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2016-2017 Flashcards

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A rival, a challenger

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A contender

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Avoir des idées divergentes

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To have differing ideas

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Côte de popularité

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An approval rating

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Approuver

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Approve of

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Une connaissance

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A connection

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Héritière

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A heir

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7
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Se méfier de

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To distrust

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8
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Etre de mèche

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To be in cahoots

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Etre de connivence

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To collide with

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Étrangeté , curiosité

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An oddity

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Etre penché à gauche

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To be left leaning, oriented

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12
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Conseiller en communication

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A spin doctor

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Faire pencher la balance

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To tip the balance

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État charnier, pivot, décisif

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A swing state

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15
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Ridiculous

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Ludicrous

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16
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Mourir en faisant son métier

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To die in the line of duty

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17
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Nombre d’immigrants aux US en 2016

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11 millions

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18
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Loi de travail

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Labor law

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19
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perçant, aigu, strident

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piercing

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murmurer, maugréer, bougonner, bafouiller

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to mumble, to stumble, to stutter

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grogner / ronchonner

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to growl, to grumble, to grouch

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22
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blast it

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maudit soit-il

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bulk : to sell stg in a bulk

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vendre en vrac, en gros

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24
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to raise one’s eyebrows

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lever un sourcil

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25
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a lash / eyelash

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cil

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eyelid

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paupière

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27
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battement de cils

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a flutter of lashes

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28
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faire un clin d’oeil

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to wink = to blink in an eye

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29
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fard

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eyeshadow

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30
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rougir, piquer un fard

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to blush, to flush, to redden

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devenir très rouge, rouge cramoisie

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to turn crimson, a flush of pleasure streamed into his cheeks

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32
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être bombé, être proéminent, ressortir

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to bulge

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33
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a bulge

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une bosse

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34
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être rempli de

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to be bulge of = to be full of

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35
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enfler (VI)

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to swell- swelled- swollen

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36
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comptoir

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counter

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37
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outrepasser, passer au-delà

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to bypass

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38
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cuivre

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brass

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39
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plaque

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a plate

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40
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respirer difficilement, souffler

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to puff with, to breath, to blow

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a puff

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un nuage, une bouffée

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42
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difficulté

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labour

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43
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strident

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shrill

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44
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entrer dans

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enter !!!! sans rien

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45
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rebord

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a rim

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46
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une plainte

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a complaint

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47
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desserrer

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to loosen

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48
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serrer

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to tighten

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49
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susciter indignation

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to outrage

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50
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gagner du terrain, qui prend de l’ampleur

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to gain momentum ≠ to lose

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51
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être à la portée de quelqu’un

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to be with sby’s reach

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52
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atteindre le métier le plus haut

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to reach the top job

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53
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faire fortune

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to make a fortune

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54
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ne pas mâcher ses mots

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to be blunt = not to mince one’s words = to be straightforward = not to beat around the bush

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55
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main d’oeuvre

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manpower, labor force, workforce

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56
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être déclassé

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to be downgraded ≠ upgraded

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57
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faire pression

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to make pressure

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58
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unemployment rate

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4.5%

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59
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florissant

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thriving, booming

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60
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à la hausse

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on the rise

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61
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bourse

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Stock Exchange

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62
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marché immobilier marche bien, est en bonne santé

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housing market is healthy

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joindre les deux bouts, très dur

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to make ends meet

can’t always make ends meet at the end of the month : les fins de mois sont difficiles

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64
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les revenus ont stagnés

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the wages have been flattering, stagnating

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65
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rétrécir, diminuer

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to shrink

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66
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le niveau de vie

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the cost of living

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67
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les mutuelles, les politiques d’assurance

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healthcare insurance policies

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68
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s’envoler en flèche (plus du double)

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to soar, to skyrocket

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les frais de scolarité ont augmenté

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tuition (institutions) fees have gone up

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70
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ménage

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household

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71
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indemniser, dédommager

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to compensate for + noun

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72
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heures sup

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overtime

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73
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se faire pardonner d’avoir fait qqch

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to compensate for doing stg

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74
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s’endetter

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to go into debt

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75
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pessimiste

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pessimistic

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un futur glauque, sombre

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gloomy, bleak, dismal, grim future

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nourrir, alimenter, attiser

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to fuel

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l’écart entre les riches et les pauvres s’agrandit

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the widening rich/poor gap

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arrêter

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halt

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80
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être d’humeur changeante

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to be mercurial

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81
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a dull candidate

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candidat ennuyeux

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82
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endiguer la vague d’immigration

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to stem the tide of immigration

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83
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The US is the beacon of the world

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the guide, the model (le signal lumineux)

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une idéologie haineuse

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a hateful ideology

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85
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poissonnier

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fishmonger

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86
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quelqu’un qui joue avec la peur

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fear-monger

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87
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Pente glissante

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A slippy slope

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88
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Client potentiel

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Would-be customer

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89
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Dévoiler

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Unveil

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90
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Supplémentaire

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Further information

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91
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Renforcer

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To bolster

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92
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Une victoire écrasante

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An overwhelming, landslide victory

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93
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Il n’y a pas de liberté sans risque

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Freedom carries risk

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94
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La police est

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The police are

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95
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État de droit

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The rule of law

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96
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Totalitaire / totalitarisme

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Totalitarian / totalitarianism

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Évoluer

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To change (to evolve )

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Etre bienveillant, délicat, attentionné

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To be considerate

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99
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Citoyen qui respecte la loi

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Law-abiding citizen

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100
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S’affronter, se disputer sur

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To contend

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101
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Réprimander

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To scold

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102
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Dissuader

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To deter

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103
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Localization / où

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Whereabouts

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104
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Enjeux

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Stakes

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105
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inébranlable, loyal (ami)

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steadfast

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loyauté, fidélité

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faithfulness

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107
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comprimé, tablette

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a tablet

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108
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faire du mal

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to harm

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109
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attacher, lier

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to bind

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110
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s’exposer à des dangers

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to put yourself in harm’s way

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(se) dérouler, déplier

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to unfold

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une morphologie, un état (voiture), une forme

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a shape

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actions, actes

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deeds

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être en deuil, déplorer, pleurer

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to mourn

115
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une citation

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a summons

116
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appeler, faire venir, convoquer

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to summon

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chagrin, peine, douleur

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a grief

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dépasser

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to overcome

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être à la hauteur de

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to live up to

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être volontaire, s’avancer

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to step forward

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rendre justice

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to deliver justice

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essayer, tenter

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to attempt

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vaincre

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defeat

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attiser

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to stoke

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commémoration, commemoratif

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a remembrance

126
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passer les doigts sur

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to run our fingers

127
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principes / la foi

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creeds/ the creed

128
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sanctifier

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to hallow

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solemn

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sollenel, sérieux

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marquer (d”une croix), griffer

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to mark (to scritch = griffer)

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incarner, rpz

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to embody

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résistance, tenacité

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resilience

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caserne de pompiers

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the firehouse

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se préparer

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to suit up

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centre-ville

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midtown

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lointain

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faraway

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abandonner, renoncer à

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forsake

138
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faire remarquer

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to opine

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ouvrir

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crack open

140
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largement, à grande échelle

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widely

141
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droit = right

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entitlement

142
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c’est une vieille histoire

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it’s old news

143
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original, pittoresque

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it’s a quaint

144
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esprit tordu, tordu par la chaleur

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to warp

145
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catégoriquement

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flatly

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chirurgien

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surgeon

147
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avancer lentement, rouler lentement

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to trundle

148
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occasion en or/ une bonne affaire

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a bargain

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récupérer

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to reclaim = to take back

150
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écouter, tenir compte de

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to heed

151
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inonder, déborder

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to flood

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ravir, enchanter

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to thrill

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se détourner de

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to shift away from

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un déplacement de

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a shift from

155
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emporter, porter (carry)

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to tote

156
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qui se fait des idées

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to delude

157
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maladroitement

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clumsily

158
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vitupérer contre, blâmer

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to rail against

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irritable

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peevish

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se retirer, déclarer forfait (sport)

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to withdraw

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frotter

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to rub

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changement énorme

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a quantum shift

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le pb

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the rub

164
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important

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crucial, essential, significant

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difficult and tiring

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arduous

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difficult

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abstrus(e), intricate, tricky, thorny, herculean

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big pb

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a conundrum, a riddle, a poser, a quandary, a dilemma, a rub

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comprendre

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to fathom

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mettre la pression sur

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to lean on

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le coeur de l’idéologie Républicain

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the core/ the heart of Republican ideology

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a charateristic

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a feature

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a phenomenon –> 2 (plutôt dire trend)

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phenomena

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acharné

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fierce

174
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atout, actif, capital

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asset

175
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Mme Tatcher

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“there is no such thing as society”

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to dominate

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to prevail

177
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mentality

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mindset, spirit

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courage

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fortitude

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profondément ancré

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to be deep-seated
to be deep-rooted
to be well-entrenched
to be deep-anchored

180
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céder à

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give in to

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Dieu tout-puissant / extrêmement, terriblement

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almighty

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pouvoir, influence

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clout, might

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écraser

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to crush

184
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dériver

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to drift

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dépensier

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profligate

186
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avoir la gnaque

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to be endeavor

187
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rendre une décision

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to issue a ruling

188
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opinion majoritaire, courant dominant

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mainstream

189
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tomber dans les oubliettes

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to fall into oblivion

190
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gaz de schiste

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shale gas

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pouvoir d’achat

A

purchasing power

192
Q

véritable

A

genuine

193
Q

contre toute attente

A

against all odds

194
Q

délocalisation

A

relocation/ offshoring/ outsourcing

195
Q

confronter à

A

faced with

196
Q

j’estime que c’est important

A

I deem

197
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face à cela

A

in the face of

198
Q

à savoir

A

namely

199
Q

amid

A

au milieu de (le plus souvent) et parmi –> among

200
Q

obligations dangereuses

A

perilous, tricky obligations

201
Q

entrainer (conséquence) =>

A

to entail

202
Q

conséquences en contradiction

A

clashing consequences

203
Q

se chevaucher, superposer

A

overlap

204
Q

empiéter sur

A

to encroach upon, infringe on, trespass, impinge on

205
Q

big pb

A

mounting concern

206
Q

technologie de pointe

A

cutting-edge

207
Q

l’apparition

A

the recent spread of, the advent, the emergence

208
Q

réduire

A

to curtail

209
Q

délinquance

A

delinquency

210
Q

surveiller

A

monitor

211
Q

under pressure

A

under strain

212
Q

être fier de

A

to pride on

213
Q

omniprésence

A

ubiquity (nom)/ ubiquitous (adj)

214
Q

une puce

A

a chip

215
Q

anticiper

A

pre-empt, foresee

216
Q

souligner

A

pinpoint

217
Q

examiner scrupulesement

A

to scrutinize

218
Q

a fault line

A

ligne de fracture

219
Q

être contre

A

to make the case against

220
Q

étranger

A

alien

221
Q

différence idéologique et philosophique

A

philosophical (philosophic) and ideological differences

222
Q

a liberal in the US / la gauche aux UK

A

être de gauche / Labor

223
Q

être libéral

A

to be pro-market, to be pro-business, to defend the markets/free-trade

224
Q

économie de marché

A

market economy

225
Q

les conservateurs

A

Republicans / Tories

226
Q

être de gauche

A

a leftist

227
Q

faire qq sans cesse, ne pas cesser de

A

to keep (on) + ING

228
Q

suffire

A

to suffice

229
Q

accuser le colonialisme de tous leurs maux

A

to blame colonialism for all their evils, ills

230
Q

to spark strife

A

déclencher une querelle, conflit

231
Q

endeavor

A

effort

232
Q

to endeavor

A

s’efforcer de faire qqch

233
Q

a stake

A

un poteau

234
Q

to have a stake in the business

A

avoir un intérêt dans

235
Q

a flaw

A

un défaut, une imperfection

236
Q

entrenched

A

établi

237
Q

proxy

A

procuration

238
Q

push-and-pull factors

A

facteurs contradictoires

239
Q

to endow with

A

doter qq de qqch/ donner

240
Q

to wrestle with

A

faire face à / lutter contre (mentalement)

sans le with= avec la force

241
Q

to stockpile

A

faire des réserves

242
Q

stakeholder

A

partie interesée ou responsable

243
Q

incitement

A

incitation

244
Q

to beam verbe intransitif

A

rayonner

245
Q

to beam at

A

faire un grand sourire

246
Q

to beam verbe transitif

A

diffuser : l’image d’un pistolet a été diffusié onto an overpass (au niveau du pont)

247
Q

to lessen

A

diminuer

248
Q

a leapfrog

A

saute-mouton

249
Q

to leapfrog (verbe intransitif)

A

surmonter, sauter, être propulsé

250
Q

évaluer

A

to assess, to evaluate –> an assessment = an evaluation

251
Q

he said to the people

A

to tell sbdy stg

252
Q

to explain to sbdy

A

expliquer à

253
Q

faire le bilan

A

to make the balance sheet of …

or political record

254
Q

casier judiciere

A

record

255
Q

a bribe

A

pot-de-vin

256
Q

blueprint

A

projet, plan

257
Q

to trumpet

A

clamer, proclamer, claironner

258
Q

a vast swathe

A

un grand chemin

259
Q

to swathe

A

envelopper

260
Q

scornful

A

méprisant

261
Q

aspirer à

A

to yearn for, to long for (a world governance)

262
Q

lucide, clairvoyant

A

to be clear-sighted

263
Q

to make a progress

A

faire des progrès, toujours sing

264
Q

an implicit criticism

A

the underlying criticism

265
Q

montrer de la compassion en vers qq

A

to sympathetic to sbdy

266
Q

regarder en arrière

A

to look backwards

267
Q

croire en qq ch

A

to have faith in stg

268
Q

saisie immobilière

A

a foreclosure

269
Q

atteindre un sommet

A

to peak

270
Q

wreckage

A

dégâts, épave

271
Q

coal

A

charbon

272
Q

dernier recours

A

a last-resort solution

273
Q

une politique à double tranchant

A

a double-edged policy

274
Q

Quand on veut, on peut

A

When there is a will, there is a way

275
Q

pourrir

A

to rot

276
Q

clou

A

nail

277
Q

moment le plus important

A

highlight/ climax

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