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1
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trafic d’influence

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influence peddling

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réaliser, élaborer

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to craft

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pressions directes

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arm-twisting

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un tollé

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an outcry

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les liens (trop) étoits

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the cosy ties between … and …

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les politiques

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Policy-makers

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qui ont des intérêts communs, étroitement liés

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interlocking

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le Président par intérim

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the President pro tempore

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le président du groupe parlementaire

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the Majority Floor Leader

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10
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destitution

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removal

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garantir par la loi

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to enshrine sth in law

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le ministre de la Justice

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the Attorney General (Loretta Lynch)

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13
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arriver en première position parmi

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to fall first among

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14
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apporter son soutien à un candidat

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to endorse a candidate

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15
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faire annuler

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to overturn

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16
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l’avortement tardif

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partial-birth abortion

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17
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passer outre

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to override

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18
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le Congrès qui était alors dominé par les Républicains

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the then Republican-dominated Congress

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19
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qui se chevauchent

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overlapping

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20
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compétences communes

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concurrent powers

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21
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transparent

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clear

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22
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franc

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clear

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23
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être reconnu non coupable

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to be cleared of a crime

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24
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faire un bénéfice et

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to clear a profit

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25
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à distance de

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clear of

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rester à distance de qqn/qch

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to keep clear of sbdy/sth, to steer clear of

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donner le feu vert à qqn

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to give sbdy the all clear

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28
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précis, évident

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clear-cut

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29
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lucide

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clear-headed

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30
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faire du rangement

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to have a clear out

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31
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perspicace, réaliste

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clear-sighted

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32
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clair comme de l’eau de roche

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to be Crystal clear

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33
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être en avance de 6 point

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to be 6 points clear at the top

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34
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être titulaire à un poste (en tant que prof à l’université, ministre à un ministère)

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to have tenure

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35
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demander conseil à qqn

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to seek advice from sbdy

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36
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demander de l’aide à qnn

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to seek help from sbdy

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37
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pratiquement

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virtually

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38
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bobard

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a fib

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39
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raconter des bobards

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to tell fibs

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40
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un fainéant

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a slacker

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41
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une bobine

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a reel

42
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chanceler

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to reel

43
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J’ai la tête qui tourne

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My head is reeling

44
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ramener

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to reel in

45
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énumérer

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to reel off

46
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to be clumsy

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to be heavy-handed (figurative)

47
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être autoritaire, brutal

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to be heavy-handed

48
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autoritarisme, sévérité, brutalité

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heavy-handedness

49
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cachette

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hideout

50
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bandeau

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a blindfold

51
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à l’aveugle, les yeux bandés

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blindfold

52
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un petit somme

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a snooze

53
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avantage, pot de vin, grosse prime de départ

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a payoff

54
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Il pleut des cordes

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The rain is bucketing down

55
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marque de fabrique

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an hallmark

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continuer

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to go on and on

57
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bien tourné, réussir

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  • to pan out
58
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bricoler

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to tinker with

59
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faire marche arrière

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to backtrack

60
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cousin issu de germain

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second cousin

61
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éloge

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a praise

62
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à la louange

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in praise of

63
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ne pas tarir d’éloges pour

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to have nothing but praise for

64
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se rappeler

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to recall

65
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histoires

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fuss

66
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faire des histoires

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to make a fuss

67
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tapage

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fuss

68
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être aux petits soins pour qqn

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to make a fuss of sbdy

69
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petit placard

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cabinet

70
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cas désepéré

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to be a basket case*

71
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grondement, vrombissement

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a rumble

72
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la forme et le fond

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the form and content

73
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cela ne se fait pas de

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it’s bad form to

74
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revendiquer qqch

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to stake a claim to sth

75
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rotule

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kneecap

76
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barrière de sécurité

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guard rail

77
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de temps en temps

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now and again

78
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As tu vécu ici?

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Did you happen to live herre?

79
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être perdu, bon pour la casse

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to be write-off*

80
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rester discret

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to lay low

81
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procéder à une mise en examen

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to lay charges

82
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rejeter la faute sur qqn

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to lay the blame on sbdy

83
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présenter les faits à qqn

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to lay the facts before sbdy

84
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le profane

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layperson

85
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donner sa vie pour qqn

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to lay down one’s life for sbdy

86
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frêne

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a ash tree

87
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gastro

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tummy bug*

88
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être plié de rire

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to be in stitches*

89
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point de suture

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a stitch

90
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rééditer (victoire)

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to follow up

91
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donner suite

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to follow up

92
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faire suivre qqch de qqch

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to follow sth up with sth

93
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évaluer, anticiper une situation

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to second-guess

94
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critiquer après coup

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to second-guess

95
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gonflé, prétentieux

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inflated

96
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aller à pied

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to go on foot

97
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tout est permis

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anything goes

98
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je n’ai plus de voix

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my voice has gone

99
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être défavorable

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to go against

100
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au fur et à mesure

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as you go along

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