18/09

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avant un événement

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in the run-up to
ahead of

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à la suite d’un événement

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few days after (event) / in the wake of (event)

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se noyer

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to drown

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couler

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to sink sank sunk

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rempli de plein de

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to be crowded with sb

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en mer

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at sea

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quelques (expression ), une poignée

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a handful

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balayer

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to sweep

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faire la une les grands titres

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to hit / to make the headlines

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déclencher

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to spark to generate

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passer à autre chose

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to move on

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être plus important que , avoir plus d’influence que

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to outweigh

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attirer l’attention

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draw attention

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bien moins

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far less / match less

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chaîne tv

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channel

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meme si

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even though, though, although, even if

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un coup

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blow / punch

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promettre

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to pledge to Bv, to promise to Bv

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candidat / plein d’espoir + contraire

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hopeful / hopeless

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renommer

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rename

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siège d’une institution

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headquarter

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voisin

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neighbour / neighbor

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se plaindre

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to complain about (sth)

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un surnom

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nickname moniker

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se débarrasser de

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get rid of

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similaire à une sorte de

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akind of / similar to

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chuter

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to plummet to crash to collapse to plunge

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renvoyer

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to lay sb off/ to fire sb / to dismiss sb / to make sb redundant

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licenciement

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a dismissal a redundancy a layoff

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la sortie d’ un film

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came out, to be release

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best seller / superproduction

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blockbuster

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un mot valise = un mot qui combine plusieurs mots (j’espère que tu préfères ça lucie)

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portmanteau

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physicien

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a physicist

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un docteur

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a doctor, a physician

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souffler à

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to prompt

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s’avachir

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to slump

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décharger

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to dump

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attirer

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to entice = to attract

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une fusée

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a rocket

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conquête de l’espace

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space race / space conquest

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louer, faire l’éloge

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to praise sb/sth

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entrer dans l’histoire

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to make history

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non exploré

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uncharted / unexplored

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lancer

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to throw, to cast, to hurl (violent)

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travailleur

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insider, worker

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vol

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theft

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salle d’exposition

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an exhibition room

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exposé

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to be on display

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consequences repercussions

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fallout

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œuvres d’art

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artefacts works of art art pieces

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gouvernail

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a rudder

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear power plant

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un jalon

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a milestone

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détériorer

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to deteriorate to decay to deface

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carburant

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fuel supplies

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incendie

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wildfire / out of control fire

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éclater un record

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to smash / to break a record

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sécheresse

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drought

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monter en flèche s’envoler

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to soar to skyrocket to surge