Vochelle 1 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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Lancer une campagne de sensibilisation

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To launch an awareness campaign

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2
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Un pionnier

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A pioneer

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Les découvertes d’une étude

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The findings of a study

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Un effet dissuasif

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A deterrent effect

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5
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Fumer à en mourir

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To smoke oneself to death

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6
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Un contrebandier

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A smuggler

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7
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Un fléau (2)

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A scourge

A plague

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Un État providence

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A nanny State

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9
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S’avèrer être

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To Turn out to be

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10
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Revenir en arrière

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To go backyard

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11
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Mener

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To lead

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12
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Éclairer l’esprit, sensibiliser

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To raise awareness

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Être lié à

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To be bound up to

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Être submergé

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To be overwhelmed/submerged

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Un comportement

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A behavior

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16
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Une tendance

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A trend

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17
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Doubler (2)

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To doubled

To increase twofold

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Passer la barre du milliard

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To passed the billion mark

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19
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Repousser (la retraite)

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To postpone (retiree)

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20
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Agrandir un écart

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To widen a gap

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21
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Abandonner une politique

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To scrap a policy

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22
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La croyance populaire

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Popular belief

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23
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Déboucher sur

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To result in

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24
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Découler de

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To result from

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Un fardeau
A burden
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Être impatient de faire...
To look forward to do
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Un bouc émissaire
A scapegoat
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Porter le chapeau
To be the scapegoat | To be scapegoated for
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Idyllique | Lugubre
Rosy | Gloomy
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Entraver
To hamper
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Préconiser
Advocates
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Mettre en œuvre une réforme
To implement a reform
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Subir
Undergo
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Mettre à exécution
Go through with
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Remplir une tâche
To fulfill a task
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Se plier aux souhaits de qqn
To pander to sbody's wishes
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Exercer
Wield
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Illustrer parfaitement
Epitomise
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Le modèle/ le motif
The pattern
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Stupéfiant
Staggering | Striking
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Un grand changement
A shift
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Souligner
To underline
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Prospérer
To thrive
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Une économie prospère
A thriving economy
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Être réticent (3)
To be loth/reluctant/unwilling
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Continuer
To go on
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Se rapprocher de
To move closer to
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Être en avance sur
To be ahead of
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Rattraper
To catch up with
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À l'heure/à temps
On Time/in time
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Quel dommage !
What a pity !
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Mettre en danger | Menacer
To endanger To threaten To jeopardize
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Jusqu'à présent
Until now
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Semer le chaos | Causer bcp de dégâts
To wreak havoc
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Être grondé
To be told off | To be scolded
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Sur le point de
About to
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Au bord de
On the verge of
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Se disputer
To argue
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Se quereller
To quarrel
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Réchauffement climatique
Global warming
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Ralentir
To slowdown
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Affirmer (2)
To claim | To asset
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Non plus
Either
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Ce dernier | Ce premier
The latter | The former
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Atteindre
To reach
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Afficher
To put up
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Distribuer des tracts
To give out handouts/leaflets
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Pouvant atteindre
Up to
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Militer
To campaign
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Riche (3)
Well off Wealthy Rich
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Avoir confiance dans
To feel confident about
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Être accueilli
To be greeted
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Être acclamé
To be hailed
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Un responsable
An official
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Se réjouir
To be delighted
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Les chiffres
The figure
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Être tout le contraire de
To stand in sharp contrast with
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Un champs d'étude
À field of study
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Être perplexe
To be puzzle
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Enquêteur, sondeur
Pollster
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Famille proche
Close relatives
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Imaginer, se représenter
To picture
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Être embauché
To be hired
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Un journaliste indépendant
A freelance journalist
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Supporter, soutenir
To back
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Être précis
To be accurate
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Un voyage
A trip | A journey
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Fatiguant (2)
Tiring | Exhausting
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Bondé
Crowded
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La foule
The crowd
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Licencier | Licencier (plan social)
To dismiss | To lay off
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Réussir à
To manage to | To succeed in
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S'attaquer à | Résoudre
To tackle | To address
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Prendre à bras le corps
To come to grips with
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Fuir
To flee | To run away
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Être déclaré disparu
To be reported missing
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Comparer (2)
To compare | To liken
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L'esprit critique
Critical thinking skills
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Mettre les choses en perspective
To put things into perspective
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Voir à travers qqn
To see through sbody