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bias

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inclination / tendance / partis pris

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biased

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pas impartial

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tendentious

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tendancieux

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to bicker

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se chamailler

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to quarrel

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se disputer

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to bid / to make a bid for

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faire une offre

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takeover bid

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OPA

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bill

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projet de loi / facture, addition / billet de banque

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billboard / poster

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panneau d’affichage

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to bind

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lier / unir

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to be in a bind

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etre dans une situation difficile

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bonds

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liens / bon, obligation

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to bond

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creer des liens forts

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bondage

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servitude, esclave

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to issue a bond

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emettre un titre

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to go on … binge / to binge on

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faire qqch à l’excès

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bishop

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évêque

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archbishop

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archevêque

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priest

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prêtre

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preacher / clergyman

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pasteur

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nun

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religieuse

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parish

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paroisse

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rabbi

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rabbin

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to blackmail

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faire du chantage

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blast

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explosion

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blast off

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lancement d’un vehicule spatial

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blatant

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criant / flagrant

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to blaze

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flamber / flamboyant / s’emporter (pers)

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to blaze a path / a trail

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frayer un chemin / innover

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trailblazing

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innovateur

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bleak

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désolé / désert / sombre / peu prometteur

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to bleed

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saigner

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bloodshed / bloodletting

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effusion de sang

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to blend

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melanger / allier

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a blend / a mixture

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un melange

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to bless

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bénir

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blessing

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bénédiction

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blessed

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bienheureux / saint

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blizzard

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tempete de neige

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block

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bloc

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to block prices

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bloquer les prix

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blockade

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blocus / barrage

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to blow

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souffler

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a blow

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un coup

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blow out

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eclatement de pneu

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to blow over

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calmer / s’apaiser

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to blow up

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exploser / faire exploser / s’emporter contre qq

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to bludgeon

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matraquer / forcer la main à qq

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bludgeon

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matraque

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blunder

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faute / gaffe

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to blunder

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faire une gaffe

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slip-up

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gaffe / cafouillage

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blunt

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emoussé / mal taillé / etre brusque / direct / sans macher ses mots

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to blur

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brouiller / estomper

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board

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planche / comité, conseil

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above board

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ouvert / honnet

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across the board

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systematiquement, à tous les niveaux

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to boast

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se vanter / etre fier de posseder qqch

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to brag

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se targuer

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to bode

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presager / augurer / annoncer

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to be/get bogged down

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s’embourber / s’encliser

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bog

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marécage

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bold

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audacieux/ hardi

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to embolden

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enhardir

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to bolster

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soutenir / renforcer

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to boost

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hausser, faire monter / donner du tonus

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a boon

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une aubaine

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to bounce

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rebondir

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to bounce back

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revenir à l’etat normal

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to be bound to do

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etre presque sûr de faire qqch

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to be bound up in

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etre plongé dans

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to be bound by duty/law

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etre tenu

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to be bound for

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etre en route pour

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bounds

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limites / frontieres

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boundary/ border

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frontiere entre 2 pays

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borderline case

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cas limite

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to bow (down) to

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s’incliner devant / se soumettre à

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to kow-tow to

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se proterner

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to bow out

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tirer sa reverance

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to brace (up)

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soutenir / renforcer / revigorer

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brace

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support

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bracket

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groupe / tranche / paranthese

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to brake

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freiner / ralentir

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a brake

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un frein

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branch

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succursale

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to branch out

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etendre ses activités

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to branch off

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bifurquer

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brand (name)

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marque

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brand image

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image de marque

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to brand sb

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marquer / accuser / qualifier de

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brand new

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flambant neuf

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breach

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manquement aux devoirs / infraction / rupture de contrat

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break

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rupture / pause / chance / veine

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tax breaks

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réduction d’impôt

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to break down

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tomber en panne

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breakdown

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panne

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nervous breakdown

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depression nerveuse

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to break even

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rentrer dans ses frais

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to break into

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entrer par effraction

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burglary

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cambriolage

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to plunder

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piller

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to break off

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rompre

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to break out

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eclater / se declencher

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to break through

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faire une percée

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a breakthrough

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une percee / decouverte significative

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to break up

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rompre / casser / interrompre / faire une coupure

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a breakup

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une rupture

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to breathe

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respirer

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breath

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respiration

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breathtaking

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à en avoir le souffle coupé

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a breathtaking sight

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un spectacle stupéfiant

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breathless

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hors d’haleine/ le souffle coupé

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to breed

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élever, faire de l’elevage / faire naitre, engendrer

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breeding

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éducation

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a breed

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une race / espece (animale)

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to bribe

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acheter / soudoyer

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a bribe

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un pot de vin

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bribery

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corruption

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corruption / graft

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la corruption

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crony

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copain

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cronyism

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copinage

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to bring about on

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amener / provoquer

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to bring off

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mener à bien, realiser avec succes

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to bring out

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faire ressortir

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to bring round

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convertir à une opinion / persuader

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on the brink of

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au bord de

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to bring up

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elever, eduquer / soulever une question

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