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learning > grammaire anglaise - niveau avancé
groupe verbal
verbes à particule adverbiale,
verbe à particule // verbe à particule
équivalences, quasi synonymes, verbes de sens proche
water down // play down
Ex-oil lobbyist watered down US climate research
A former oil industry lobbyist edited the Bush administration's official policy papers on climate change to play down the link between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, it was reported yesterday.
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Blair to stay on, says Mandelson
Tony Blair could carry on for another three years now that he has been given a "fresh calling" to resolve Europe's crisis, his old ally Peter Mandelson claimed last night.
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Blair maps out busy third term
Prime Minister Tony Blair has set out his "reform and respect" agenda with an ambitious drive for 45 Bills to be pushed through the first parliamentary session of his third term in power. Security and counter-terrorism measures feature strongly, with a renewed commitment to push ahead with the controversial ID cards Bill. The Queen's Speech, delivered amid the pomp and pageantry of the House of Lords accompanied by tight security - also emphasised Mr Blair's commitment to continue education and welfare state reforms.
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Blair brushes off jump in inflation
Foreign travel, food and oil prices point to May rate rise
Tony Blair last night shrugged off a rise in inflation to its highest level in almost seven years as the City raised the spectre of an increase in interest rates immediately after the election.
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File-sharing site shuts down
One of the internet's most popular file-sharing sites has shut down less than a week after Hollywood announced a flurry of lawsuits against operators of such online servers. A note posted on Suprnova.org, which facilitated sharing among users of the BitTorrent programme, said the site was "closing down for good". The collection of links to downloadable files, including music, movies and books, was taken down. "We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything," the statement said.
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Dollar Edges Up After Euro Talked Down
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar crept up on Wednesday, enjoying some respite from recent falls ahead of an announcement on U.S. interest rates and after more European officials spoke out against the euro's rapid rise.
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Prescott wraps up conference with attack on Bush
John Prescott wound up the Labour party conference this afternoon with a call for delegates to stop sniping, "be proud of what we've done" and rediscover the joys of canvassing.
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Dollar Ticks Up, Market Awaits Greenspan
Tue Sep 7, 2004
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up on Wednesday as investors awaited comments from the Federal Reserve chief that are expected to point to further rises in U.S. interest rates this year. Headline and §1,
Spider-Man hauls in a record
Spider-Man 2 pulled in a record £98 million in its first six days in US cinemas and obliterated other box-office highs over the long Fourth of July weekend. Headline and §1, PA, 5.7.2004.
Dame Shirley pays out £12m in housing scandal
The disgraced former Tory leader of Westminster council Dame Shirley Porter has finally paid up £12m to the authority for her role in the "homes for votes" scandal, it was confirmed today.
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5.7.2004,
Treasury weighs up C4 for possible £1bn sell-off
The government is preparing to appoint a City bank to carry out a valuation of Channel 4.
Treasury officials have talked informally to several institutions, according to senior broadcasting executives.
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