Vochelle 3 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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Conclure un accord (3)

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To sign/conclude/reach an agreement

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Une offensive

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A crack down

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Être l’objet d’un contrôle

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To be processed

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Régler
Ou
S’installer

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To settle

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Le tout

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The whole thing

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Essayer (2)

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Try to

Attempt to

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Les interrogations

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The concerns

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Pas plus/moins de

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For not more/less than

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Dénoncer

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To stand up against

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Être dénoncé

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To be decried

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Être politiquement/civilement averti

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To be politically/civic-minded

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Fierté civile

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Civil proud

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Un sentiment d’appartenance

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A sense of belonging

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Avoir son mot à dire

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To have a say in sthg

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Un changement des mentalités

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A change in mindsets

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Avoir un intérêt perso dans

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To have a vested interest in

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Être à la base de

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To be the bedrock of

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18
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Uniformisation

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Standardization

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Un moteur de la croissance économique

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An engine of economic growth

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20
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Ce qui compte le +

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What matters most

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21
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Garder contact

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To engage

To keep a touch

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22
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Encourager

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To foster

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23
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Une association

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A body

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Se diriger vers de nouveaux horizons

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To head for greener pastures

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Une approche réticente
A hand-off approach
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Une approche enthousiaste
A hand-on approach
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Se faire des relations
To network
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Endiguer
To stem
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Tirer avantage
To capitalize
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Un ambitieux
A high-flyer
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Prime d'embauche
Golden hello
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Prime de depart
Golden handshake
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Renforcer
To strengthen
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Redorer
To burnish
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À l'improviste
Out of the blue
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Un pionnier
A trailblazer
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Gaspiller?
To waste | To squander
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En général
Overall
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En partance pour (2)
To the bound for | Heading for
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Brilliant
Glittering
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Un projet risqué
A venture
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Diminuer de moitié
To halve
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Ne pas être attaché
To be Untethered
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Gens
Folk
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Chétif
Puny
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Lacunaire
Patchy
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Un modèle à imiter
A model to emulate
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Distribuer
To dole out
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Maintenir
To sustain
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Supposer (2)
To suppose | To assume
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Croiser le chemin de
To cross paths with
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Contre toute attente
Against all odds
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Il est peu probable qu'il vienne
The odds are against him coming
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Lieu de prédilection
Hangout of choice
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Client régulier
A patron
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Comment ce fait-il que
How does it happen that
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À mi-chemin entre
Midway between
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S'emparer d'un marché (2)
To capture/corner a market
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Voitures autonomes
Driver less/ autonomous/self-driving cars
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Une révolution conceptuelle
A paradigm shift
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Être sur le point de
To be bound to
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Une longueur d'avance
A head start
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Se diversifier dans d'autres domaines
To branch out into new areas
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Un retour de bâton
A backlash
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Rivaliser farouchement
To compete fiercely
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Naviguer en eaux inconnues
To sail into uncharted waters
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Répondre de ses actes
To be accountable for its actions
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Beaucoup plus loin
Much further
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Renoncer
To forgo
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Brouiller
To blur
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Permettre
To enable
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Au delà
Beyond
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Frontière, limite spirituelles
Boundaries
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Stimuler
To spur
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Une recette
A recipe
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La plus grande part
The lion's share
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Tout ce qui précède
All of the above
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Saper
To undermine
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Un potentiel
A would-be
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Un présumé
A so-called
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Être imminent
To loom
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Fascinant
Compelling
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Un citadin (2)
An urbanite | A city dweller
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Un banlieusard (2)
A suburbanite | A commuter
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Être libre comme l'air
To be footloose and fancy free
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Naviguer sur la vague de l'opportunité technologique
To ride the wave of technology opportunity
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Impliquer (2)
To involve | To entail
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Une compétition acharné
A cut-throat competition
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Frayer la voie
To blaze the trail
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Un petit boulot
An odd job
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Économie collaborative
Collaborative/sharing/gig économy
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Prix très bas
Rock-bottom prices
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Une main d'œuvre précaire
A casualized workforce
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Avoir droit à des prestations sociales
To be entitled to social benefits
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1 sur 5
One in five | One out of five
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Rembourser
To pay back
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Contracter un prêt
To take out a loan
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Deux fois plus que
Twice as many as
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Une pénurie
A storage of
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Inondé
Flooded