40 Flashcards

1
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une délégation

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a devolution

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2
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inverser les rôles, retourner une situation

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to turn the tables

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diminuer, s’apaiser

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to die down

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le défunt

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the deceased

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5
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faire un régime

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to go on diet

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6
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nourriture diététique

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health foods

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7
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sombre, faible

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dim

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8
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de faibles espoirs

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dim hopes

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9
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des souvenirs vagues de

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dim memories

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10
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à force de

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by dint of

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11
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mécontent, de mauvaise humeur

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to feel disgruntle

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12
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consternation

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dismay

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13
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être consterné par

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to be dismayed at

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14
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réfuter

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to disprove

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15
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ne tenir aucun compte de, négliger

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to disregard

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16
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desservir, faire du trot à qqn

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to do disservice to

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17
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le bus dessert plusieurs endroits

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the bus serves several places

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18
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déformer

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to distort

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19
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être affligé

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to be distressed

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20
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pénible, affligeant

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distressing

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21
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diviser l’opiion

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to be divisive

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22
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vertigineux

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dizzying

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23
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la bricolage

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the do-it-yourself (DIY)

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24
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faire un mouvement de coté, esquiver

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to dodge

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25
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frauder le fisc

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to dodge taxes

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26
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baisser vivement

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to duck one’s head

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27
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esquiver une question, une responsabilité

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to duck a question, a responsibility

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28
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distribuer (des bourses, allocations)

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to dole out

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29
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une tendance à la baisse

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to be on the downswing

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30
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préparer une loi

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to draft a law

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31
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un brouillon, une ébauche

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a draft

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32
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être recruté par l’armée

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to be drafted

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33
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un courant d’air

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a draft

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34
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amener à tout prix (un sujet)

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to drag in

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35
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se prolonger, s’éterniser

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amener à tout prix

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36
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tirer, attirer

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to draw criticism, a conclusion

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37
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faire appel à (relations)

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to draw on/upon connections

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38
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sombre ennuyeux

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dreary

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39
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aller à la dérive

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to go adrift

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40
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un marginal

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a drifter

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41
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faire des exercices répétitifs

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to drill

42
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un exercie

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a drill

43
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pousser qn à faire qqch

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to drive sb to do sth

44
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un besoin impérieux

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a driving necessity

45
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chasser (la peur, le danger)

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to drive out

46
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avoir de l’énergie

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to have drive

47
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une campagne de collecte de fonds

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a fund-raising drive

48
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une légère baisse

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a dip

49
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qqn qui abandonne ses études ou son travail

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a dropout

50
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un travail pénible

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drudgery (uncountable)

51
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atténuer, engourdir

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to dull

52
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vendre à bas prix, faire du dumping

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to dump

53
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habitants de la ville

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city-dwellers

54
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homme des cavernes

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cave-dwellers

55
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réservé, affecté à

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to earmarked for

56
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en amont

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upstream

57
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en aval

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downstream

58
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être économique

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to be economical

59
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une économie dirigée

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a state-controlled economy

60
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avancer petit à petit

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to edge forward

61
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s’approcher de qn petit à petit

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to edge up to sb

62
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prendre la place d’un concurrent

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to edge out a competitor

63
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avoir un avantage sur qn

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to have an edge on sb

64
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un éditeur

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a publisher

65
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gros, flagrant, choquant

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to be egregious

66
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s’écouler (temps)

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to elapse

67
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exultation, joie, allégresse

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elation

68
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être transporté de joie

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to be elated

69
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susciter, faire dire

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to elicit the truth, an explanation

70
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scellé dans

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to be embbeded

71
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mettre l’accent sur

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to lay stress/emphasis on

72
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rendre plus fort, permettre à qnn de faire qqch

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to empower (minority)

73
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travailleur indépendant

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to be self-employed

74
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inclure

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to encompass

75
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un rapport complet

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an all-encompassing report

76
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être en train de faire

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to be engaged in doing sth

77
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diriger, mettre sur pied un projet

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to enginer a project

78
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être absorbé par, plongé dans

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to be engrossed in

79
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un livre prenant

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an engrossing book

80
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s’inscrire (à la piscine)

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to enroll

81
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les inscriptions à l’université

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a college enrollments

82
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nécessiter, comporter

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to entail

83
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démêler

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to disentangle

84
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une pièce de théatre

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a play

85
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fascinant, captivant

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enthralling

86
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captiver

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to enthrall

87
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être esclave de (très captivé par)

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to be in the thrall of

88
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un discours passionné

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an impassioned speech

89
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séduire, leurrer

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to entice

90
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tentant, attrayant

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enticing

91
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confier

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to entrust sb with sth or sth to sb

92
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cité HLM

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a housing estate

93
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expulser d’une propriété

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to evict from

94
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faire un effort pour, se fatiguer pour

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to exert oneself

95
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un effort (physique)

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an exertion

96
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exercer une profession

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to exercise a profession

97
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à mes dépens

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at my expense

98
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les exportations

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exports

99
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lancer une invitation

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to extend an invitation

100
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vaste, considérable (efforts)

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extensive