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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

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To take advice

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Reléguer au second plan/mettre en veilleuse

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To back-burner/to be backburnered

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En marge/marginal

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Fringe

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Courant dominant/majoritaire/le plus représentatif/traditionnel

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Mainstream

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Subir, être soumis à, soumettre

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To subject to

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Mettre en pause/en attente

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To be/to put on hold

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Ça avance bien ?

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Is it coming along nicely ?

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Ne savoir que dire
Ne savoir que faire, incapable de faire qlqch
À perte

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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

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In fine detail

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Robuste/forte/corpulente/costaud

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Stout

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Violent/avare

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Abusive

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Outre cela/a part cela

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Besides that

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Glousser

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To giggle

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Monter (niveau)

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To well up

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Un puits

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A well

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Préparer des gâteaux

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To mix up cakes

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Une vertèbre/vertèbres

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A vertebra/vertebrae

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Une voix pleine de larmes

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A tearful voice

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Une épicerie

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A convenient store

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Un moulin à paroles

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A chatterbox

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Banlieues lointaines (souvent plus riches)

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Exburbs

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Quartier bourgeois (desperate housewives)

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Suburbia

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Une poche de pauvreté

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A pocket of poverty

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Interpréter quelque chose comme

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To interpret stg as

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S’ensuivre

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To ensue

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Une échauffourée

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A skirmish

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Un débordement

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A clash

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Piller

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To loot

To plunder

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Révéler des informations sensibles

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To disclose sensitive information

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Inculper quelqu’un

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To press charges on sb

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Atténuer

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To deescalate /to defuse

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Écraser de façon autoritaire, réprimer les révoltes

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To quell riots

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Se retrouver avec

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To end up with

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Demander la retenue

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To ask for restraint

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Être clair comme de l’eau de roche

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To be Crystal clear

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Des tergiversations infinies

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Endless deliberations

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Une définition générale

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A broad definition

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Être à l’origine de

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To provide the bases for/to lead to

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Un bouc-émissaire

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A scapegoat