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1
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durée (point dans le temps ou imprécis)

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since / FOR

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pour une période: durant

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during

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3
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tous les deux mois/jours

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every other month/day

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4
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fréquence à laquelle

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how often

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5
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augmentation

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pay rise/raise

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poursuivre en justice

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to sue, to prosecute sb

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combien de temps

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how long

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un procès

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a lawsuit, a trial

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9
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faire des heures sup

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work overtime

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10
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diffamation

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diffamation libel

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11
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joindre les deux bouts

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making ends meet

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12
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habitude dans le passé

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would

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13
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rupture passé présent

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used to

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14
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arrêter

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to quit/ quit/quit

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avoir des difficultés

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to have troubles, to have a hard time

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gagner sa vie

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to earn a living/ to make a living

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faire la queue

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waiting in line/ queuing up/ lining up

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postuler à un emploi/à une école

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to apply for a job/ to a school

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licencier

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to make sb redundant, to lay off sb, to dismiss sb

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un licenciement

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a dismissal/ a layoff/ a redundancy

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démissionner

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to resign

22
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dévisager

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to stare

23
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politique en générale

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politics

24
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président d’une association

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a chairman

25
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un retraité

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a retiree

26
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tomber dans l’oreille d’un sourd

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fall on deaf ears

27
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faire la une des journaux

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make the front-page of newspaper

28
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induire en erreur

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mislead

29
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l’emporter face

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prevail over

30
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alimenter

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to fuel

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isolé, perdu

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remote, faraway

32
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engagement

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commitment, involvement

33
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dû à

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due to, because of, owing to

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sensibiliser

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to raise awareness about, to sensitise to

35
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promettre

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to promise / to pledge

36
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recours

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resort

37
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incontrôlé

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rampant/ out of control/ runaway/ uncontrollable