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Galerie commerciale

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Shopping gallery

Mall

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Digne de confiance

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Trustworthy

Worthy of trust

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Un syndicat

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A Trade union

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Peu fiable

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Unreliable

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Stable

Constant

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Steady

Steadily

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Baisse d’impôts

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Tax cuts

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Faire des heures supplémentaires

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To Work overtime

To do extra hours

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Changement climatique

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Climate change

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Subir les plus graves conséquences

Être les premiers, les plus touchés par qlqch

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To bear the brunt of

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Être considéré comme

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To be regarded as

To be considered (to be)

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Un test décisif

Mise à l’épreuve

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A litmus test

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Tout rafler

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To be a clean sweep

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Un changement profond/radical

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A sea change

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Ne reculer devant rien

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To stop at nothing

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Prêt à basculer/ sur le point de basculer/chanceler

Sur le point de

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To teeter

on the brink of

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Mettre en place graduellement

Éliminer progressivement

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To phase stg

To phase out

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Une centrale nucléaire

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A nuclear plant

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Faire tout un plat de

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There was a lot of hoo-ha in

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Abandonner provisoirement/ mettre au placard

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To shelve stg

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Apprendre qlqch a ses dépens

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To learn stg the hard way

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Ce livre vaut la peine d’être lu

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This book is worth reading

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Constater par soi même

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To notice for oneself

To be able to see for oneself

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Un actionnaire

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A shareholder

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Persuader quelqu’un de faire qlqch

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To get someone to do stg

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Suivre des conseils
To take advice
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Reléguer au second plan/mettre en veilleuse
To back-burner/to be backburnered
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En marge/marginal
Fringe
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Courant dominant/majoritaire/le plus représentatif/traditionnel
Mainstream
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Subir, être soumis à, soumettre
To subject to
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Mettre en pause/en attente
To be/to put on hold
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Ça avance bien ?
Is it coming along nicely ?
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Ne savoir que dire Ne savoir que faire, incapable de faire qlqch À perte
To be at a loss for words | To be at a loss to do/ to feel completely at loss
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Dans les moindres détails
In fine detail
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Robuste/forte/corpulente/costaud
Stout
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Violent/avare
Abusive
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Outre cela/a part cela
Besides that
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Glousser
To giggle
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Monter (niveau)
To well up
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Un puits
A well
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Préparer des gâteaux
To mix up cakes
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Une vertèbre/vertèbres
A vertebra/vertebrae
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Une voix pleine de larmes
A tearful voice
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Une épicerie
A convenient store
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Un moulin à paroles
A chatterbox
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Banlieues lointaines (souvent plus riches)
Exburbs
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Quartier bourgeois (desperate housewives)
Suburbia
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Une poche de pauvreté
A pocket of poverty
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Interpréter quelque chose comme
To interpret stg as
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S'ensuivre
To ensue
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Une échauffourée
A skirmish
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Un débordement
A clash
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Piller
To loot | To plunder
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Révéler des informations sensibles
To disclose sensitive information
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Inculper quelqu'un
To press charges on sb
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Atténuer
To deescalate /to defuse
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Écraser de façon autoritaire, réprimer les révoltes
To quell riots
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Se retrouver avec
To end up with
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Demander la retenue
To ask for restraint
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Être clair comme de l'eau de roche
To be Crystal clear
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Des tergiversations infinies
Endless deliberations
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Une définition générale
A broad definition
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Être à l'origine de
To provide the bases for/to lead to
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Un bouc-émissaire
A scapegoat