Vocabulaire pour essai Flashcards

(43 cards)

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etre en jeu

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to be at stake

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On peut se demander

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one may wonder

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A l’époque

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In those days / Back then

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discutable

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controversial
contentious
debatable

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peu disposé à

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reluctant

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être disposé à

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to be willing to do smth

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un problème difficile

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a tricky problem

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atteindre ses objectifs

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to meet targets

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une parfaite illutration

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a case in point

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juste milieu

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a golden mean

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faire face à

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to face smth

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etre confronté à

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to be faced with smth

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faire que

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to result in sb doing smth

to result in something happening

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soulever un problème

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to raise an issue

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une manière de …

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a way of doing smth

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une raison de

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a reason for

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sans importance / insigniant

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petty

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Par exemple

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a cause de

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Pourtant

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Cependant

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Alors que / Pendant que

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En hausse

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De meme

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s'engager à faire qqchose
to commit oneself to doing smth
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un inconvénient
a downside
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De nos jours
Nowadays
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Un probleme qui nous dépasse
an overwhelming issue
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incertitude
uncertainty
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du jour au lendemain
overnight
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idée de changement important par glissement
a shift in smth
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tot ou tard
sooner or later
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avoir du mal à faire quelque chose
have difficulty doing sth
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étant donné que
given that
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un moyen de (faire qqchose)
a means of doing smth
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La contrepartie
The trade-off
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défendre la cause de
to make the case for
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la montée de (d'un phénomène, des prix)
the surge in smth
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un tournant décisif / un changement profond
a watershed
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prendre des mesures radicales contre qqchose
to crack down on smth
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l'age d'or
the heyday | The heyday of American imperialism is fading
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l'exemple parfait
the epitome
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à la suite de
in the wake of