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1
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rude, cinglant

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biting

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conquérir le vote de qqn

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to win over sbdy’s vote

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l’avenir nous réserve qqch

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sth lies ahead

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une élection partielle

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a by-election

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faire capoter

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to scupper

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repousser, écarter

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to fend off

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encore moins par le reste du mone

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let alone by the wider world

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noble

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lofty

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les peuples

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peopleS

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compatissant, bien disposé à l’égard de

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sympathetic

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émancipation

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enfranchisement

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inaltérable

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immutable

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générosité

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beneficence

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14
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châtier

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to smite

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les bonnes nouvelles

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the glad tidings

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redoutable, impressionnant

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formidable

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17
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la Société des Nations

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the League of Nations

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éloquent

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telling

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19
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droits de douane

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tariffs

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le commencement

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the onset

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21
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tracer les grandes lignes

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to map out

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22
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qui menace, imminent

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looming

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accuser qnn de pratiquer le “2 poids, 2 mesures”

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to accuse sb of double standards

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l’épuration ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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25
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se dérober à l’idée que

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to shrink away from

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26
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unilatéral

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go-it-alone

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en accord avec

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in-keeping with

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28
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haleter

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to gasp

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29
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mourir d’envie d’une tasse de thé

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to be gasping for a cup of tea

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d’une voix entrecoupée

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to gasp out

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31
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bredouiller, toussoter

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to sputter

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32
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à double-vitrage

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double-glaze

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33
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décolleté

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a cleavage

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34
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un bruit sourd

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a thump

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35
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cogner sur

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to thump

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36
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attendre le bon moment, prendre son temps, jouer la montre

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to bide one’s time

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37
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ligne de conduite, plan d’action

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course of action

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38
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tirer à pile ou face

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to flip a coin

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39
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Pile ou face?

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Heads or tails?

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40
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peu solide, fine (structure), peu convaincant

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filmsy

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41
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grogner

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to grunt

42
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traînasser

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to diddle around

43
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tripatouiller qch

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to diddle with

44
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rouler qqn

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to diddle sbdy

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esthétique

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aesthetic

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respect mêlé de crainte

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awe

47
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introduire

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to usher in

48
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double langage

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a double speak

49
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un néonconservateur

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a neocon

50
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les colombes (par extension les partisans de l’option diplomatique)

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the doves

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les faucons (par extension les partisans de la guerre)

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the hawks

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conforme au priorité de qqn

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friendly to sbdy’s agenda

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la marche à la guerre

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the build-up to war

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déclaré

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overt

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refus de collaborer

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non-compliance with

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faire valoir ses droits, justifier

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to vindicate sth

57
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la puissance militaire

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military might

58
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comme on pouvait s’y attendre

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predictably

59
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de … à … il n’y a qu’un pas

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there is but a short step from … to

60
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renforts, montée en puissance

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a surge (military)

61
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un bourbier

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a quagmire

62
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un calendrier de retrait des troupes

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a timetable to pull troops out of

63
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méprisant

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comtemptuous

64
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ébranler, secouer

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to rock

65
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donner raison

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to vindicate

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comme il l’estime nécessaire

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as he sees fit

67
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catégoriquement

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emphatically

68
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sanction (uncountable)

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autorisation

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le “gendarme du monde”

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the “sheriff of the world”

70
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fondamental

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seminal

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un pièce maîtresse

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a centerpiece of

72
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de son propre aveu

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by his own admission

73
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dessiner les contours de

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to delineate

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soutenir

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to uphold

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être à la hauteur de qch

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to measure up to sth

76
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considérer, juger

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to deem

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avancer prudemment

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to tread cautiously

78
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catégorique

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adamant

79
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avoir de l’influence

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to have leverage

80
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sans égal

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unmatched

81
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être doté de

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to be endowed with

82
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agressif, brutal

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to be strong-arm

83
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susceptible de

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liable to

84
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s’aventurer à l’étranger

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to venture abroad

85
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de premier rang

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first-tier

86
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conraindre

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to coerce

87
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avec laquelle il faut compter

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to be reckoned with

88
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un sujet controversé

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a moot question

89
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un bouclier anti-missile

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a missile shield

90
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ne pas faire partie des priorités

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to be law on the agenda

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méfiant à l’encontre de

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wary of

92
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la course à l’armement

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the arms race

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longtemps mis de coté

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long-shelved

94
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agiter le spectre de

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to raise the spectre of

95
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l’élargissement de l’OTAN

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NATO enlargement

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faussement

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deceptively

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une chamaillerie

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a tiff

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visibilité

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salience

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dans l’ensemble

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broadly speaking

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constant

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unwavering

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