21 Flashcards

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le garant de

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the custodian of

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un principe

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a tenet

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un juge

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a justice

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intenter une action devant une cour

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to petition a court

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5
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une conférence

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a lecture

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6
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prendre ses distances par rapport à

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to back away from

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7
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sensé, valable

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sound

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8
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correspondre au clivage politique traditionnel

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to fall along party lines

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9
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mitigating circumstances

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extenuating circumstances

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le début, l’aperçu d’une tendance

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a glimpse of a trend

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faiblir, s’estomper

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to wane

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12
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faire appel

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to lodge an appeal

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13
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commuer une peine

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to commute a sentence

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14
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un ténor du barreau

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a big-name lawyer

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15
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équivalent

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akin to

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16
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un complexe (militaire, pénitencier)

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a compound

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17
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dans un délai raisonnable

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in due course

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18
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des critiques acerbes

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scathing criticism

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19
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revenir à, être équivalent

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to be tantamount to

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20
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mauvais traitements

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ill-treatment

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21
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édulcorer qqch

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to water down sth

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22
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justifier le recours à la torture

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to condone torture

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23
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aseptiser

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to sanitise

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24
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sévices corporels / insultes

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abuse

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25
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critiquer violemment

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to lambast

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26
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une prison de haute sécurité

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a supermax facility

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27
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l’égalité des chances

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equality of opportunities

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28
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l’Eglise anglicane

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the Church of England

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29
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se laisser séduire par une promesse

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to be lured by a promise

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30
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déontologie, éthique du travail

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work ethic

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31
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passer de la misère à la richesse

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to go/rise from rags to riches

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32
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arriver en masse

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to pour

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33
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rassemblés, blottis

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huddled

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34
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aspirer à faire qqch

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to yearn to do sth

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35
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endiguer le flot

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to stem the tide

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36
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les indigents

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paupers

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37
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se voir refuser l’entrée

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to be denied entry

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38
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annuler

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to repeal

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39
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se mélanger

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to blend

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40
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la première de la pièce a eu lieu à

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the play premiered in

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41
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une expression

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a phrase

42
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rejeter, écarter une idée

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to dismiss

43
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responsabilisation

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empowerment

44
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se manifester, être mis en avant

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to come to the fore

45
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prendre parti pour… , se ranger parmi

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to take sides with

46
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provoquer

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to bring about

47
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un détracteur

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a critic

48
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un travail sans perspectives

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a dead-end job

49
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formuler, concevoir

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to frame a concept

50
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postuler

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to posit

51
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un trait d’union

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a hyphen

52
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péjorativement

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disparagingly

53
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un conseil/ conseiller

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an advice/ to advise

54
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querelle, engueulade

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bust-up*

55
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généralisé, avéré

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full-blown

56
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Khrouchtchev

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Krushchev

57
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solitaire

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reclusive

58
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s’étendre sur, négocier difficilement

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to hammer out

59
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violente critique

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a brickbat

60
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manœuvrer

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to steer

61
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mettre le cap sur

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to steer a course for

62
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s’éloigner

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to steer away

63
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macabre

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grisly

64
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se prêter au jeu

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to play along

65
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s’amuser

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to play about

66
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faire des siennes

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to play up

67
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causer du soucis à qqn

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to play sb up

68
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jouer la comédie

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to play-act

69
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facture

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invoice

70
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facturer

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to invoice

71
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polir

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to buff

72
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communication regulator in the UK (équivalent du CSA)

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Ofcom

73
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arracher, soutirer qqch de qqn

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to prize sth from sbdy

74
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à deux heures de

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2 hours away

75
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vol à l’arraché

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bag snatch

76
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cri strident

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a squawk

77
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frange

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a fringe

78
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une groupe marginal

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a fringe group

79
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l’essentiel c’est que

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the bottom line is that

80
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c’est le vrai problème

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that’s the bottom line

81
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rassembler

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to round up

82
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arrondir au chiffre supérieur

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to round up

83
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rompre

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to sever

84
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rompre tout liens avec qqn

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to sever all ties with sbdy

85
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être exprimé

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to be voiced

86
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avoir son mot à dire dans qqch

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to have a voice in sth

87
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ruche

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a hive

88
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le petit nouveau

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to be new kid on the block

89
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débat sans fin

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nerver-ending debate

90
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c’est pour brouiller les pistes

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that’s red herring

91
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hareng

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herring

92
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rouleau compresseur

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a steamrolleur

93
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grincer, craquer

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to creak

94
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enfourcher, chevaucher

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to straddle

95
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une escale

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a stopover

96
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manier le bâton et la carotte

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to resort to the carrot and the stick approach

97
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en toute connaissance de cause

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knowingly

98
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rien d’autre que

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nothing but

99
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contester

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to challenge

100
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à part entière

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fully-fledged