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President Obama delivered his inaugural speech in the nation's capital on Jan. 21, 2013.  (video) Transcript - enduring: durable - tenets of our faith: principes de notre foi - to be endowed with : être doté de - to bridge the meaning of those words with the reality of our times : jeter un pont entre... - self executing: applicable - to entrust sb to do sth: confier a qqun la tâche de - creed: credo - hazard: risque, danger - to resolve: se résoudre - to steel our resolve: renforcer notre détermination - resilience: résistance - on the brink of : à deux doigts de - hardship : ici privation - outworn : périmé - to harness : exploiter > we must harness new ideas and technology to remake our government - to sap : saper, miner - temper : ici tremper (métal), tempérer - to sear : marquer - to uphold : faire respecter - to lift : supprimer, abolir - stake : un intérêt > no one has a greater stake in a peaceful world than its most powerful n...

For more than forty years Greenpeace has campaigned against environmental degradation. This month it's mobilising its activists to make a stand on saving the planet at the UN climate change conference in Doha. Four decades on and with global warming slipping down the agenda - is anyone listening to what Greenpeace have to say? HARDtalk talks to South African Kumi Naidoo - Executive-Director of Greenpeace International. Doesn't his organisation need a new bold vision to make an impact - and if so - what is it?  - scare monger: marchand de peur - trawler: chalutier - to wean oneself off sth: apprendre à se passer de - mitigation: atténuation, apaisement - overwrite (computing): écraser - to impede: entraver, gêner - to heckle: chahuter - to get people to see eye to eye: mettre 2 personnes d'accord - he's blatantly wrong: il a manifestement tort - to call out (to) sb: héler, interpeller qqun - band-aid: pansement adhésif - a Band-Aid approach: une méthode ...

To revel: s epanouir Transient: ephemere Witty: spirituel, amusant drole Bleak: sombre, pessimiste Ben-day dots: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben-Day_dots Screenprint: serigraphie Groundbreaking: revolutionnaire, novateur Compelling: fascinant, irrésistible Ethos: philosophie, esprit To wow: enthousiasmer, etonner To etch: graver Jaunty: enjoué To dangle: pendre To skim: survoler Zany: fou Clutch bag: pochette romp: jeux mesmerizing: fascinant to dabble: tater de to wear on: advancer swingeing: violent

Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time (also called An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus) is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino. It is now in the National Gallery, London. - to fondle : caresser - lust : désir (sexuel), luxure - elusive : insaisissable - deceit : tromperie - to billow (cloth) : onduler - fleet (fleeting) : rapide, au pied léger - socket : orbite

Steven Spielberg's years of anger toward his father, and their later reconciliation, is still playing out in his films. Lesley Stahl reports. - to enthrall : captiver - to boggle : époustoufler - dread : terreur, effroi - to be a nervous wreck : être à bout de nerfs - to call the shots : faire la pluie et le beau temps - to smear sth : barbouiller, badigeonner - we're beyond the statute of limitations (US) : il y a prescription - to deny : nier - to be in denial : être dans le déni - to pick on : s'en prendre à - to pin sth on sme : mettre qque chose sur le dos de qqun - to be grounded : être "posé" (fig) - to exalt : glorifier - to immerse oneself : s’immerger - stubbornly : obstinément - to horse-trade : négocier âprement - tug-of-war : lutte acharnée, féroce - brooding : maussade, soucieux - to contend with : être aux prises avec - it's a hoot : c'est tordant, c'est marrant

Jaguar’s all-new F-TYPE was revealed at the Paris Motor Show on Thursday 27th September. - torque : couple moteur - to enhance : améliorer, accroître - breathtaking : époustouflant - caliper : étrier - flush : au même niveau, au ras de. ex : flush with the ground : à ras de terre - damper : amortisseur - pitch : tangage F-Type live reveal

Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks -- including death itself -- at the university's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005. - graduation : obtention de diplôme - connecting the dots : relier les points - dropout : qui abandonne ses études - drop-in student : auditeur libre - quit : renoncer, abandonner la partie - to find out : découvrir - to relent : revenir sur une décision - high school (US) : équivalent du lycée - to go to college : faire des études supérieures / aller à l'université - working class : classe ouvrière - savings : économie - tuition : cours (NC) / tuition fees: les frais de scolarité - looking back (> in/with hindsight): avec le recul - dormitory : résidence universitaire - deposit : consigne - to stumble into sth : trébucher sur ...