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en grande partie

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to a large extent

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dans une faible mesure

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to a slight extent

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faire face à

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to cope with

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affronter, accepter

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to face up

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un défaut

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a failing

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un échec

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a failure

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un fiasco

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a flop

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correct (deal), honnête (personne)

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fair and square

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passable, assez bon

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your results were only fair

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passablement, assez (bien)

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fairly

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faire semblant, falsifier

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to fake

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un imposteur

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a fake, a bogus

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un fraudeur

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a fraud

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tomber par terre

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to fall down

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une baisse, une chute des prix

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a fall in prices

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utiliser faute de mieux, avoir recours à

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to fall back on

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se laisser distancer, être à la traîne, prendre du retard

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to fall behind

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une baisse (de production)

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a falloff

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diminuer, s’affaiblir

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to fall off

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se brouiller, se fâcher

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to fall out

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retombées radioactives

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radioactive fallout

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ne pas atteindre le niveau, la qualité attendue

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to fall short of

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un manque par rapport à l’attente

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a shortfall

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tomber à l’eau

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to fall through

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hésiter, vaciller

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to falter

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prix d’un billet de transport

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fare

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aller, se porter

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to fare (Businnes is faring well)

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une manière (de parler)

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a fashion

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à la mode

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fashionable

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couturier de mode

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a fashion designer

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un défilé de mode

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a fashion show

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32
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à la mode/dépassé

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in/out of fashion

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démodé

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old-fashioned, out moded, out of date

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être destiné à

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to be fated to

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fatidique

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fateful

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sonder, pénétrer, comprendre

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to fathom

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impénétrable

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unfathomable

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38
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exploit, prouesse, réussite

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a feat

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mettre en vedette, faire figurer

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to feature

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un long métrage

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a feature film

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41
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un article qui parait régulièrement

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a feature article

42
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une alimentation saine

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a nourishing/healthy food

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le fourrage

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animal fodder

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suppurer (blessure), couver (anger, resentment)

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to fester*

45
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se quereller, se disputer de manière continue

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to feud

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querelle de famille

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a familial feud

47
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changeant, constant

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fickle

48
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Ca se comprend

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That figures

49
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compter sur, s’attendre à

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to figure on

50
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déchiffrer la musique

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to sightread

51
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classer

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to file documents

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déposer une plainte

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to file a complaint, a report, a claim

53
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défiler dans/devant

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to file into/past

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to desecrate

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to defile

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tirer sur

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to fire at

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convenir à, correspondre à

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to fit

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être apte à

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to be fit for

58
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une crise nerfs

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a fit of nerves

59
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ca vous va bien

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It’s a good fit

60
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approprié

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fitting (remark)

61
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fixer

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to fix

62
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arranger qqch

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to fix sth up

63
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se mettre dans de beaux draps

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to get into a fix

64
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s’emporter

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to flare up

65
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une flambée soudaine

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a flare-up

66
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étaler, faire étalage

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to flaunt

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vendre avec insistance, vanter les mérites

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to tout the efficiency of the new government

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jeter, lancer

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to fling

69
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tenter sa chance

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to have a fling at (doing) sth

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éloigné

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far-flung

71
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lancer une insulte

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to sling insults

72
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désinvolte, irrévérencieux

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flippant

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légèreté, irrévérence

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flippancy

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prospérer, être en plein essor

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to flourish

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bafouer, faire fi de

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to flout human rights

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flux de capitaux

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money flow

77
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déborder

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to overflow

78
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une rafale

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a flurry

79
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agitation (fig)

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a flurry

80
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un frisson d’agitation

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a flurry of excitement

81
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une vague de protestation

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a flurry of protest

82
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voltiger

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to flutter

83
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déjouer, contrecarrer

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to foil (plans, attempts)

84
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to be fooled

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to be tricked, taken in

85
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infaillible

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foolproof

86
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ne pas être sérieux, traîner

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to fool around, about

87
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Je blague

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I’m fooling

88
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un idiot

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a fool

89
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être imprudent

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to be foolish

90
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téméraire

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foolhardy

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prendre pied, se faire progressivement accepter

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to gain a foothold

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le plus en vue ou en avance, le principal

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foremost (a foremost research center)

93
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avant-coureur, précurseur

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forerunner

94
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prévenir, empêcher qch de se réaliser en l’anticipant

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to forestall (an attack, a recession)

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caler (moteur)

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to stall

96
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ralentir, retarder

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to stall

97
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essayer de gagner du temps

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to stall for time

98
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contrefaire

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to forge

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un faux

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a forgery

100
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se priver de, renoncer à

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to forgo (chocolate)

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