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débuter, le début

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to start, the start

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le début

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the onset, the outset

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initial, initialement

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initial, initially

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initialement

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originally

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s’occuper de qqc

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to attend / to see to sth

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entreprendre qqc

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to undertake sth

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entreprendre de faire qqc

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to set about doing sth

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se mettre à qqc

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to take sth up

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s’adonner à qqc

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to go in for sth

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prendre le relais de qqn

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to take over from sby

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agir

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act

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un acte

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a deed

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fabriquer, faire

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to make

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être occupé à faire qqc

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to be busy doing sth

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occupé à qqch

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engaged in sth / doing sth

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inlassablement

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tirelessly

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accomplir qqc

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to carry sth out

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exécuter qqhc

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to execute sth

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prendre une mesure

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to take a measure

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une stratégie

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a strategy

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une politique

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a policy

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recourir à

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to resort to sth

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improviser

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improvise

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de fortune / improvisé

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makeshift

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un expédient

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an expedient

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un truc, un prcédé

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a trick, a device

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facile à utiliser

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handy for sth

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commode

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convenient

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avec commodité

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conveniently

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méthodique

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methodical

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tirer le meilleur parti possible de qqn

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to make the most of sth

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(des)avantage

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(dis)advantage

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faire face à qqc

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to cope with sth

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se contenter de qqc

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to make the best of sth

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se passer de qqc

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to do without sth

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se dispenser de qqc

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to dispense with sth

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se trouver sans qqc

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to go without sth

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se débrouiller avec qqc

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to make do with sth

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vérifier qqc

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to check sth

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échouer

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failing

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ne pas parvenir à

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to fail to do sth

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un échec

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a failure

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eviter de faire qqc

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to avoid doing sth

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évitable, inévitable

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avoidable, unavoidable

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éviter qqc

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to shun sth

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compromettre qqc

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to jeopardize

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un bide

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a washout

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se tromper

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to be mistaken / to err

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mal utiliser qqc

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to misuse sth

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se retirer de qqc

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to drop out of sth / to withdraw from sth

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se dédire

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to back out of sth

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renoncer à (faire) qqc

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to give sth up (to give up doing sth)

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un désavantage

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a disadvantage

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empirer

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to get worse

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un revers

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a setback

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s’ameliorer

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to get better

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(s’) améliorer, une amélioration

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to improve, an improvement

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parvenir à faire qqc *2

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to succeed in doing sth, to manage doing sth

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terminer une tâche

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to complete a task

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accomplir qqc

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to achieve sth

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une réussite

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an achievement

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une grande réussite

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an accomplishment

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un exploit

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a feat

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un triomphe

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a triumph

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triompher de qqc

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to triumph over sth

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faciliter qqc

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to facilitate sth

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surmonter une difficulté

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to get over a difficulty

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surmonter, vaincre

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to overcome sth

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résoudre, régler

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to work sth out

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un moyen de s’en sortir

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a way out

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coopérer avec qqn à qqc

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to cooperate with sby on sth

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collaborer

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to collaborate

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gagner

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to win

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sûr, en toute sécurité

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safe, safely

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aisé, sans heurts

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smooth, smoothly

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un bénéfice

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a profit

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tirer avantage de qqc

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to profit from sth

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recommencer (depuis le début)

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to begin (all over) again

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commencer sous peu

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to begin shortly

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être prévu pour commencer à

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to be due to begin at

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être sur le point de commencer

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to be about to begin

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un vrai débutant

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an absolute beginner

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des débuts prometteurs

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a promising beginning

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marquer / annoncer le début

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to mark/herald a beginning

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d’emblée

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from the very beginning

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occuper qqn

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to keep sby busy

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être pris par qqc

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to be busy with sth

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une politique zéro tolérance

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a zero-tolerance policy

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une politique controversée

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a controversial policy

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échouer lamentablement

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to fail miserably

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être voué à l’échec

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to be bound to fail

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un échec total

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a complete failure

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se terminer par un echec

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to end in failure

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avoir toutes ses chances de réussir

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to be likely to succeed

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réussir à qqc

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to succeed at sth

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être un succès mitigé/limité

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to be a mixed/limited success

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un succès inattendu

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to be an unexpected success

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avoir un certain succès

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to have some success in +ing

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une chance/un espoir de succès

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a chance / a hope of success

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être capable de gagner

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to be capable of winning

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