Vocabulary:

We turn to the question of …. (nous abordons la question de…)
We come to the subject of….
We turn our attention to…
We arrive at the matter of
DIFFERENT WAYS OF REFERRING TO QUESTION: matter/ issue/ subject/ problem - ‘The problem of unemployment is not being solved by the government.’ - ‘The subject of illiteracy remains difficult to talk about for many people with reading difficulties.’ - ‘What the French call ‘laïcité’ is a matter which concerns the separation of religion and state. In England, this issue is not taken as seriously as in France.’

a good deal of… (beaucoup)
ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSIONS
- a large amount of
- a considerable number of
- a significant amount of
- a great deal of (more emphatic)
NB- You can mix the phrases: ‘a large number of’/ ‘a considerable amount’/ a good amount of

Fierce (féroce/passionné) heated lively vivid to give a series of… (donner plusieurs/une serie de)
- Professor Clark will give a series of lectures
- The Cinematheque plans to show a series of films by the Lumiere brothers
- The police made a series of arrests in connection with a drugs cartel
- The government has announced a series of initiatives to encourage reading among 6-12 year-olds
NB- Dans les phrases en-dessus, le verbe ‘give’ est remplace par un autre verbe ‘show’/ ‘make’/ ‘announce’ selon l’action- verifies toujours le meilleur verbe pour l’action.
ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSIONS to give a number of to give a succession of

Strategy…

Indefensible…
‘The policy of taxing poor people more than rich people is indefensible.’
‘The policy of making children under the age of 16 work full-time is indefensible.’
ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSIONS unacceptable- unjustifiable- ‘Paying workers less than they need to survive is unjustifiable’ cannot be justified-

off the charts- (really high/ unprecedented)
-‘The level of international approval of America following Obama’s election was off the charts.’
- ‘The stress-levels of many France Telecom workers are off the charts.’
- ‘The level of violence in the city of Salvador, Brazil, is off the charts.’

wrangling… (to struggle, to argue at length)
- ‘The divorcees went through a long period of legal wrangling because they could not agree who owned the antique Chinese vase.’
- ‘The government and the unions have been wrangling for weeks over the issue of retirement and pension contributions.’

to come to doubt… (finir par douter/se mefier de) - ‘I have come to doubt the evidence of the NASA moon landing.’ - ‘I have come to doubt that JFK was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald’ - ‘I have come to doubt that the evidence presented by the police with regard to the Tarnac affair- a lot of it is very inconsistent.’ - ‘I have come to doubt that the editors of the News of the World newspaper were unaware that their reporters were hacking into people’s mobile phone answering machines.’ ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSION To no longer be convinced: ‘I am no longer convinced that he was telling the truth’ To no longer be sure of… ‘I am no longer sure that I want to leave home’

to seriously doubt… (se mefier serieusement de…) - ‘I seriously doubt that you will become a millionaire by playing the lottery.’ - ‘I seriously doubt that you can get a good job in America if you do not speak English.’
ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSION to severely doubt

review - ‘I shall review the arguments in favour and against the proposal’ - ‘Your weekly homework assignments allow teachers to review the level of your progress and capabilities.’

to set up... (etablir)
‘I plan to set up a business as a translator’