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1
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être assuré contre

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to be insured for

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complexe, très élaboré

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an intricate device

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la complexité

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the intricacy

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avantages personnels, intérêts directs

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vested interests

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blessant, désobligeant

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an invidious remark

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complexe

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involved

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contrarier, ennuyer

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to irk

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ennuyeux, énervant

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irksome

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chaque point à l’ordre du jour

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the first 4 items will be discussed

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article de journal

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an item

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détailler, énumérer

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to itemize

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railler, huer

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to jeer

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ricaner, sourire d’un air méprisant

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to sneer

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être nerveux, avoir la trouille

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to be jittery

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avoir la trouille

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to have the jitters

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la trac

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stage-fright

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en commun, en collaboration

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joint

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compte commun

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joint account

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une secousse

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a jolt

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secouer, ébranler de manière à inciter à réagir

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to jolt

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un bric-à-brac, camelote

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a junk

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balancer, jeter

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to junk

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vif, intense, pénétrant

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a keen sense of right and wrong

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s’enthousiasmer

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to be keen on

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continuer à faire qch

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to keep on

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rester fidèle à

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to keep to

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persister, persévérer

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to keep to

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entretenir

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to keep up

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entretien

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upkeep

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continuer à bien travailler

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to keep up apearances

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suivre les rythme de

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to keep up with

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en rapport avec, qui s’accorde avec

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the president’s speech was in keeping with/keyed to the gravity o the situation

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être dans le ton

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to be in key (contraire : off key)

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34
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être tendu surexcité

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to be keyed up

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discret

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low-key

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36
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flanquer qqn dehors

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to kick sb out (to get kicked out of a job)

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faire du chahut

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to kick up a fuss, a row

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faire qch pour le plaisir, prendre son pied

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to get a kick out of doing sth

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39
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réaction en chaîne, répercussion

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Knock-on effect

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40
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a tricky problem

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a knotty question

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nouer des liens

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to build ties

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l’économie du savoir

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a knowledge-based economy

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une savoir-faire

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a know-how

44
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équipements qui allègent, facilitent le travail

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labor-saving devices

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faute de temps

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for lack of time

46
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décrocher une affaire

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to land a deal

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Ca vous attirera des ennuis!

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That will land you in trouble!

48
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vue de la mer

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the seascape

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une victoire écrasante

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to win by a landslide

50
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se périmer, venir à expiration

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to lapse

51
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date de péremption

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best before

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trou de mémoire

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a memory lapse

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un lapsus

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a slip of the tongue, a Freudian slip

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tomber dans le silence

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to lapse into silence

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récidiver, faire une rechute

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to relapse

56
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pour la plupart

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largely

57
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survire à, vivre plus longtemps

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to outlast

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prodiguer

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to lavish praise, gifts, care

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études, matières juridiques

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law/legal studies, subjects, problems

60
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un procès

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a lawsuit

61
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relâché, négligent

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lax

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relâchement

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laxity, laxness

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des règles peu strictes

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lax rules (morality)

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rejeter la responsabilité

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to lay the blame on

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mettre l’accent sur

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to lay stress on

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dessiner, concevoir un plan

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to lay out

67
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une mise en page, plan, tracé

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a layout

68
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un projet, un plan directeur

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a blueprint

69
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l’homme de la rue, le profane

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the layman

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être majeur

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to be of voting age

71
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L’amour donna à Sandy un nouveau souffle

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Love gave Sandy a new lease on life

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une conférence

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a lecture

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diminuer

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to lessen

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construire sur un terrain plat

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to build on level ground

75
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rester calme

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to keep a level head

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reprocher, accuser

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to level blame, criticism, accusations

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augmenter son influence

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to get leverage on sb

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leverage

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to leverage is to gain advantage, enhance position

79
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exploiter qch pour en tirer bénéfice

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to leverage sth

80
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risquer de faire qqch

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to be liable to do

81
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une responsabilité

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a liability

82
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étaler au grand jour

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to blow the lid off sth

83
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imposer un plafond

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to cap

84
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tarifs bloqués à

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fees capped at 24€

85
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mou, avachi

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limp

86
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rester en arrière

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to linger behind (The US is still lingering behind in mattersof socialized médicine)

87
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s’attarder sur

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to linger on

88
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persitant

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lingering hopes, memories, smells

89
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analphabétisme

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illeteracy

90
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Vous avez des qualifications en art?

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How literate are you in the arts?

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une portée de chiots

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a litter of puppies

92
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faire oublier (sur le temps long)

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to live down

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être riche

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to be loaded*

94
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une voix accablé de douleur

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a grief-laden voice

95
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détester

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to loathe +ing

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répugner à faire qqch

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to be loath to do sth

97
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une location

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a rental

98
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mourir d’envie de

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to long for

99
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un désir soudain

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a longing

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regarder de haut

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to look down on

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