ANGLAIS 3

To award

Recompenser

To hit home

To impact you personally (avoir un effet émotionnel)

CEO

Cheif executive officer

Bog

Ordinary word for toilet

Groundhog Day

Le jour de la marmotte (le printemps)

Aid

Assistance such as money or supplies

To axe

To get rid of something

To back

To support

A ban

A prohibition

A bid

Une tentative

A blast

An explosion, to make something explode

A blow

Prendre un coup, disappointment

A boom

A large increase

A boost

An increase or growth

Clash

Conflict, fight

To cut

To reduce, lower

Deal

Agreement

To hit

To affect negatively

A link

A connection

To net

To capture something

A plea

A strong request

To pledge

To promise

To press

Presser, to insist

A probe

An investigation

To quit

To resign

A rap

Strong criticism, reprimand

A row

A disagreement

To seek

To request

To slam

To criticize severely

To snub

To turn down, to reject

To soar

To increase

Toil

Number of people killed

To urge

To recommend strongly

A vow

A promise

To win

To gain, to achieve

A blitz

Une attaque violente

Dans les journaux : "Boris to defy..." means:

"Boris is going to defy..."

As

Alors que, pendant que

Scale back

Réduire quelque chose

Chancellor

Ministre de l'économie

To crack down on something

Mettre la pression, s'attaquer à, s'acharner sur

In push...

Dans une tentative pour

CDC

Center for Disease Control, health organization that controls everything that is related to diseases

"Neighbors told to.."

"Neighbors were told to..."

Isolation cheats

Cas de non respect de la quarantaine

A final first

Une dernière première

Swift

Quick

Barret nomination to get swift Senate action

La nomination de Barret devrait obtenir rapidement une intervention du Sénat

Catholic vote seen as Vital to Fall Victory

Le vote catholique est vu comme vital pour la victoire d'automne

A doom

Quelque chose de très négatif, rabat-joie, condamnation

Downing St (street)

Reference to the prime minister

Downing Street

Represents the Prime Minister and related office. Its where the PM lives.

MP

Member of Parliament

In the uk, the parliament is divided into two houses

Lords and Commons

Tory

The conservators

To brace for

Se préparer à

To brawl

To fight

GOP

Grand old party, the republicans

Fallout

Repercussions

To muddle

Embrouiller

To ail

To suffer from something

Turmoil

Jeter dans la tourmente

To spur

Déclencher, activer

To soar

To increase

To scap

To cancel, to get rid of something

NHS

National Health Service (sécurité sociale)

To drive for something

Insister, insistance

Furlough

Unpaid leave, congé sans solde

To loom

Menacer, to threaten

Crippling toll

Le coût sur la société, le coût dévastateur

To cripple

Handicaper, bloquer

Toll

Le coût

Tier

Niveau de quelque chose (comme sur un gâteau), un étage (not in a building)

To end in tears

Se terminer mal

Maggie

Margaret Tchatcher the Iron Lady)

Relief talks

Discussions pour les aides financières

Talks

Discussions, négociations

To halt

Arrêter, stopper

To flip flop

To change sides all the time

Collapse

S'effondrer

The passing

Le décès

To grin

To smile

To spar

To fight

Response

Reaction (not an answer)

Up in the air

En suspens

Lean

Mince, thin

Mean

Méchant

Back to square one

Retour à la case départ

Starmer

Non d'un politicien

Calls for

Réclame

Circuit breaker

Un confinement disjoncteur/express

Labour

Les travaillistes

Starmer breaks COVID consensus

Starmer brise le consensus au sujet du Covid

Under fire

Sous l'attaque de, sous la critique de

Mayor

Le maire

Night mayor

Maire de la nuit

No 10

Le cabinet du premier ministre

Stand-off

Affrontement, confrontation, impasse

To buy off

give someone money so that they do not act against you, acheter

Moves to

Tente de, essaie de