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générer, déclencher

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to trigger

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divergences

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discrepancies

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dans quelle mesure

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to what extent

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campagne électorale

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electoral campaign

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une tendance

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a tendency

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emergence

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the emergence

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parti conservateur

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Tory
the tories

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UK and USA

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toujours précédé de THE

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représenter, décrire

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to portray

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enthousiaste

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enthusiastic

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se mettre d’accord avec

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to settle with

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réalisé au sens de fait(e)

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performed

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FMI

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International Monetary Fund

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l’augmentation

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the increase

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un avantage sur

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an edge over

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horrible, épouvantable

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appaling

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plutôt que

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rather than

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important (numéraire)

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n’a qu’un sens qualitatif et pas quantitatif -> significant, substantial, considerable

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dignité humaine

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human dignity

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cruauté

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cruelty

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être sur le devant de la scène

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take center stage

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à peine un jour

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hardly a day

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aborder

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to broach a

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atroce

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harrowing

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attrayant

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appealing

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faire l’éloge de

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to praise

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situation difficile

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the plight

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de la part de

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on the part of

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flux

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flow

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simplement, seulement

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merely

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tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched, exaggerated

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choix utilitariste

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utilitarian choice

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dérouler le tapis rouge

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to roll out the red carpet

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retracer l’histoire de

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traced back to

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conséquences, répercussions

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aftermaths

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lancement, commencement, début

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inception

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en apparence

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seemingly

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faire de l’ombre à, cacher

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to overshadow

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pure

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sheer

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mépris

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contempt

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malheureux

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unfortunate

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effet secondaire

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side effect

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fermer les yeux sur

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to turn a blind eye to

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notoire, tristement célèbre

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infamous

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peu hygiénique

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unsanitary, insanitary

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supporter

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to put up with

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porter contre, à l’encontre de

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leveled at

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passer pour

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coming across

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sans cœur

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heartless

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sans précédent

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unprecedented

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célèbre pour qqch de nég

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notorious

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n’éprouver aucun remords

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unapologetic

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rien de moins que

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nothing short of

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insensible

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uncaring

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un plan

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a scheme

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attirer, courtiser

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to woo