funding (l. 19)
a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose (financement)
exponentially (l. 19)
(change) more and more rapidly (exponentiellement)
allure (l. 24)
the appeal or attractiveness of something (attrait)
tie together (l. 22)
superfluous (l. 41)
excessive, unnecessary (superflu)
at face value (l. 3-4)
the apparent worth or implication of something (au pied de la lettre)
correlation (p. 64)
a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things; interdependence of variable quantities
flavor (l. 28)
a kind, variety, or sort of something (here, a sub-discipline) (variΓ©tΓ©)
sprinkle sth on top (l. 28-29)
adorn, embellish (embellir)
dubious (l. 58)
unreliable (douteux, suspect)
slap with a hefty fine (l. 62)
impose a large financial punishment for something (faire payer une lourde amende)
causation (l. 65)
a causal link between two variables (i.e., a change in one thing causes a change in another)
heyday (l. 70)
the period of a person's or thing's greatest success or popularity (heure de gloire, apogΓ©e)
come to pass (l. 46-47)
happen (arriver, se passer)
flawed (l. 59)
characterised by a fundamental weakness or imperfection (imparfait, qui prΓ©sente des dΓ©fauts)