| Anglais | Français | Allemand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | to rise to the bait | mordre à l'hameçon, tomber dans le piège | |
| (en) On Sunday, Whitmer impressively refused to rise to the bait. Asked by Jake Tapper on CNN to respond to Trump’s insults, she said: "I don’t have energy to respond to every slight | |||
| 162 | to dawdle | lambiner, flâner | |
| (en) Flávio Dino, the leftwing governor of Maranhão, criticised Bolsonaro’s denial of the dangers of coronavirus and his "catastrophic" dawdling. | |||
| 163 | to treble | tripler | |
| (en) Nearly 4,300 patients are in intensive care in France, which is racing to treble its ICU bed capacity from about 5,000. | |||
| 164 | to parrot | ||
| (en) If somebody does not consistently parrot the president’s proclamations with adequate intensity, they are fired, or it is leaked that their firing could be imminent at any time | |||
| 165 | wishy-washy | insipide, mou, piètre | |
| (en) "The president we have now, and Ron DeSantis here in Florida, these are supposed to be go-to-it guys, the guy you want in charge when something really goes wrong because they don’t waffle, they don’t wishy-washy." | |||
| 166 | to berate | réprimander, fustiger | |
| (en) President of Holland America Online berates countries refusing to help passengers trapped onboard two ships amid coronavirus crisis | |||
| 167 | to shun | éviter, fuir, bouder, mépriser | |
| (en) The federal agency shunned the World Health Organization test guidelines used by other countries and set out to create a more complicated test of its own that could identify a range of similar viruses | |||
| 168 | to spar | se disputer | |
| (en) New York and Washington have also sparred over federal aid, as the state expects a $10-15bn revenue loss because of Covid-19 | |||
| 169 | a blunder | une maladresse, une erreur | |
| (en) "It is a fundamental blunder to only prepare for today", Cuomo said Tuesday | |||
| 170 | a harbinger | un présage, un signe avant-coureur, un avant-goût | |
| (en) The governor warned on Monday that his state was a harbinger of what's to come across the country | |||
| 171 | unflappable | imperturbable | |
| (en) Strong words, but stoicism is a way of life here, as is unflappability | |||
| 172 | to win hearts and minds | gagner les coeurs et les esprits | |
| (en) When thousands of people are dying, you'd better be seen to be doing everything you can to save lives and cooperate, or you're not going to win hearts and minds | |||
| 173 | a backlash | un tollé, une vive réaction | |
| (en) And Beijing's aid hasn't been error-free. There has been a backlash in parts of Europe against clumsy Chinese efforts to mix humanitarian aid with commercial deals, like the electronic giant Huawei's shipments of surgical masks to countries where it's seeking big contracts | |||
| 174 | mongering | colportage, ragot, propos alarmistes | |
| (en) Today's conspiracy mongering from our president is among the most reckless and ignorant moves he made during this crisis, and there have been many | |||
| 175 | falsehood | un mensonge | |
| (en) Trump also undermined his plea for unity by uttering falsehoods, verbally abusing reporters and making incendiary allegations that implied health care workers were stealing masks, without proving evidence | |||
| 176 | breaking point | le point de rupture | |
| (en) As hospitals hit capacity in spain, healthcare workers are being stretched to breaking point | |||
| 177 | lackadaisical | nonchalant, apathique | |
| (en) The Latin America populists Jair Bolsonaro and Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador have faced intense criticism for their lackadaisical reaction to the coronavirus crisis | |||
| 178 | death toll | le nombre de morts | |
| 179 | to trudge | marcher péniblement | |
| (en) "Rather than die hungry, we decided to walk", said Dilipji Thakor, who worked at a now-shuttered shopping centre in Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, as he trudged along a road | |||
| 180 | to slate | prévoir, programmer | |
| (en) The construction of the new bridge is slated for next summer | |||