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1
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soutenir que

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to argue that

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debatable

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arguable

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3
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course aux armements

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arms race

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faire une levée de bouclier

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to rise up in arms against sth

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5
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mise hors service des armes

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arms decommissioning

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une milice

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a militia

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désordre, désarroi

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disarray

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chaîne de montage

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assembly line

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automatisation

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automation

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automatiser

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to automate

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déclarer, soutenir que

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to assert

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12
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s’affirmer

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to assert oneself

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13
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savoir s’affirmer

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to be assertive

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14
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une évaluation

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an assessment

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15
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bien, avoir, capital

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an asset

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16
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l’actif et le passif

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assets and liabilities

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17
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confier une tâche, une mission à qqn

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to assign sb a task

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18
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présumer

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to assume

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19
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être stupéfait

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to be astounded by

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20
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s’égarer

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to go astray

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21
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s’agarer

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to stray from

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22
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chien perdu

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a stray dog

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23
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assister à

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to attend sth

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24
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de bon augure, prometteur

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auspicious

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25
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saisir l’occasion

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to avail oneself of

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26
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futile

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of no avail

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27
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être contre, répugner à faire

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to be averse to

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28
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prévenir, éviter

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to avert, to stave off

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29
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sensibiliser

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to raise awareness

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30
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impressionnant, imposant

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awesome

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31
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embarrassant

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to be awkward

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32
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aller de travers

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to go awry

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33
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revenir sur ses engagements, se dérober

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to back down/out

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34
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faire marche arrière (voiture)

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to back up

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35
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sauvegarder (document)

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to back up

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36
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Quel est votre expérience en marketing?

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What’s your background in marketing?

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37
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contrecoup, retour de bâton

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the backlash

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38
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critiquer fortement

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to lash out at/against

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39
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à la traîne, retardé (mentalement)

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backward

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40
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harceler qqn jusqu’à ce qu’il fasse

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to badger

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41
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être dérouté, confus

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to be baffled

42
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une caution (prison)

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a bail

43
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mettre qqn en liberté provisoire sous caution

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to free sb on bail

44
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libérer qqn en faisant payer un caution

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to bail sb out

45
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balance commerciale

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trade balance

46
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payer le solde

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to pay the balance

47
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trouver le juste milieu

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to strike a balance

48
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le bilan

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the balance sheet

49
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hésiter, regimber

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to balk

50
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barrer la route

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to bar the way

51
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sauf, excepté

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bar sth

52
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une bonne affaire

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a bargain

53
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prix avantageux

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bargain prices

54
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négociations syndicales

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collective bargaining

55
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stérile, improductif

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barren

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marchander sur un prix

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to haggle

57
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faire du troc

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to barter, to swap

58
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à partir de

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on the basis of

59
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un bouquet de fleurs

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a bunch of flowers

60
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ne pas se laisser abattre

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to bear up

61
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une tendance vers le haut

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an upbeat trend

62
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optimiste

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an upbeat mood

63
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rouer de coups

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to batter

64
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de la part de, au nom de

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on behalf of

65
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behavior

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singulier

66
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assiégé

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beleaguered

67
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une attitude inflexible

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an unbending attitude

68
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être résolu à

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to be bent on

69
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se plier en quatre

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to bend over backwards

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être assailli par, accablé par

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to be beset by, with

71
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accorder, conférer

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to bestow

72
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se chamailler

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to bicker

73
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ordonner

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to bid

74
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être das une situation difficile

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to be in a bind

75
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créer des liens forts

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to bond

76
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faire qqch à l’excès

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to go on a shopping binge

77
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s’emporter

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to blaze

78
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flamber

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to blaze

79
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frayer un chemin, innover

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to blaze a path

80
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innovateur

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trailblazing

81
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désolé

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bleak

82
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deux rues plus loin

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two blocks away

83
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blocus, un barrage

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blockade

84
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une matraque

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a bludgeon

85
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forcer la main à qn

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to bludgeon

86
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une gaffe

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a blunder

87
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sans mâcher ses mots, être brusque, direct

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a Blunt pencil

88
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brouiller

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to blur

89
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Conseil d’Administration

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Board of Directors

90
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ministère du commerce

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Board of Trade

91
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ouvert, honnête

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above aboard

92
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systématiquement, à tous les niveaux

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across the board

93
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présager, augurer

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to bode

94
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soutenir, renforcer

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to bolster

95
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chèque sans provison

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a bounce check

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être plongé dans

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to be bound up in

97
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être tenu

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to be bound by (duty, law)

98
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être en route pour

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to be bound for

99
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dans les limites du possible

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within the bounds of possibility

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hors de portée

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out of bounds

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