24 Flashcards

1
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un stratagème

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a ploy

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prendre qqn au piège

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to ensnare sb

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faire en sorte que l’Etat se désengage

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to roll back the state

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laisser le champ libre à

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to make way for

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motivé par la (seule) recherche du profit

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profit-seeking

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6
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contrarier qqn

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to ruffle sb’s feathers

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7
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exiger … que

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to demand that sth should be done

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le matraquage publicitaire

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advertising blitz

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une religion d’Etat

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an established religion

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tenir beaucoup à faire qqch

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to be anxious to do sth

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11
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écarter

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to set aside

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concevoir (un principe)

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to lay out (a principle)

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sans solution de continuité avec

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in an unbroken continuity with

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le Primat d’Angleterre (équivalent du pape)

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the Primate of All England (Archbishop of Canterbury : Justin Welby)

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les Saintes Ecritures

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the Holy Scriptures

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16
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les bonnes oeuvres

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good works

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17
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ordonner qqn prêtre

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to ordain sb as priest

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18
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une société multi-culturelle

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a multi-faith society

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19
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soutenir

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to maintain

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20
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une confession religieuse

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a denomination

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une point de vue progressive

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a liberal stance

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22
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faire défection

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to defect

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23
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se débattre avec

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to wrestle with (a problem)

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24
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autoriser

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to sanction

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25
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la séparation de l’Eglise et de l’Etat

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disestablishment

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26
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controversé

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contentious

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27
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aller à l’encontre de

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to run counter to

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28
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une clause

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a provision

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29
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une tribune (où l’on expose ses idées)

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a bully pulpit

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30
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les Etats très influencés par l’évangélisme protestant du Sud des Etats-Unis

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Bible-Belt states

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31
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c’est une opinion largement répandue

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it is widely held view that

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32
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friser

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to border on

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33
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la salut

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salvation

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34
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un téléprédicateur

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televangelist

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35
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un évangéliste

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a born-again

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36
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vilipender

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to castigate

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37
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devenir la proie de

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to fall prey to

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38
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le moment venu

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in due time

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39
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balayer d’un revers de main

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to brush aside

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40
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sur le déclin

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on the wane

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41
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être mal vu

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to be frowned upon

42
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dans l’imaginaire collectif

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in the popular imagery

43
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alimenter la suspiscion

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alimenter la suspiscion

44
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dans ce contexte

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against that background

45
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une ramification

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an offshoot

46
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matérielle, de ce monde, terre à terre

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worldly

47
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en dehors des liens sacrés du mariage

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out of the wedlock

48
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un hérétique

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a dissenter

49
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qui a pignon sur rue

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well-established

50
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ce qu’on ne peut guère prendre pour

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which hardly qualifies for

51
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prêter serment

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to swear an oath

52
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ne pas faire mystère de sa foi

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to wear one’s faith on one’s sleeves

53
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argumenter en faveur de

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to make the case for

54
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solliciter l’aide qqn

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to draw upon sb

55
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intimement lié à

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woven into the fabric of

56
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être conforme au clivage traditionnel

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to fall along traditional lines

57
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le colistier

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the running-mate

58
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une chaire

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a pulpit

59
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dans l’optique de

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with a view to

60
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enthousiaste

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keen

61
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le tirage des journaux

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circulation

62
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un journal gratuit

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a freebie

63
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des démissions de personnes influentes

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high-profil resignation

64
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un journal de référence

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a newspaper of record

65
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étouffer

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to whitewash

66
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douteux

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spurious

67
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abaisser le niveau de qqch

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to dumb down sth

68
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chauvin

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jingoistic

69
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borné, coupé du monde extérieur

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insular

70
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le rédacteur en chef

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the editor

71
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un titre

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a masthead

72
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satisfaire les demandes (des lecteurs)

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to cater for sb

73
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un juste milieu

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a happy medium

74
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pur et simple, catégorique, résolument

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downright

75
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intervention réduite de l’Etat

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small government

76
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obédience, conviction

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persuation

77
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une produit phare

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a flagship product

78
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un conseil d’administration

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a board of governors

79
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responsable devant

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answerable to

80
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rendre plus attrayant

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to sex up

81
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disculper

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to exonerate

82
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une agence de presse

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a syndicate

83
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mettre à jour dénoncer

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to expose

84
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inventer une histoire

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to spin a tale of

85
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un document classé secret

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a classified document

86
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la politique nationale

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domestic politics

87
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apporter un soutien sans faille

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to support sb/sth steadfastly

88
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un inclinaison, un parti-pris

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a slant

89
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railleur

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derisive

90
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qui se bat sur 2 fronts, qui propose 2 approches distinctes

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two-pronged

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un article annoncé en couverture

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a cover story

92
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le récipiendaire d’un prix

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a recipient

93
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des parts de marché

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market shares

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galopant, endémique

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rampage

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collecte de fonds

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fundraising

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être sacrifié sur l’autel de

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to be sacrificed on the altar of

97
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un fouineur, un fouille-merde

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a muckraker

98
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l’info-spectacle

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infotainment

99
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inoffensif, sans véritable pouvoir

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toothless

100
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hâtif

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hasty