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1
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dévisager

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to be eyeing sbdy from head to toe

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repérer

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to spot

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contempler

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to gaze

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surveiller

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to watch

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lancer un regard noir

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to glow

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dire d’un air renfrogné

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to scowl sth

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gémir, geindre, se plaindre

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to moan

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parler avec un cheveu sur la langue

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to lisp

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9
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grogner

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to snarl

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10
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to say hoarsely

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to croak

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papoter

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to chatter

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12
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tais-toi, chut

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hush

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13
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silence de mort

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Deathly hush

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14
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top secret

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hush-hush

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15
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faire des commérages

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to gossip

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16
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bégayer

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to stutter

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17
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to stutter

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to stammer

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18
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grogner

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to grunt

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19
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jurer

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to curse*

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20
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un cri perçant

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a shriek

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21
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calomnier

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to slander

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22
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parler d’une voix traînante

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to drawl

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23
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bredouiller

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to splutter

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24
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se plaindre de

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to lament sth

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25
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le truquage des matchs

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the match-fixing

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26
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a hush-money

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a kickback

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27
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être en avance

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to be a step ahead

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28
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inégal, incomplet

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patchy

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29
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Black Sox scandal of 1919

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The Black Sox Scandal took place during the play of the 1919 World Series. The Chicago White Sox lost the series to the Cincinnati Reds, and eight White Sox players were later accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers. The players were acquitted in court but were nevertheless banned for life from baseball.

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30
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irritant, exaspérant

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to be galling

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31
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être aux ordres de

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do sb’s bidding

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32
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un arbitre

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a referee

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33
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a gambler

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a punter

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34
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avec des revenus estimés à des milliards de $

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with revenues in the billion of dollars

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35
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faire perdre la tête

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to drive out of his mind

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36
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un oubli

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an oversight

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37
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la surveillance

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the oversight

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38
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aggraver

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to compound

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39
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débourser

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to disburse

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40
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rembourser qch à qqn

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to disburse sth to sbdy

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41
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une dotation

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an endowment

42
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échapper à

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to elude

43
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une poudrière

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a tinderbox

44
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les Américains ayant été à l’université

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university-educated American

45
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léguer, transmettre

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to bequeath

46
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la Libye ravagé jusqu’au chaos

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chaos-ravaged Libya

47
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tenir une promesse

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to redeem a promise

48
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s’engouffrer dans

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to funnel into

49
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faire passer qqch sur le compte de

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to funnel through

50
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à égalité, très serré

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to be in dead heat

51
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une commère

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a gossip

52
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déplorer

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to bemoan sth

53
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to chuckle at

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to giggle at

54
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soupirer de soulagement

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to sigh with relief

55
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to run a smear campaign

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to run a whispering campaign

56
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la diffamation

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the slander

57
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un moulin à paroles

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a chatter box

58
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draguer

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to chat up

59
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aboyer

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to bark

60
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éternuer

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to sneeze

61
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grogner férocement

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to snarl

62
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ne pas être à mépriser

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it’s not to be sneezed at

63
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se mocher

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to blow one’s nose

64
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ne pas tenir en place

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to have itchy feet

65
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avoir très envie de f

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to itch to do sth

66
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faire la moue

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to pout

67
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bouder

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to sulk

68
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s’enrouer

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to go hoarse

69
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il a perdu la voix à force de crier

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he shouted himself hoarse

70
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avoir mal à la gorge

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to have a sore throat

71
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se gratter

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to scratch

72
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couvrir une affiare

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to hush up a case/ an affair

73
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mal se comporter (ou remplacer qqn)

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to act up

74
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prendre des mesures utiles

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to act on

75
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se conformer

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to adhere to

76
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se mettre d’accord sur

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to agree on

77
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prendre en considération

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to allow for

78
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attribuer qqch à qqch

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to ascribe sth to sth

79
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prendre ses distances de

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to back away from

80
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céder, renoncer à

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to back down

81
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se retirer de

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to back out of

82
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rechigner à

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to balk

83
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compter sur, parier sur

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to bank on

84
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se montrer patient avec

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to bear with

85
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présenter qqch comme

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to bill sth as

86
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entendre ses activité dans

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to branch out into

87
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convaincre

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to bring round to

88
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donner naissance à

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to bring forth

89
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rapporter (l’argent)

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to bring in

90
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déclencher

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to bring on

91
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tirer parti de, s’appuyer sur

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to build on

92
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stimuler

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to buoy up

93
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enjoindre qqn de faire

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to call on/upon sb to do sth

94
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avoir des répercussions sur

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to carry over into

95
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mener à bien

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to carry through

96
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affaiblir

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to chip away at

97
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cerner

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to close in on

98
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se ranger à l’opinion de

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to come round to a view

99
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s’en prendre à, se montrer intraitable

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to come down on

100
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être l’objet de, subir (critiques)

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to come in for

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