Vochelle 2.2 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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Déclin

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Downfall

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Se montrer plus intelligent

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To outwit sbody

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L’emporter sur

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To outweigh sbody

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Continuelle controverse

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An ongoing controversy

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Une lutter ardue

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An uphill struggle

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Peu impressionné, déçu

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Underwhelmed

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Être surchargé (2)

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To be overburdened

To be overloaded

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Être envahi

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To be overrun

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Le problème est double

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The problem is twofold

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Culpabilité

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Guilt

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Éphémère

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Short lived

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Surmonter (2)

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To get over

To overcome

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Depuis Une vingtaine d’années

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For 20-odd years

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Autour des affaires

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Business-wise

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Sangloter sans retenue

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To sob unrestrainedly

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Déformer le propos de qqn

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To misquote sbody’s word

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Avec méfiance

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Mistrustfully

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Abuser de l’hospitalité

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To overstay

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trois fois plus nombreux

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Outnumbered by 3 to 1

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Regain de violence

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Outbreak of violence

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Un rassemblement

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A rally

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Sectarisme

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Bigotry

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Dresser qqn contre

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To pit sbody against

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Un problème épineux

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A vexed/thorny issue

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Adopter
To embrace
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But sous-jacent
An underlying goal
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Un signe avant-coureur
A harbinger
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Épuration ethnique
Ethnic cleansing
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... a fait un mort et 19 blessés
It claimed 1 life and left 19 people injured
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Un article engagé
A biased article
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Fustiger (3)
To lambast To castigate To lash out at
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Une critique violente
A diatribe
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Épreuve de vérité
Acid test
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Tourner autour du pot
To beat around the bush
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Tenter d’éviter un sujet | Idiomatique
To pirouette across a minefield
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Appeler un chat un chat
To call a spade a spade
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Être amadoué
To be coax into doing
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Mettre les gens dans le même panier
To lump people together
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Ne pas correspondre à
To fall short of sthg
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Une personne impulsive
A rash person
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Être à cheval sur
To be a stickler for
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Avoir le sens des affaires
To have a business acumen
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Ouvrir la voie à une nouvelle ère
To usher in a new area
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Éradiquer
To slam out
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Délit de faciès
Racial profiling
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Désirer ardemment (3)
To yearn/long/crave for
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Retour en arrière
Backward step
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Être curieux (2)
To be curious | To be inquisitive
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« Je suis sûr » | Idiomatique
I’m positive
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Baisser les yeux (3)
To look down To lower one’s head To hung one’s head
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Aller voir quelqu’un
To go and see sbody
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Aller chercher qqchose
To go and get sthg
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« Tu es tombé sur la tête »
You’re nuts You’re mental You must be off your mind
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Se faufiler (ramper)
To crawl To sneak To creep
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Inflation galopante
Creeping inflation
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Lancer une production
To roll out a product
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Rouler sur l’or
To be rolling in the money
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Savourer, prendre plaisir
To relish
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Supermarché du scoop | Journalisme a cachets
Checkbook journalism
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Une sonnette d’alarme
A wake up call
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Il y a matière à réfléchir
It offers food for thought
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Raconter des histoires
To spin tales
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Simple, pur
Mère
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Remettre en cause
To question
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De tous horizons
From all walks of life
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Conviction, croyance, confession
Persuasion
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Déboulonner
To debunk
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Mensonges (3)
Falsehoods Fake story Untruths
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Se faire passer pour
To pass oneself off as
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Faire pression (3)
To press for To pressurize for To pester for
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Une critique amère
A bitter diatribe
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Fustiger
To lambast
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Faire le point sur
To take stock of
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Un travail mal fait
A botched job
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Au détriment de
At the expense of
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To be masterly at
Être le maître dans
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Info divertissement
Infotainment
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Dramatiser
To sensationize
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Être franc
To be outspoken
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Se faire avoir (2)
To be deceived by | To be taken by
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Le bien public
To public/common good
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Creuser, fouiller
To dig
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Déterrer des scandales | Dévoiler la vérité
To unearth scandals | To uncover the truth
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Vérités dérangeantes
Unpalatable truths
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Un comité de surveillance
A watchdog
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Être ébloui
To be dazzled
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Être de connivence avec (2)
To collude/connive with
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Faire des pieds et des mains pour
To scramble for
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Un terreau à talents
A breeding ground for talents
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Sonner le glas
To roll the knell for
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Un poumon économique
An economic powerhouse
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Aller bon train
To be rife
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Briser, éclater
To shatter
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Sombre tableau | Sombres perspectives
Bleak outlook
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Se résumer à
To boil down to
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Perspectives plus positives
Brighter prospects
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Le principe fondamental
The basic tenet
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Avoir une meilleure/moins bonne situation
To have it better/worse
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Marasme économique
Sluggish economy
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Se débrouiller
To get by