Question | Answer |
la conférence de presse | press conference |
empiéter sur | to encroach upon |
le dénouement | the outcome |
hormis/sauf | except for |
A l'instar | like/just as |
poursuivre qqn en justice | to sue somebody |
la loi sur la protection de la vie privée | privacy law |
mettre tout le monde dans le mEme sac | to group everyone together |
une cOte de credit | triple AAA rating |
reculer sur qqn | to back pedal on sthg |
autant que | as much as |
Etre lettré | to be well read/educated |
secouer | to shake |
un court/tribunal | court |
L'OAS - organisation de l'armée secrEte | group opposed to Algerian indepedence |
bel et bien | well and truly |
Etre sidéré | to be flabbergasted |
la dissimulation | concealment |
la gestion | management |
l'essor de ... | the rise of... |
adosser | to back/to support |
organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) | L'OIF |
mettre l'accent sur | emphasize/highlight |
mettre en ligne | to put on the internet |
prendre l'avance | to get ahead |
promulguer | to proclaim/make real |
voir le jour | to see the day/ become reality |
la filiale | an associate |
le controverse porte sur | the argument involves |
tirer la sonnette d'alarme | to trigger the alarm bells |
affligeant | pathetic/distressing |
les poucraves | people who talk to the police/ grasses |
se gAter | to change for the worst |
une bouée de sauvetage | life line |
faire un tabac | to be a big hit |
abandonner | to scrap/to abandon |
Engagement 31 | Hollandes manifesto for gay marriage |
PMA la procréation médicalement assistée | artificial insemination |
rétropédalage | turn-around/back pedalling |
l'Hemicycle | semi circle formation of national assembly |
le GPA la gestion pour autrui | surrogacy |
le PACS pacte civile de solidarité | marriage (for homosexuals) civil marriage |
Etre censé | to be supposed to |
le piratage téléphonique | telephone hacking |
un compte facebook/twitter | facebook/twitter account |
les cyber-délinquants les hackers | hackers |
dérober | to steal/hide/conceal |
Etre la porte d'entrée sur.... | to be the gateway for... |
le porte parole | spokesperson |
le parti travailliste | labour party |
l'aile gauche/droite | left/right wing |
un people/á sensation | tabloid/popular |
tout comme/ ainsi que | as well as |
du milieu environnant | the standard/norm |
la situation se complique | the situation is getting complicated |
quoi qu'il en soit | be that as it may |
rentable | profitable |
le concurrent | competitor |
dEs que | as soon as |
fermer ses portes | to close down |
minutieusement/ á fond | thoroughly |
le blocage de la diffusion | stoppage of the leak |
préconception/ stéréotype | cliché |
le remaniement | government reshuffle |
la démission | resignation |
combler le fossé | to fill the gap |
le prolétariat | working classes |
en attendant | meanwhile |
se plonger dans qqch | to immerse oneself in |
attendre avec impatience | to look forward to |
veiller sur qqn | to look after someone |
á tour de bras | non-stop |
etre mis á mort | to be put to death |
avoir la grosse tEte | to be big headed |
donner sa langue au chat | to give up |
passer sous le nez | by the skin of one's teeth |
se laisser griser | to go to one's head |
á la hAte | hurriedly |
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