer en terre inconnue

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to enter uncharted water

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être en proie a

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to be rife with

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faire la une

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to grab the headlines

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a baissé de …

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decreased by …

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to increase (syn)

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to jump

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batailler

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to scramble

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alimenter

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to fuel

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réprimer

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crackdown

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encourager des politiques d’investissement

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to foster investment policies

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partir à la dérive

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to be drifting

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Les EU ont une grande influence sur le continent Asiatique (2)

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Asia is under the sway of America

The USA hold sway on Asia

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il est voué a l’échec

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it is bound to failure

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déplorer (2)

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lament

regret

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accorder de l'importance à ... dans les discours
to pay lip service for
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ouvrir la voie
to pave the way
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mener à bien
bring off
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être loin derrière
lag behind
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s'entasser
crowd
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agacer
annoy
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ouvrir une nouvelle voix
blaze a trail
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se démarquer | se distinguer
stand out
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ceux qui disent : c un projet bien mais pas chez moi
a nimby
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quelqu'un de la nouvelle génération, non marié, sans enfants
a dinky
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augmenter | 3
increase soak skyrocket
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plafonner (les revenus, les recettes) | 2
cap | place a cape on
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chasser un locataire
to evict a tenant
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contourner la loi
to circumvent the law
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un HLM
a council housing
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réfuter un argument
dismiss an argument
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catalogué qq comme
brand sbdy as
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améliorer son sort
better / one's lot | improve
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il s'en suit que
it ensue that... | to this ensue the increase in the number of poor people
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gagner en influence
to gain momentum
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rendre flou
to blur
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bafouer les droits
to trample ON sbdy's rights
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remanier
to reshuffle
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entreprendre
undertake
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se lancer dans
embark on
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avoir tendance à | s'occuper de
to tend to
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reduce
curb
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libérer des fonds
to release funds
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sous estimer
underestimate
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escroquer
swindle
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ajourner remettre à plus tard 3
postpone delay put off
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allouer dédier consacrer (argent, moyens) 2
allocate | grant
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détourner des fonds
embezzle funds
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en finir avec | 2
to bring an end to | to lay off sthg
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lancer des critiques contre | 2
lambast | level criticisms at
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étouffer une affaire
to hush up a case
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être concurrencé par
to vie with
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faire l'éloge de
to praise
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s'accroitre
to soar
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compromettre
imperil
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réaliser un but
meet a target
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se débarrasser de
to have gone off
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s'enliser dans
to get embroiled in
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abandonner une mesure, politique
to scrap ...
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faire de la démagogie
to play grandstand
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faire un accord (économique, politique...)
to seal a deal | to strike a deal
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remplir un papier
to fill in
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faire qqc adapté à
to tailor sthg to sbdy
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passer la douane
to go through the customs
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évaluer
asses | evaluate
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faire partie de
to be part of
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changer la donne
to be a game changer
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augmenter les taxes
to levy corporate taxes
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se retirer de
to withdraw from sthg
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attirer | 2
attract | entice
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être dans l'impasse
to have reach a stalemate

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