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On "60 Minutes" this week, Scott Pelley interviewed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, discussing a wide range of economic issues. Here's the "60 Minutes Overtime" cut of the Bernanke interview.

Steve Kroft gets a rare look inside the secretive world of "high-frequency trading," a controversial technique the SEC is scrutinizing in which computers can make thousands of stock trades in less than a second - pod : (Aerospace) A detachable compartment on a spacecraft for carrying personnel or instrumentation > module - front running - security - to gobble up : engloutir - warden : directeur, gardien

As 192 countries are gathering to try and find an agreement at the Copenhagen climate change summit, also known as COP 15, many obstacles seem to be still lying ahead. Scientists reckon that if most countries can't reduce their carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, we won't be able to avoid an increase of over 2°C of global temperature, thus preparing major issues for world environment. After Kyoto's protocol signed in 1997, which had come out as a standoff, since the US had refused to sign it, Copenhagen still seemed recently more promising, as the US announced they had no choice but to change their position in favor of new caps. Yet challenges still lie ahead as experts warn of many sticking points between developed countries urging China and India in taking their responsibilities and developing countries, refusing to bare alone the burden of change. Major actors like China and India invoke indeed a moral right to expand their economy and accuse the US for being histori...

Joseph Stiglitz on American banks The Nobel prize-winning economist says banks are undermining the rule of law in America and bad mortgages still fester - dim : faible, sombre - awash : inondé - to fester : suppurer, couver, ici : s'étendre - to write down : déprécier - due process : procédures normales - to skirt around : contourner - foreclosure : saisie - affidavit : déclaration, déposition sous serment

Right now the nuclear industry is mobilizing countless resources in an effort to convince the world that nuclear energy is a necessary part of solving our energy needs in the face of climate change. In reality, any investment in nuclear energy actively undermines real energy solutions to climate change by diverting huge amounts of urgently needed resources away from investment in the clean, safe and renewable power we must develop. - byproduct : sous-produit, produit dérivé Nuclear energy is not only the most controversial and dangerous form of energy generation, it is also one of the most expensive. To raise the many billions of euros needed to build even a single nuclear reactor, utility companies rely heavily on banks and other financial market players. - to balloon : considérablement augmenter - downside : inconvénient - blatant : flagrant - outage : panne de courant - upgrade : mise à jour, modernisation - MWe : mégawatt - to carry out : exécuter, effectuer - landslid...

WASHINGTON — A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at back-room bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats. - candid : franc, sincère - shudder : frisson - reckless : imprudent, téméraire - standoff : impasse - inducement : incitation financière, pot-de-vin - salve : apaiser - resettle : relocaliser, repeupler - wry : désabusé - record : rapport, dossier - mouthpiece : porte parole - to bungle : râter, gâcher - NOFORN : Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals [Military security classification] - to lurk : se cacher, rôder - to balk : regimber - scathing : cinglant, acerbe - fodder : fourrage - hubris : arrogance - to mull over : réfléchir à, ruminer - to jawbone : influencer, forcer à faire sous pression - crisp : impeccable, vif - to eavesdrop : écouter qqun de façon indis...

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DUBLIN—With doubts swirling about the solvency of the Irish state in early September, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan summoned a dozen senior government and bank officials to a conference room nicknamed the "torture chamber," a nod to its history as a venue for painful meetings. - to swirl : tourbillonner - to no avail : en vain - drip-drip : goutte à goutte - to brace oneself : se préparer mentalement - homegrown : domestique, maison - sour : aigre - to yoke : accoupler, ici coupler - to hobble : boitiller, clopiner - sleepy : tranquille - irate : en colère, courroucé - upper end : fourchette haute - subdivision : ici, lots de terrain - bankroll : financer - to buoy : soutenir, épauler - burnish : polir, embellir - severance pay : indemnité de licenciement

FRANKFURT—The euro-zone economy slowed in the third quarter but still grew at a moderate pace, suggesting that continued financial strains on the currency bloc's weakest members haven't yet derailed the region's overall economic recovery. - to ease : se détendre, diminuer - woe : malheur - straggler : traînard - to offset : compenser - to stem : endiguer - to stall : caler, tomber en panne - to buck the trend : aller a contre courant (du prix du marché) - dip : baisse - downturn : récession

On the day that the Federal Reserve started buying, everyone else was selling. - QE - Blue-chip stock index - tumble : dégringoler - bonanza : aubaine, boom - culprit : coupable, ici : facteur déclencheur - to linger : persister, lingering : persistant - overarching : qui l'emporte sur tout, le plus important - to take a beating : recevoir une correction, une raclée - drubbing : une raclée

- traffic warden : contractuel - deputy leader : vice pdt, vice secrétaire - to lurk : rôder - to issue an order : lancer une assignation - to round up : arrêter 1 - disputed : contesté 3 - bloodless : sans effusion de sang - dreadful : terrible, affreux - harmful : nuisible - harmless : inoffensif - forgetfullness : perte de mémoire 4 - abducted : enlevé

- investigator : enquêteur - white paper - bank statement : relevé de compte - to outline : exposer - plea-bargaining : négociation de peine - supergrass : indicateur - smuggle : passer en contrebande - telephone tap : écoute téléphonique - customs and excise : administration des douanes - lawfully : légalement - to crack down on : sévir contre, réprimer - to convict : déclarer coupable - convicted : déclaré coupable - suspected : présumé - lenient : indulgent - special branch - to clamp down on : agir avec fermeté contre 2 - indicted : inculpé - yob : loubard, malfrat - mob : foule - gaol : jail : prison - felony : crime, forfait - case : affaire, procès - rightfully : à juste titre, légitimement 3 - defendant's counsel : un avocat de la défense - charge : accusation, incupation 4 - offender : délinquant - poacher : braconnier - trespasser : intrus

- fester : suppurer, couver, s'étendre > ici : couver - convene : convoquer, assembler - attendee : participant Currency Policy of China Big Topic for G-20 Session WASHINGTON — Currency tensions will top the agenda when leaders of the Group of 20 economic powers gather in South Korea next week, days after midterm elections in the United States and a crucial decision by the Federal Reserve on new steps to prod along the slow recovery. (NYT, 1/11/10) - to prod along : pousser qqun du bout de qque chose, ici : relancer péniblement - to bridge tensions : trouver un terrain d'entente - founder : sombrer, couler - National Security Council - pattern : modèle - guidelines : instructions générales, conseils - ominously : de manière inquiétante - endorse : approuver, adhérer à - to advocate : recommander, prôner - to come into one's own : s'épanouir

- consignment : arrivage, envoi - to evade : échapper à - litter : joncher - to paper : tapisser, ici : dissimuler - to boggle : être ahuri, the mind boggles : on croit rêver, to boggle sb's mind : époustoufler qqun Nuclear power around the world - to beset : assaillir - operable : opérable AREVA in Niger: the human cost of nuclear power

- MBE - dank : froid et humide - epitomise : symboliser - the comedown : la descente - drive : énergie, dynamisme. ici : "en mode" - attire : habit, atours - warrant : mandat - police bust : descente de police - trample : piétiner - roach : cafard, ici : fin de pétard - fur : pelage, poil, fourrure - pelt : peau - munch : mâcher - cleavage : décolleté - to thrust : pousser (brusquement) - outlandish : étrange - crude : brut, grossier, vulgaire - prurient : lubrique - moniker : nom - constabulary : police, gendarmerie - stitch-up : coup monté - Lena Horne - frame : chassis - bonnet : capot - rampage : déchaînement - obnoxious : odieux, désagréable - put the make on sb : to try to have sex with sb

- glimpse : aperçu - gilded : dorée, gilded cage : cage dorée - glossy : brillant, de luxe - charge : accusation - prison term : peine de prison - reap : moissonner, ici : soutirer - illegal political contribution : financement politique illégal - public prosecutor : procureur - investigation judge : juge d'instruction - to file a complaint : déposer une plainte - scathing : cinglant, acerbe - doggedness : obstination Bettencourt Drops Defendant From Will (WSJ, 30.08.10) PARIS—Liliane Bettencourt, the heiress to the L'Oréal SA cosmetics empire, has written out of her will a photographer friend accused of having abused her trust, Ms. Bettencourt's spokeswoman said over the weekend. - lavish : fastueux, ici : faramineux - chunk : une bonne part - pending : en attente de - filing : enregistrement, legal filing : audition - to spearhead : être le fer de lance - to plow (back): réinvestir, (into) reverser

- to flounder : battre de l'aile - to discharge : (waste) décharger, a discharge : une émission - pressure vessel : équipement sous pression - dusty : poussiéreux - plagued : tourmenté, harcelé - withstand : résister à, supporter Finland votes for more ridicule - laughing stock : matière à rire - to be a byword for : être un synonyme de - to squander : gaspiller, gâcher - lacklustre : terne Nuclear waste - to decommission : mettre hors service - flawed : défectueux

Filmed during the eight months before the general election, Hannah Rothschild's documentary follows the then-business secretary through planning Labour's manifesto to the leaders' debates and into the fallout following Labour's defeat. It premieres at the London film festival next Sunday - Peter Mandelson

- ISF - unravel (carpet) : s'effilocher - to rebut : réfuter - unscathed : indemne - undermine : miner, ici remettre en question - overall : dans l'ensemble - scrap : mettre à la casse, supprimer - council tax : impôts locaux - council tax benefit - grant : bourse, subvention, indemnité

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,718036,00.html - pinnacle : apogée - to burden sb with sth : accabler - to kowtow : s'aplatir devant qqun - to stirr up : agiter - to take an issue : engager une controverse avec qqun

French trade unions launch a new wave of strikes and protest marches against President Nicolas Sarkozy's unpopular pension reforms. (Channel 4, 23.09.10) - claim : revendiquer, affirmer - to stage a demonstration : organiser une manifestation - to steer : diriger, piloter - harbinger : un signe avant-coureur - to edge up : relever - to spread : se répandre - unbothered : indifférent France takes to the streets to strike (Channel 4, 23.09.10) - ignominiously : ignominieusement, honteusement - gales of laughter : grands éclats de rire - to lay low : mettre au tapis Retirement at 62 ? Non ! PARIS — Welcome to France! As my train emerged from the tunnel linking Britain to the European continent, the announcement came: “As a result of a general strike, certain rail and other services will be disrupted.”(NYT, 14.10.10) - disrupt : pertuber - whammy : revers - sensible : raisonnable - intricacy : complexité - foil : complément - restlessness : agitation - mantelpi...

- to bring sth to a standstill : immobiliser - to attend a meeting : assister à une réunion - timed : programmé - gathering : rassemblement - to thrive : prospérer - to bar : interdire - to meet sme's needs with sth : répondre aux besoins de qqun - struggle : la lutte - to shift : se déplacer - splinter : se fragmenter - to gain momentum : monter en puissance - outlet : point de vente, restaurant - keynote speech : discours d'ouverture - overwhelming : écrasant - to highlight : mettre en évidence, souligner - impetus : élan

Labour's annual conference begins today under the new leadership of Ed Miliband. Labour's new leader says "I am my own man" as Tories claim his trade union backing will push the party to the left. - to be one's own man : independent in judgement and action - relish : délectation / ici : se réjouir de - to have a hand : avoir une responsabilité - squeezed middle : les classes moyennes - by a whisker : d'un cheveu - to pip sb to the post : coiffer qqun au poteau - grass-roots candidate/movement : candidat/gvt populaire / du peuple / de la masse - to own up to sth : admettre qqch - to sort out : régler, résoudre - to sit on the sideline : rester sur la touche Douglas Alexander Video 1 - to tack : tirer un bord, louvoyer - edginess : nervosité Video 2 - to garland : enguirlander / ici : surnommer - to flesh out (stroy, plan) : développer - to sulk : bouder - shadow cabinet 'Machiavelli would tell Ed Miliband to run from the centre'...

Pop quiz: Which is longer, the United States Constitution or Facebook’s Privacy Policy? - bewildering : ahurissant - privacy : données personnelles - settings : paramètres - opt-out settings : paramètres pour se désinscrire - trade-off : compromis - granular : granulaire / "pointilleux" - blunt : grossier - broad : général - controls : commandes - customized : personalisé - tab : onglet CNN report (02.09)

«The People formerly known as the Audience and the Audience properly known as the Public» : video of the inaugural lesson of Jay Rosen at Sciences Po, 2.09.10 1 - LESS PLATFORM CENTRIC : THINK OF USERS 2 - MY READERS KNOW MORE THAN I DO 3 - JOURNALISTS BRING IMPORTANT THINGS TO THE TABLE, SO DO THE USERS 4 - HELP USERS PARTICIPATE 5 - 1% RULE 6 - THE JOURNALIST IS NOT A SPECIAL CLASS 7 - YOUR AUTHORITY STARTS WITH "I'M THERE, YOU'RE NOT" 8 - GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY HAVE NO WAY TO DEMAND 9 - TELL PEOPLE WHERE YOU COME FROM 10 - NEWSPAPERS MAKE ASSOCIATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS MAKE NEWSPAPERS - audience : (théâtre) les spectateurs, public. (speaker) : auditoire, assistance. (TV) : téléspectateurs - public : un public particulier (a particular group of people with a common interest, aim) - to edit an article : mettre au point, préparer - thesaurus - visual thesaurus - weird : étrange, bizarre - by rule of thumb : a vue de nez - "If you build...

Nike customisation - strap : lanière, courroie, sangle - overlay : revêtement - lace and lining : lacets et doublure - vamp : devant de la chaussure - binding : reliure, fixation (skis) / obligatoire, qui engage - la couture : seam - cupsole : semelle - base : partie inférieure, pied d'un arbre - swoosh : (water) bruissement, (stick through air) sifflement, (tyres in rain) glissement - to swoosh : (water) bruire > he went swooshing through the mud : il est passé en faisant gicler bruyamment la boue Nike wiki analysis Puma Mongolian BBQ - strip : bande - quarter : (piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp) (base for nike) - outsole : cupsole - eyestay : garant - stitching : la couture - heal cap : la baguette Totally vital : French shoe glossary Fascinating : Official Puma Financials Fascinating II : More financials on Puma (Bloomberg)

An enormous and impassioned crowd rallied at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial this weekend, summoned by Glenn Beck, a conservative broadcaster who called for a religious rebirth in America at the site where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech exactly 47 years earlier. - impassioned : passioné - revival : (faith)renouveau de la foi > revival meeting : réunion pour le renouveau de la foi / renaissance, réveil - to be sharply critical (harshly) : sévèremenet, vivement critiquer - fissure : fissure - skittish : nerveux > skittish investors : investisseurs nerveux - Alaska August 2010 primary elections - precinct : circonscription - shrug off (criticism) : faire fi de, balayer - assertion : affirmation - to undercut : vendre moins cher que / réduire la valeur dc ici "mettre un bémol" par ex. - Glenn Beck - to pit sb against sb : opposer qqun a qqun - Tea Party movement (NYT report, 02.10) - overtly : ouvertement ...

"I am becoming increasingly concerned about the extent of the slowdown which is now underway in the US economy, a trend which has not yet been fully recognised by the Federal Reserve." - sanguine : optimiste - upswing : amélioration, reprise > an upswing of the market - Quantitative easing - a straw in the wind : une indication des choses à venir / indicateur - ominously : dangeureusement - claims for unemployment benefit : nombre de demandeurs d'emplois - ISM (Institue for Supply Management) - double dip recession - to shed : perdre, se débarasser de, licencier > job shedding : suppression d'emplois

Rescuers have made contact with 33 men trapped after a mining accident in Chile 17 days ago, but engineers warn it could take until Christmas to get them out. Mine rescue expert Dr Barrie Jones tells Channel 4 News the most important thing is hope. - to shaft : creuser - to hamper, to hinder : gêner, entraver > the company has been hindered by recent operational problems - to prevent : empêcher - igneous : ignées (qui vient du feu) - cave in : s'effrondrer - to vow to do sth : faire le voeu de > to vow revenge : jurer vengeance - accuracy : précision, exactitude - on hand : disponible - 1 pound (Lbs) = 0.45 kg - to smother : étouffer Video - probe : sonde - plight : la situation critique > the worsening plight of Third World countries - sweltering : étouffant 'Plan B' for rescue of trapped Chile miners Video - to entail : comporter > European integration entails risks / entraîner > retirement entails loss of income - to scale (a hole) :...

33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 17 days sent word on Sunday that they were all alive, prompting spontaneous celebrations across the country despite warnings that it could take several months to rescue them. - shaft : puits - to bore : creuser (puits) - borehole ou bore hole : puits de sondage - supplies : approvisionnement/ravitaillement > fesh supplies of food and water - breakthrough : percée/découverte - to clamber : grimper, se hisser - mettle : courage > to be on one's mettle : être prêt à donner le meilleur de soi-même

Philippine police shot dead a former policeman as they stormed a bus on which he was holding 15 Hong Kong tourists hostage in Manila on Monday. China has said that eight of the hostages were killed. - disgruntled : mécontent - to storm : prendre d'assault - hostage siege : prise d'otages - to slump : s'effondrer - to gain the upper hand : prendre l'avantage sur - to hold off : maintenir à distance, repousser - to be discharged : être renvoyé - a spate (series) : une vague - to wind down : réduire progressivement > the crisis wound down whan the police intervened

Wednesday marks the beginning of France’s political calendar year; one that may present serious challenges for President Nicolas Sarkozy, who faces growing dissent from within his own ranks. - Govt ends summer recess : le gvt met fin à la pause estivale - Ministers’ meeting : conseil des ministres (France) - The President took office : le Pdt est entré en fonction - To strip French citizens of foreign-birth of their nationality : déchoir des français d’origine étrangère de leur nationality - Offender : délinquant - « Security drive » : « virage sécuritaire » - to join the chorus : rejoindre le chœur - Adrift to the right : dérive droitière - A feud : une querelle, une dispute - The ranks of dissenting voices now include : ils ont exprimé leur désaccord - A drift to the right that needs correcting : une dérive droitière qu’il convient de corriger - To float an idea : lancer une idée - She was relieved from her post : Elle a été relevée de ses fonctions - Junior minister :...

Many old electronic goods gather dust in storage waiting to be reused, recycled or thrown away. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that as much as three quarters of the computers sold in the US are stockpiled in garages and closets. When thrown away, they end up in landfills or incinerators or, more recently, are exported to Asia. - landfill : décharge - leach : filtrer - furan : furazolidone - to bio accumulate : être bioaccumulable (ne pouvant être éliminés par un organisme vivant) - Brominated flame retardants : Retardateurs de flammes bromés - Polyvinyl chloride : PVC (polychlorure de vinyle) - facility (areas unlikely to have waste facilities) : service - purpose-built : ad hoc - scrap yard : dépôt de ferraille / cimetière de voiture > to scrap : mettre à la casse - sheer : pure > it's sheer madness

American Israel Public Affairs Committee circulates letter urging White House to 'reinforce' relationship with Israel - snub : rebuffade - to undermine a relationship : détériorer une relation - whip - to defuse a situation : désamorcer un conflit. To defuse a tension : appaiser une tension - the mistrust by : la défiance de la part de qqun - to follow through on sth : mener à terme/arriver à ses fins - to get sth off the ground : mettre qque chose en route, entamer/entreprendre qque chose - to be caught off guard by sme : être pris au dépourvu par qqun - to argue for sth : se prononcer en faveur de

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to announce Friday that Israel and the Palestinians will return to direct negotiations for the first time in 20 months, delivering the Obama administration a small victory in its protracted effort to revive the Middle East peace process, two officials briefed on the situation said Thursday evening. The Context State of Palestine Palestinian National Authority Keywords - protracted : prolongé - caution : avertissement, prudence / to caution : avertir. - guarantee (en garantie) : caution (also security), (location) deposit, (droit) bail, (fig) backing - to sound (a note of...) : émettre un avis - to clear the final hurdles : lever les derniers obstacles - leery : méfiant - to eschew : éviter - to shun : éviter - to close the gap : trouver un accord Focus on... Fatah - to rout : mettre en déroute - to clamp down : agir avec fermeté contre - to man (a factory) : recruter de la main d'oeuvre pour...

The day Tony Blair gave evidence to the Iraq war inquiry (ITN news, 01.10) Iraq Inquiry Attorney General Lord Goldmsith Verdict on Blair by The Human Lie Detector - congruence : conformité Weapons inspection : the right questions to ask the former prime minister (The Economist, 01.10) - probe : enquête - spook : barbouze - overstate : exagérer - a string : un chapelet - dubiously : d'une manière discutable - petty : mesquin - unravelling : démaillage - allay : dissiper, calmer Former MI5 chief delivers damning verdict on Iraq invasion (07.10 The Guardian) - to damn : condamner - to toople : renverser - it is arguably : on peut soutenir que, c'est sans doute - JIC - infamous : tristement célèbre, infâme - to dismiss a claim : rejeter une affirmation - foolhardy : téméraire, imprudent - to argue : argumenter

After three decades of economic progress but political paralysis, change is in the air, says Max Rodenbeck - to cringe : avoir un mouvement de recul - bemoan : déplorer - sleek : élégant - bland : fade - tout : rabatteur - pinstripe : rayures très fines - staple : produit de base - ailing : souffrant - to inure to : s'immuniser contre - grim : sombre - cumbersome : encombrant - out of kilter : détraqué - to squabble : se chamailler - to idle : tourner au ralenti - wrenching : déchirant - rigmarole : comédie - brittle : fragile

Tuna is one of the world's favourite fish. It provides a critical part of the diet of millions of people across the globe. It is also the core of the luxury sashimi markets. The five main commercially harvested tuna are: skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye, albacore and bluefin. Taxonomy - skipjack : bonite à ventre rayée/listan/listao (tropical) - yellowfin : thon jaune, albacore (tropical) - bigeye : thon obèse, patudo (tropical) - albacore : thon blanc, germon - bluefin : thon rouge Overfishing to wipe out bluefin tuna in 3 years: WWF (Reuters,14.03.09) - spotter plane : avion d'observation - rife : répandu - strait : détroit Critically Endangered bluefin tuna receives no reprieve from CITES(Mongabay, 18.03.10) - reprieve : grâce, sursis - strident : strident, ardent The Atlantic Bluefin tuna debate. economist.com/video

Fifa should think again about new technology in the wake of the farce in Bloemfontein - FA cup : championnat anglais - get your wires crossed : ne pas se comprendre - glaringly : manifestement - disreput : déshonneur, discrédit - overturn, renverser, infirmer

Action - I recomend that we should Adding - I'd like to add something here Agreeing - Absolutely Asking for/giving an opinion - I believe, I feel - The way I see it is that Clarifying - I didn't get that Concluding/closing a meeting - In conclusion Concluding a topic - Now I've listened to both sides of the argument Disagreeing - I'm afraid I disagree Expressing doubt - Have you taken into account ? Introducing - How do you do ? enchanté - Pleased to meet you : heureux de faire votre connaissance Keeping on topic - Going back to what I said before Opening the meeting - First of all Using the agenda - You have the floor Persuading - However, as I see it, it's more a question of... than... - One of our biggest assets - Yes, but on the other hand

- oil slick : nappe de pétrole / on beach : marée noire - oil spill : déversement accidentel de pétrole - depletion : diminution - burdened with : accablé de - to smear : enduire, to be smeared with : etre maculé de. ici : souiller. - to teem : grouiller, regorger - to wreak havoc : faire des ravages, chambouler - drift nets : filets dérivants - barren : stérile, aride

French bare soul over World Cup own goal (FT, 23.6.10) - to be up in arms against sme : être en rébellion ouverte contre qqun / ici révolté - to summon : faire venir, appeler - constituency : électorat - to fend off : parer, repousser - to pull together : se serrer les coudes - to beset : assaillir - to tarnish : abimer - to lay down the law to sb about sth : faire la loi à qqun sur qqchose - scoundrel : vaurien As Europe’s Best Crumble, the Cracks Are Showing (NYT, 20.6.10) - squad : la sélection - contender : concurrent / ici prétendant - slink : s'en aller furtivement - to tie : faire match nul - to trounce : battre à plate couture - to flop : faire un four - to dip : chuter, descendre - bleating : bêlement - to hit one's stride (US) : trouver son rythme - to be elated : transporté de joie - runner-up : finaliste - to simmer : frémir (eau), cuire à feux doux / simmering : frémissant - no-holds barred : où tous les coups sont permis - antics : sing...

Government proposal aims to fix debt-laden pension system; adding a tax on high earners (WSJ, 17.05.10) - ire : ire - litmus test : test décisif - to peg : accrocher - imbalance : déséquilibre - to slap a tax on sth : prélever un impôt sur qque chose French pension reform: the moment of truth (F24, 26.05.10)

Govs show Indonesian forests the money: 4 billion fund for forest protection (Greenpeace International) - chopping block : le billot / en danger Governments commit USD 4 billion for forest and climate protection Indonesian President announces moratorium on new concessions for forest destruction (GPI) - to continue unabated : continuer sans relâche - safeguard : sauvegarde, protection Forests for climate (GPI) - tipping point : point de basculement Social media can save the planet (GPI) - follow the suit : faire de même

Brazil’s First-Quarter GDP Expanded 9% From Year Ago (Bloomberg, June 8) (Reuters) - From sizzling property markets in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to record job creation and buoyant shoppers, Brazil's surging economy is raising concern it could overheat. - to sizzle : grésiller - buoyant : soutenu > Analysts expect the share price to remain buoyant. - to stand : etre en position - to hike : relever - to stoke : alimenter - slack : la relâche - pent-up : refoulé - market rally : reprise de marché - steward : intendant (ici "pilote") - current account deficit : deficit courant - staunch : ardent

- labor pool : bassin d'emploi - outweigh : l'emporter sur - onset : début, approche - dwindle : diminuer

Impunity still prevails in logging operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo - moratoire : moratorium - concession : concession - logging : exploitation forestière - consignment : arrivage, envoi - to log : tronconner, débiter en rondins - law enforcement : application de la loi - compliance : conformité - crackdown : répression - donor : donateur - award : attribution - deem : juger, estimer - in breach of : violation de - IMC : inter ministerial commission - ITB : industrie de transformation du bois - review : controle, vérification - forthcoming : imminent - timber : bois, arbres - wenge - genuinely : sincèrement - allocation : attribution, répartition - accountable : responsable, to be accountable : rendre des comptes - REDD

As Obama fumes at BP, Simon Boxall of the National Oceanography Centre tells Channel 4 News that bashing BP is not the answer - to a spill that is not the worst ever, in fact, it ranks 50th. - to fume : etre furieux au sujet de - fumble around : cafouiller - spill : fuite - to smother : étouffer, réprimer - to gush : un jaillissement - tar ball : gallette de pétrole - outlying : écarté - mangrove : palétuvier - shrill : véhément - plucky : courageux - sludge : boue - to stem : endiguer - flounder : battre de l'aile Video 2 - jittery : nerveux - flak : critique excessive (tir de DCA) - unscathed : indemne - beset : assailli - to dog : poursuivre, harceler - a claim : demande d'indemnisation

- to funnel : faire passer / a funnel : un entonnoir - siphonner : to siphon off, to drain - beleaguered : pressé de toutes parts, assiégé, cerné - turmoil : bouleversement - from the outset : dès le début - BOP : Blow Out Preventer : bloc obturateur de puit (ensemble de valves de sécurité) - containment : retenue, endiguement - to skim : écrémer, écumer

The European Union (EU) is governed by seven institutions. Article 13 of Treaty on European Union lists them in the following order: the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the European Union (the Council); the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank and the Court of Auditors. European Council - the group of heads of state or government of the EU member states - meets four times a year to define the Union's policy agenda and give impetus to integration - The President of the European Council (appointed by the European Council) , Herman Van Rompuy, is the person responsible for chairing and driving forward the work of the institution, which has been described as the highest political body of the European Union - Appoints the Commission Pdt + HR (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Lady Ashton) Commission - executive arm of the Union - twenty-seven appointee (1...

Genetic engineering is a threat to food security, especially in a changing climate, this video explains how. - scam : arnaque, escroquerie - rapeseed : colza / canola : huile de colza - yield : rendement - hoax : canular/faux/intox - patented : breveté - trait : trait de caractère - give off : dégager - pest : ravageur > pest control : lutte contre les nuisibles (foxes, rats, mice) ou ravageurs (insects, slugs-limace-) - livestock : cheptel/bétail - dairy products : produits laitiers - awkward : gauche, gênant

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced sweeping political reforms, pledging the biggest shake-up in British democracy since the Great Reform Act of 1832. - placate : apaiser - hike : relèvement - statute book : le code - AV electoral system - national identity card - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCTV - a slew : a lot (informal)

After five days of negotiations, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats agree a power-sharing deal. So what can we expect from the coalition government? - lynch-pin : backbone, anchor, keystone - caveat : mise en garde - to scrap : abandonner - bemoan : déplorer

The European Union today approved the first new genetically modified (GM) crop for domestic growing in more than a decade, ending what has been a long stalemate over a backlog of GM crops awaiting cultivation approval. - backlog : retard - strain : souche - foothold : implantation, point d'appui - turnabout : revirement - to rail against : se répandre en injures - stall tactics : des tactiques pour gagner du temps - thorough : minutieux, approfondi - signpost : indicateur - flummoxed : démonté - tuber : tubercule

The man in the middle of all things presidential - especially the health care reform legislation in Congress right now - Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Katie Couric reports.

Scott Pelley follows Hillary Rodham Clinton as she performs her duties as secretary of state and questions her on the latest developments in foreign policy and the recent terror scare in New York's Times Square. - sea change : changement radical - new START treaty

Mikhail Prokhorov, perhaps Russia's richest man, discusses his planned buy of the Nets, his wealth and the unusual way he made most of his money in his first U.S. TV interview. Steve Kroft reports. - bauble : bibelot - far-flung : reculé - unencumbered : libre d'hypothèque - 1 foot = 0.3 meter (US State Dpt of Transport) - pulpitude : beauté - measly : minable, dérisoire - "slam-dunk" : passage en force - rigged : manipulé, truqué, joué d'avance - Robber baron - prospective : potentiel

Gordon Brown is forced to apologise – to his party and to Rochdale voter Gillian Duffy – after a microphone picks up an unguarded remark in which he describes Mrs Duffy as a "bigoted woman". - to redeem oneself : se racheter - to turn on sb : s'en prendre à qqun - stake : enjeu - unguarded : non surveillée, imprudent - bigot, bigoted : sectaire - tuition fees : frais de scolarité - surge : jaillissement, poussée, ici sursaut - trivial : insignifiant

Born poor in the South Bronx, Goldman Sachs' CEO is the richest banker in Wall St. But fraud charges against the firm could undo him. - quip : pointe - stoke : alimenter - engulf (fury, panic) : s'emparer de - off the cuff : au déboté - to gush : s'extasier - sorting office : centre de tri - deck : pont, ici tribune - eye-popping fees : frais de scolarité astronomique - overcome the odds : déjouer le sort, la fortune - heir apparent : héritier désigné - rough and ready : grossier - kudos : prestige, lauriers - tubby : rondelet - dishevelled : débraillé - trim : soigné - flat management - condone : fermer les yeux sur, excuser - paunch : bedaine - bar : barrer, interdire - stupendous : prodigieux - assuage : atténuer, soulager - to take on : se mesurer à

As social website Mumsnet celebrates its tenth birthday Benjamin Cohen examines how politicians are reaching out to the public through the internet. - endearing : engageant, sympathique - to shy away : répugner à faire, s'effaroucher à l'idée de - to be bound to : être obligé, certain de - gaff : une gaffe - keen : enthousiaste - to devote to : (se) consacrer à - to back up : soutenir, appuyer (ici = renforcer) - evil handler : cassandre - spin : ton, tour - leaflet : prospectus / leafleting : tractage - to rebut : réfuter - dissent : différence d'opinion - to dissent : différer

The party leaders adopt a more combative style in their second live televised debate - but Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon argues Nick Clegg may be the happiest. (Channel 4, 23.04.10) - dogged : obstiné - rendition : a surrender - to squabble : se chamailler - strategic blunder : bourde stratégique - failed states : états déliquescents - to flip (US) : faire sauter - allowance : somme déductible du revenu imposable - moat : douve - cake tin : plat à gateaux - blemish : tache - to slate : proposer

Energy Breakthroughs Could Be The Next Big Thing, But How Many Jobs Can They Generate?(CBS News, 10/06/09) to mint fortunes : qui fait les fortunes (to mint coins : battre monnaie) hallmark : marque de fabrique seep : s'infiltrer to spawn : engendrer slump : crise (the slump in the electronics sector) appliance : appareil (domestic appliance : appareil ménager / household appliance : appareil electro ménager) clamor for : une demande / to clamor for sth : réclamer qque chose to pledge : promettre / s'engager à ce que (to pledge that) venture capital : capital risque to pale in comparison : sembler pâle en comparaison momentum : une dynamique / to gain momentum : gagner du terrain to solve : résoudre power plant : centrale électrique staggering : stupéfiant overlook : fermer les yeux sur utilities : services publics (road etc...) digital meter : compteur numérique grid (electicity) : réseau électrique to be cued : recevoir le signal dial down : baisser fi...

France points to deeper pension malaise (Financial Times, 14/05/10) - shortfall : insuffisance - swift : rapide - surge : poussée / to surge (profits) monter en flèche - piecemeal : par morceaux (bit by bit) / a piecemeal approach to pension reform (approche décousue) - to phase in : introduire progressivement (the new tax will be phased in over 3 years) France joins European push for pension reform (France 24, 12/04/10) - the fore : l'avant / to bring sth to the fore : mettre qqchose en évidence - like-minded : de même sensibilité - to draw : earn, she draws a good salary each month - lean : pencher - shore up : consolider - statutory : statutaire - slate : (us pol) proposer / (brit) démolir - pension scheme : régime de retraites / bonus scheme : systeme de bonus / incentive scheme : systeme de primes d'encouragement - UK demography Pension Reform in Sweden: Lessons for American Policymakers (Heritage Foundation, June 2000) - pay-as-you-go pension sche...

Ever dreamed of a Corporate Star Academy ? Enjoy The Apprentice UK's 3rd season. Brilliant show, concept and cast. Season 3 (March - June 2007) Episode 1 : back to "Sales Basics" with applicants selling capuccino on the streets of London... Episode 11 : only 5 applicants left, they will be grilled through a gruelling itw process. As Sugar puts it : "This is the job itw from hell."

Lesley Stahl forgets about Cécilia and Nicolas and focuses on toddler mogul to assess Facebook's CEO's assets and liabilities. (CBS "60 minutes" January 2008) - toddler : bambin - rate or berate : bien ou mal noter - lift of : prélever, enlever - prank : une farce - to file a lawsuit : poursuivre en justice - duplicitous : faux, duplicity : fausseté, double jeu - savvy : bon sens, jugeote - to duck the question : éviter la question - a beacon : une balise - to snoop : se mêler des affaires des autres - to dug on one's heels : se braquer, se buter - canned response : une réponse toute faite - to relent : revenir sur une décision - to amend : modifier, rectifier/ s'amender - ponder : considérer, méditer - to stalk : traquer - headshot : photo de face - to lease : louer à bail - to come under concerns : être un sujet d'inquiétude - thereafter : par la suite - hearing : audition, audience - to plead : plaider - amended complaint : une p...

Toyoda's "priorities became confused" in a quest for growth over the past decade. (CBS news, 02/24/10) lapse : défaut, défaillance widespread : répandu to blister : égratigner greed : avidité concern : préoccupation stance : position to draw heavy fire from : essuyer un feu nourri defects : défaut runaway car : une voiture folle, qui s'emballe shoddy : de mauvaise qualité bunched : enroulé he has the whole matter at his fingertips : il connait l'affaire sur le bout des doigts panel: jury brake : frein to override : annuler > this overrides what we decided before / ceci annule ce que nous avions décidé auparavant somewhat : quelque peu to depart from : s'écarter, faire une entorse à

Congress is set to vote on health care reform - perhaps the most important legislative vote of Obama's presidency. (CBS news. 03.20.10) Deal on Abortion Puts Biggest Change in Decades Over Top; Democrats Rejoice, but Republicans Predict Electoral Gains (Wall Street Journal). misgiving : concern climactic : culminant overhaul : remaniement, révision holdout : principal obstacle ex France has been the holdout in trying to negotiate an end to the dispute to upend : renverser pull together : se serrer les coudes provision : disposition trim : coupe CBO : Congressional Budget Office, American federal agency responsible for government budget calculations and analyses swath : andain > frange http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARP run-up : période précédant bulk : masse, volume, plupart to be poised : etre sur le point de

Michael Lewis, US non-fictional top seller, investigates on the stemming of subprime crisis. "Only a few dozens of investors saw what was happening on the subprime market in 2006, out of several tens of thousans of investors (...) It's less about WHAT they saw than almost... HOW they saw it... yarn : fil compound : enceinte mass delusion : illusion de masse there is sth amiss : il y a quelque chose qui cloche pool : fonds (commun) to bundle sth into : mettre en paquet manpower : effectifs negatif amortizing invest only loans to delude oneself : se leurrer incentivised : motivated to gear sth toward : orienter qque chose vers to hum : fredonner, bourdonner, vrombir dread : épouvante, effroi to play for a patsy : pigeon lowly sought to exploit : bassement chercher à exploiter handmaid : suivante, domestique hazard : danger, risque looming : imminent rubble : décombres

20 000 farms will have disappeared by next year... meadow : prairie, pré farmer : agriculteur package : une enveloppe to rail against sb : se répandre en injures subsidy : subvention Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget : budget de la PAC CAP talks : discussion autour de la PAC CAP talks get under way : les discussions de la pac commencent, s'enclenchent, se mettent en place stalemate over sth: deadlock (to reach a stalemate) omen : présage