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moqueur

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jeering

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un caniche

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a poodle

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sur l’ordre de

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at the bidding of

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flagrant

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blatant

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limiter, contraindre

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to constrain

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sans l’aide de

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had it not been

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découler de

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to stem from

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être partie prenante de / être juridiquement lié à

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to be a party to

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avancer l’argument selon lequel

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to contend that

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pour chacun

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apiece

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la stratégie de la corde raide, une partie de poker à haut risque

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brinkmanship

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mettre en suspens

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to shelve

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se doter de la technologie nucléaire

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to go nuclear

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rester dans le droit chemin

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to remain on the straight and narrow

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envoyer des signaux contradictoires

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to send mixed signals

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bombarder

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to shell

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une stratégie de non-intervention

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a hands-off strategy

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des offres de paix

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overtures

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esquiver, éluder

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to dodge

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les produits chimiques

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chemicals

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les gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

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quatre-quatre

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~SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles)

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une piste cyclable

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a cycle-track

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des efforts considérables

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all-out efforts

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la source de revenus

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livelihood

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déverser, dégazer

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to discharge

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le traitement des déchets

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waste disposal

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l’enfouissement des déchets

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landfill

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strict

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stringent

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30
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enfermer

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to encase

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31
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lignes électriques

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power lines

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32
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défigurer le paysage

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to scar the landscape

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33
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de telle sorte que

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so much so that

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un ensemble de preuves

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a body of evidence

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s’emballer au point d’échapper à tout contrôle

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to spin out of control

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faire clairement passer un mesage

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to drive a message home

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être bien parti pour, être sur le chemin de

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to be on track for

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38
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ronger, s’éroder

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to eat away at

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39
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une espèce

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a species

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40
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le braconnage

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poaching

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mettre à rude épreuve

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to put strains on

42
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se reconstituer

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to replenish oneself

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subvenir à ses besoins

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to support oneself

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le principe du “pollueur-payeur”

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the Polluter Pays Principle

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promulguer, appliquer

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to enact sth

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un système de plafonnement et d’échange

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a cap-and-trade system

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un produit de base, une denrée

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a commodity

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s’effondrer, s’embourber

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to founder

49
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des preuves irréfutables

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compelling evidence

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sous l’égide de

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Under UN auspices

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contraignant

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binding

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fuir, esquiver

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to shun

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un système reposant sur l’engagement des gouvernements et sur l’évaluation des politiques menées

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a pledge-and-review system

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siffler

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to hiss

55
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en paroles sinon en actes

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in words if not in deeds

56
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c’est exclu

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it’s off the table

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un regain d’espoir

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a surge of hope

58
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sur l’ensemble de l’échiquier politique

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across the political spectrum

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imminent

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impending

60
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abondamment

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profligately

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bien se passer

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to go smoothly

62
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ne pas prendre de risque

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to be on the safe side

63
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la conversion à l’écologie

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the greening

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aller à l’encontre des principes mêmes de

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to go against (the grain of)

65
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entraver qqch

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to hamper sth

66
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laisser passer le train

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to miss the bandwagon

67
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prendre le train en marche

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to jump on the bandwagon

68
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sinistre, catastrophique

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doom-laden

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faire prendre brutalement conscience de qqch à qqn

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to schok sbdy into realising that

70
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d’un air malicieux

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archly

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malicieux

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arch

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être un cible légitime

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to be fair game

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impartial

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fair-minded

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exposition universelle

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World Fair

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pas mal, assez

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fair

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étourdi

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light-headed

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adhésif

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stick-on (adj)

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non, et de loin

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not even close

79
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sens du devoir

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line of duty

80
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déduire qch de qch

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to infer sth from sth

81
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déduire que

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to infer that

82
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une drogue par laquelle on commence

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a Gateway drug

83
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projet chimérique

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a pipe dream

84
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tuyau

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a pipe

85
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passer un savon à qqn

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to give sb an earful

86
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être à portée de main, pratique

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to be handy

87
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prendre de l’ampleur (projet, enquête)

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to snowball

88
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sous-sol

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basement

89
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lit d’enfant

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a crib

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ne pas être en forme

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to feel Under the weather

91
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cure dent

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a toothpick

92
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croasser, parler d’une voix rauque

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to croak

93
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document sur l’économie américaine publié 8 fois par an par la FED

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Beige Book

94
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production industrielle

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manufacturing

95
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les industries traditionnelles

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“smokestack” industries

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l’automatisation

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automation

97
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aller à l’encontre de la tendance

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to buck the trend

98
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un changement radical

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a substantial shift

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une économie tertiaire

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a service-based economy

100
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B2B

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Business to Business

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B2C

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Business to Consumer

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