39 Flashcards

1
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expliquer

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to clue sb in

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le charbon de bois

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the charcoal

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une mine

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a pit

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étain

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tin

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communiquer, faire de l’effet

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to come across (a candidate for publc office has to come across to the crowds)

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rendre visite sans façon

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to come by (round/over)

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faire l’objet de, subir

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to come in for (criticism)

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être égal, de même mesure que

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to be commensurate with

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9
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qui n’engage à rien

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noncommital

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10
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denrées alimentaires

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foodstuffs

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11
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denrées de bases

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staples

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prenant, irrésistible

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compelling (a compelling performance)

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a contest

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un concours

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un grief, une doléance

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a complaint

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15
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en conformité avec

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in compliance with

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16
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remords, scrupule

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a compunction

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17
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cacher, dissimuler

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to conceal

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18
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une affaire qui marche

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a going concern

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excuser, accepter qqch à foce de fermer les yeux sur

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to condone

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20
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qui attire les regards

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conspicuous

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21
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soutenir que

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to contend that

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22
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faire face à, avoir affaire à

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to contend with

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23
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disputer qch à qn

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to contend with sb for sth

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24
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un adversaire

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a contender

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25
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un avis, un argument

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a contention

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26
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Je soutiens que

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It is my contention that…

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27
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un sujet de contentieux

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a subject of contention

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28
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inventer, arranger de manière astucieuse

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to contrive

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29
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une invention astucieuse, un mécanisme

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a contrivance

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30
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artificiel, forcé

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contrived

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31
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commode

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convenient

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32
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commodités, confort

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conveniences

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33
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faire face à un difficulté, s’en sortir

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to cope with

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34
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Je ne m’en sors pas

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I can’t cope

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35
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trognon

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a core

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36
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voir la dure réalité

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to get down to the nitty-gritty

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37
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mettre qn au pied du mur

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to corner

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38
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accaparer le marché

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to corner the market

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39
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effort collectif

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a corporate effort

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40
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société mère

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parent company

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41
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siège social

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head office

42
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société débutante

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feldgling company

43
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neutraliser, contrebalancer

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to counteract

44
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fourrer, gaver

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to cram

45
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bourré de

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crammed with

46
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bachoter

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to cram for exams

47
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avoir un besoin intense

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to crave for

48
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ramper

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to crawl

49
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avancer à une vitesse très lente

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traffic crawled along

50
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le dernier cri

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the latest craze

51
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trouver digne de foi

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to give credence to

52
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handicaper, paralyser

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to cripple

53
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marcher avec difficulté

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to hobble

54
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une très bonne récolte

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a bumper crop

55
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surgir (problems, issues)

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to crop up

56
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contrarier qnn, contrecarrer un projet

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to cross sth

57
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être fâché avec qqn

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to be cross with sb

58
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un échantillon

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a cross-section

59
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grossièreté

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crudeness

60
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crise, moment critique, de vérité

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the crunch

61
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être accablé par

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to be crushed by

62
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une défaite écrasante

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a crushing defeat

63
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rusé comme un renard

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sly as a fox

64
Q

l’actualité

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current events

65
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Les pays occidentaux pensent qu’ils sont les gardiens de la démocratie

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Western countries believe they are the custodians of democracy

66
Q

la douane

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customs

67
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faire qch en dilettante

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to dabble in

68
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gutter press

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yellow press

69
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lancer violemment, casser en mille morceaux

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to dash

70
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Nos espoirs étaient anéantis

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Our hopes were dashed

71
Q

se ruer vers

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to make a dash

72
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un mouvement brusque

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a dash

73
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un tiret

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a dash

74
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une petite quantité

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a dash of salt, spice, humor

75
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une banque de données

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a data bank

76
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dernier délai

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the deadline

77
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une impasse

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a deadlock

78
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destruction systématique, licenciements de masse

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a wholesale destruction, sacking

79
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devoir de l’argetn à qn

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to be in debt to sb

80
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être redevable à qn

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to be in sb’s debt

81
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s’endetter

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to get/run into debt

82
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malhonneteté

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deceit

83
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écart de conduite

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a misdeed

84
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juger, décider après réflexion

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to deem

85
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désamorcer

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to defuse

86
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un délai

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a time limit

87
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mort, fin ou échec

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a demise

88
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désapprouver

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to deprecate

89
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privation

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a deprivation

90
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abandonné, délaissé

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derelict

91
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un sans-abri

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a derelict

92
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son dû, ce qu’on a mérité

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deserts

93
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avoir des visées sur

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to have designs on

94
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être au désespoir

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to be in despair

95
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être affolé

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to be distraught

96
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méprisable

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despicable, contemptible

97
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un outrage à la cour

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a contempt of court

98
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trouver, inventer, élaborer

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to devise

99
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transférer, déléguer

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to devolve

100
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incomber

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to devolve to