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Affichage des articles du juin, 2010

Meeting vocab

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

Endangered seas (vocabulary)

- 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 Football : a divine debacle ?

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...

French Pension-Reform Plan Stirs Union Ire

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)

Norway and Indonesia in partnership to reduce emissions from deforestation

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

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

Brazil

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

Stop Forest Crime! (Greenpeace, March 2010)

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

BP oil spill: is Obama's fury justified? (Channel 4, 4.06.10)

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

BP captures half of leaking oil with 'cap'

- 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