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Sommaire 1 Sigles utiles 1.1 International 1.2 Africa 1.3 UK 1.4 US 1.5 Hot at the moment 2 Expressions à comprendre et à savoir expliquer

Sigles utiles

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International

• a UFO: an Unidentified Flying Object: un OVNI
• NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization: OTAN
• the EU: European Union: UE
• the EEC: European Economic Community: CEE
• AIDS: acquired immune deficiency syndrome: usage: an AIDS patient: SIDA
• HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus: usage: he/she is HIV positive: séropositif
• MS: multiple sclerosis: usage: an MS sufferer: sclérose en plaques
• an NGO: non-governmental organization: ONG

Africa

• the ANC (in South Africa): African National Congress

UK

• the BNP : the British National Party
• a GP (UK): general practitioner
• a MMR vaccine :a vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella
• MOT (UK): Ministry of Transport
• MPs (UK): Member of Parliament
• the MOT test (UK): Ministry of Transport test (verifies that cars are roadworthy apparently)
• the NHS (UK): National Health Service
• the NT: National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or National Beauty
• the RAF (UK) Royal Air Force
• the RSPCA (UK): Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: SPCA (US)
• the TUC (UK): Trades Union Congress

US

• the AARP (US): American Association of Retired Persons (powerful lobby)
• the AFL/CIO (US): American Federation of Labor / Congress of Industrial Organizations (two labor organizations that joined forces in 1955)
• a CPA (US): certified public accountant (expert comptable)
• DMV (US): Department of Motor Vehicles
• FDA (US): Food and Drug Administration
• the NAACP (US): National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (website)
• the NFL (US): National Football League?! (National Labor Federation = NATLFED)
• NRA (US): National Rifle Association
• SEC (US): Securities and Exchange Commission (gendarme de la bourse) Cf. AMF autorité des marchés boursiers?

Hot at the moment

• SAHD: stay at home Dad
• SAHM: stay at home Mom

Expressions à comprendre et à savoir expliquer

• A-levels
• Broadway (in New York)
• Capitol Hill
• Comprehensive ( for a school)
• D-day
• Docklands (in London)
• Downing Street
• Fleet Street
• further education
• He got an ‘F’ (he failed)
• higher education
• Oxbridge
• The Big Three (US): the big three automakers? (Ford, Chrysler, GM)
• the City (London)
• the East End (in London)
• the Home Counties
• the Ivy League (US)
• the M4
• the South Bank (in London)
• Wall Street
• the West End (in London)
• the White House
• Westminster
• Whitehall

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