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72 Cards in this Set
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Premièrement
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Firstly
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les avantages et les inconvénients
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the pros and cons
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il s'agit de
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this is about/to do with
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quart à
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as for
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à première vue
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at first sight
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la première question qui se pose est de savoir..
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the first question is...
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dès l'abord/le départ
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from the outset
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réfléchissons d'abord a...
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let us first consider..
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il s'agit d'abord de se demander
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we must first ask ourselves
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on peut constater (que)...
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we can see (that)...
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faire le point de l'affaire
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to summarise the issue
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de quoi s'agit-il en fait?
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what in fact is the issue?
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qu’est-ce qui est en cause?
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what is at issue?
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ce qui est en cause, c'est...
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what is at issue is...
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donner quelques précisions
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to clarity a few details
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partons du principe que...
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let us take as a basic principle
that... |
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face à cette situation
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given this state of affairs
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préalablement
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beforehand
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au premier abord/de prime abord
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at first sight
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une mise au point de la situation
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clarification of the position
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débrouiller les faits
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to sort out the facts
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déblayer le terrain
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to clear the ground
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chercher un point de repère
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to seek a point of reference
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remonter de l'effet à la cause
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to work back from effect to cause
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désigner les sources du mal
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to pinpoint the origins of the ill
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la controverse porte sur..
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the argument involves...
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tirer l'affaire au clair
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to shed light on the matter
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démêler l'affaire
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to sort out what is going on
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cerner le problème essentiel
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to define the main problem
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saisir le fond des enjeux
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to grasp what is basically at stake
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une situation inquiétante
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worrying state of affairs
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la crise
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crisis
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la difficulté
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difficulty
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plus inquiétant encore...
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what is even more worrying is that....
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avoir du mal à{+ infin.)
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to have difficulty in (doing, etc.)
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le fond du problème
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the basis of the problem
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à l'échelle nationale européenne mondiale
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on a national scale
European scale world-wide scale |
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le problème foncier
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the basic problem
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être en crise
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to be in a state of crisis
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avoir de la peine à
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to have difficulty in
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éprouver des difficultés à
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to have difficulty in
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la portée
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impact, consequences
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la principale difficulté porte sur...
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the main difficulty involves...
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cela soulève un certain nombre de questions
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this raises a number of questions
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s'alarmer de
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to become alarmed by
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toute la difficulté est de (+ infin) réside en (+ noun)
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the main difficulty is to...
is in... |
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un véritable casse-tête
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a real headache
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un obstacle insurmontable
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an insurmountable obstacle
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une tâche quasiment impossible
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a virtually impossible task
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le souci prédominant
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main worry
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l'entrave (f)
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hindrance
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le terrain est miné
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it is a minefield
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difficilement maîtrisable
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hard to bring under control
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un accident conjoncturel
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conspiracy of circumstances
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la pierre d'achoppement
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stumbling block
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le voyant rouge
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red light
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tirer la sonnette d'alarme
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to sound the alarm
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quelque chose ne tourne pas rond
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something is wrong
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le bilan est généralement négatif
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on balance things are not good
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d'autres critiques portent sur...
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other criticisms touch on...
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les choses prennent une mauvaise tournu
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things are going wrong
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un avant-goût de ce qui pourrait survenir
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a foretaste of what might occur
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souligner la gravité de la situation
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to underline the seriousness of the situation
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provoquer des remous
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to cause shockwaves
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l'opinion publique est ébranlée par...
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public opinion is shaken by...
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plus inquiétant encore..,
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what is even more worrying is that....
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la situation se complique
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the situation is getting more complicated
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une autre difficulté est venue s'ajouter
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a further difficulty has cropped up
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le problème se banalise
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the problem is getting more common
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une nouvelle donne
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a new state of play
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plus grave encore qu'on ne le pense
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even more serious than people think
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d'autres facteurs contribuent à aggraver la crise
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other factors are helping to worsen the crisis
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