05/03/2025

Question 1

Faire de même

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To follow suit

Question 2

Afin de rester compétitif

Answer 2

In order to remain competitive

Question 3

Étatisé (=être sous la propriété de l’État)

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State-owned banks

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Imposer / plafonner

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To cap

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S’octroyer

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To have something under one’s belt

Question 6

Les deux premiers sets

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The first two sets

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Mal tourner

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To go pear-shaped

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Conseil

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Advice

Question 9

Donner un conseil

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To give a piece of advice

Question 10

Fusionner

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To merge

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Une fusion

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A merger

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Former une drôle d’association

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To make strange bedfellows

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Drôle de guerre

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The phoney war

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Faire une proposition de rachat

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To make a take-over bid

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Ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre

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To live in cloud-cuckoo-land

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Attendre qc

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To be in for something

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Une grosse déception

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A big disappointment

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Être pressé

Answer 18

To be in rush

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Être transporté d’urgence à

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To rush to

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L’heure de pointe

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The rush hour

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Il est mort

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He dived / he passed away

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Coude

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Elbow

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Cuisse

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Thigh

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Front

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Forehead

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Cheville

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Ankle

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Poignet

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Wrist

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Mollet

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Calf

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Épaule

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Shoulder

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Talon

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Heel

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Une blessure au genou

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A knee injury

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Une blessure

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A wound

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Blesser (accidentellement)

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To injure

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Blesser (associer à la guerre, avec attention)

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To wound

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Mettre fin à qc

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To put paid to

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Participer à

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To participate in

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Craindre une réaction brutale

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To fear a backlash

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Perdre son emploi

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To lost your jobs

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Resserrer l’étau

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To tighten its grips on something

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Cote de popularité

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Poll ratings

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Se ressaisir

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To take a grip of yourself

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Être au plus bas

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To be at the lowest

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Reprendre / ressaisir

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To repossess

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Une saisie

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A repossession

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Au lendemain de

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In a wake of

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Chômage

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Unemployment

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Pourrait exploser

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Could soar

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Mettre fin

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Ending

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… est encore très loin / c’est pas pour demain

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… is a long way off

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Égalité des genres

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Gender equality

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Abordable

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Affordable

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Un prix raisonnable

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Reasonably priced

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Appartement

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A flat

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C’est loin d’être évident

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It is an uphill battle

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Une colline

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A hill

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Se présenter à un poste

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To run for office / to stand for office

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Un mandat

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A term of office

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Personne ne sait

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Is anyone’s guess

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Phase / étape

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Step

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Être déphasé

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To be out of step

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OTAN

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NATO

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Le moteur

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Powerhouse

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Une capote anglaise

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A French letter

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Préservatif

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Condom

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L’hostilité

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Hostility

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Se retrouver avec le bébé sur les bras

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To be left holding the baby

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Ne pas s’occuper du projet

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Not to see to the project

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Répondre à la violence par la violence

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To answer violence with violence

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Faire le jeu des terroristes

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To play into the hands of the terrorists

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Rendre la monnaie de leur pièce

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To give a taste of their own medicine

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Prendre congé

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To take leave

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Dépistage de cancer du sein

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Screening for breast cancer

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Patient à haut-risque

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High-risk patient

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Obligatoire

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Compulsory

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Leur avenir n’est pas rose

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They future looks grim

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Être a porté de main

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To be within reach

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Ils ne fondent pas leurs espoirs sur

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They are not pinning their hopes on

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Amélioration à court terme

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Improvement in the near future

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En chute libre

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In free fall

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Les cours des actions

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Share prices

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Monter en flèche

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Rocketing

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Dégringoler

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To plummet

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Ne pas être encore sorti de l’auberge

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To be not out of the woods yet

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Loin de là !

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Far from it!

Question 84

Une personne sur six

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One in every six people