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Question 1

Se surpasser

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To outdo oneself

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Abandonner

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To relinquish

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Refuser un candidat

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To turn someone down for a job

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Respecter qq

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To look up to someone

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Profiter de qqch

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To take advantage of

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Transférer à qq

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To turn over to

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Remettre

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To hand in

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Déterminé, résolu à

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Bent on

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Réduire

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To curb

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Dernièrement

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Of late

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Supposer, présumer

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To assume

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Gai, enjoué

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Cheery

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Renfrogné, dur, austère

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Dour

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Comptabilité

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Book-keeping

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Représenter, incarner

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To exemplify

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Faucon

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Hawk

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Concurrent, candidat

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Contender

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Édifiant, exaltant

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Uplifting

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Paroisse

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Parish

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Présumé, supposé

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Putative

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Déranger , irriter

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To annoy

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Mandat

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Term

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Initier, lancer

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To instigate

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Marécage, bourbier

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Slough

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Assurer, garantir

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To ensure

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Réduire , baisser

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To lower

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Fréquenter

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To attend

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Financer

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To fund

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Envisager de, songer à

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To muse about

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Rencontrer ( résistances par exemple )

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To encounter

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Réfuter

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To deny

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Édulcorer, assouplir

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To water down

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S’incliner (devant)

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To bow (to)

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Abandonner

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To scrap

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Repousser, rejeter

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To knock back

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Décision de justice

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Rulings

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Cimenter

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To cement

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Pressé

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In a hurry

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Électeur, administré

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Constituent

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Apogée , point culminant

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Height

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Méprisant , dédaigneux

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Dismissive

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S’éveiller à

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To wake up to

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Premier plan

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Forefront

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Plus grand que nature

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Larger than Life

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Prouesse

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Prowess

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Être en rogne

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To be pissed off

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Décider

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To resolve

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S’attaquer à

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To take on

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Surnom

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Moniker

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Torpiller

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To torpedo

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Plaire à , séduire

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To appeal to

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Rabat-joie

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Killjoy

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Exhorter

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To urge

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Favoriser, promouvoir

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Foster

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Se tourner vers qq (pour avoir de l’aide par exemple)

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To look to someone

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Une impasse (= sans solution)

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A standstill

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Être à la hauteur de (ex: ses engagements)

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To live up to

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Fixer un rdv

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To set up an appointment

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Mettre à jour

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To upgrade

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Poussin

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Chick

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Grêle

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Hail

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Recueillir des infos

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To cull information

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Être à destination de

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To be bound for

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Reposer sur

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To lie lay lain

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Se mettre à, aborder

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To take up

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Fouiller qqch

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To go through smthg

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Parcourir

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To look over

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Passer par

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To go through

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Feu, décédé

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Late

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Réaliser qqch

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To carry out something

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Son maximum

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His/her utmost

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Mouvementé

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Hectic

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Enthousiaste

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Buff

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Monter en flèche

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Soar

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En attente

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Pending

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Émancipation

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Empowerment

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Omniprésent

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Ubiquitous

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Franchir le pas

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To make the leap

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Raccourci

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Shorthand

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Organiser, élaborer

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To map out

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Encourager vivement, exhorter

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To urge

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Avec assurance

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Assertively

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S’implanter, percer, commencer à s’imposer dans

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To gain a toehold in

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Substitut

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Proxy

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Déambuler dans, arpenter

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To wander

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Ironiquement

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Wryly

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Nourrir, alimenter

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To fuel

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Propagation

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To spread

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Remonter à, dater de

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To trace back to

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Durer plus longtemps que, survivre à

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To outlast

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Slogan

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Catchphrase

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Avoir un rapport avec

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To relate to

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Au cœur de la nuit

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In the dead of night

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Discerner

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To make out

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Sinistre

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Bleak

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Béton

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Concrete

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Échelle

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Ladder

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Ma visite tombait au bon moment

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My visit worked in fine

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Creux

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Hollow

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De la célèbre…

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Of…fame

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Considérer, estimer

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To deem

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Morne

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Dreary

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Confier à qq (avouer…)

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To confide to somebody

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Entrer en vigueur

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To come into force

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Abandonner , renoncer à

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To drop

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Quoique

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