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1
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obliger qqn à s’engager

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to pin sb down

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opposer qch/qn à

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to pit against

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se mesurer à qn

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to pit oneself against others

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une embûche

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a pitfall

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C’est merdique!

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It’s the pits!*

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tourmenter, harceler

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to plague (Don’t plague me with your questions)

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évident, clair

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plain

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Il insista sur le fait que

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He made it plain that

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Je lui ai répondu franchement

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I gave him a plain answer

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la simple vérité

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the plain truth

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chercher à se faire bien voir, surtout en jouant sur les faiblesses de qqn

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Démagogues play up to people’s fears and feelings of insecurity

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supplier, implorer

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to plead (for another chance)

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appel

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plea ( a plea for aid)

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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combler le déficit

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to plug up the deficit

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s’acharner

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to plug away at sth

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insister sur qch

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to make a point of sth

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18
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inutile

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pointless

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19
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un politique

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a politician

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20
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un bureau de vote

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a polling place/station

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21
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un bulletin de vote

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ballot

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Le candidat a gagné avec 53% des votes

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The candidate won 53% of the ballot

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un sondeur d’opinion

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a pollster

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24
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reporter

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to postpone

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25
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dans le dénuement

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poverty-stricken

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le seuil de pauvreté

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the poverty line

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27
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faire l’éloge de

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to praise

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28
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évaluer

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to appraise

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29
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une réévaluation, une remise en question

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a reappraisal

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30
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élogieux

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laudatory

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31
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une situation difficile

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a predicament

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32
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une hypothèse

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a premiss

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33
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faire pression sur

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to pressure sb into doing sth

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34
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être toujours après, haceler

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to nag (personal level)

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35
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une douleur lancinante

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a nag pain

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un doute, un inquiètude implacable

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a nagging doubt, worry, pain

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37
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courant, fréquent, répandu

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prevailing, prevalent

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38
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persuader

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to prevail on sb to do sth

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39
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être fier de, s’enorgueillir

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to take pride in, to pride oneself on

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40
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écrire en caractères d’imprimerie

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to print (name, adress)

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41
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une chambre pour une personne

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a private room

42
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la solitude, l’intimité

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the privacy

43
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lois sur la vie privée

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privacy laws

44
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volontariste, qui prend de l’intiative

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to be proactive, a proactive policy

45
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une mise à l’épreuve

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a porbation

46
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être embauché pour une période d’essai

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to be hired on probation

47
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en liberté surveillée

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to be released on probation

48
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examiner, explorer

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to probe

49
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faire traîner les choses

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to procrastinate

50
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pousser doucement, inciter qn à faire qch

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to prod

51
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certaines personnes ont besoin d’être inciter à travailler

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some people need to be prodded into getting to work

52
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produits agricoles

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farm produce

53
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rentabilité

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profitability

54
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inciter à une action ponctuelle

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to prompt to

55
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provoquer, susciter

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to be prompted by

56
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ponctuel

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to be prompt

57
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être enclin à

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to be prone to

58
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prédisposition

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proneness

59
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étayer, caler

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to prop up

60
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un support

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a prop

61
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decency

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propriety

62
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les respect de la bienséance

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a sens of propriety

63
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La Croix Rouge a fourni aux réfugiés de la nourriture et des abris

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The Red Cross provided the refugees with food and shelter

64
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stipuler, prévoir

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to provide

65
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le traité prévoit une coopération bilatérale

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the treaty provides for bilateral cooperation

66
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le planning familial

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the family planning

67
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planification à long terme

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forward planning

68
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demande de permis de costruire

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a planning application

69
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urbanisme

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urban planning

70
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les dispositions de la loi

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the provisions of the law

71
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subvenir aux besoin

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to provide (Parents provide for their children)

72
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provisoire

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a provisional

73
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à condition que, pourvu que

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provided that, on the proviso that

74
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par procuration

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by proxy

75
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un mandataire

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a proxy

76
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avoir des relations de l’influence

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to have pull

77
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avoir de l’influence, être influent

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influential

78
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s’en sortir avec difficultés

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to pull through

79
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se ressaisir

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to pull oneself together

80
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exprès

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on purpose

81
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rechercher

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to pursue a criminal

82
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être à la recherche d’un travail

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to be in pursuit of a job

83
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être poursuivi par le malheur

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to be pursued by bad luck

84
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essayer d’obtenir, exiger

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to push for

85
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mener à bien, faire voter

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to push through (The students are trying to push through plans for winter ski trip)

86
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communiquer

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to push across

87
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mettre de coté (argent)

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to push aside

88
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entrer en vigueur

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to go, come into effect

89
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remettre à plus tard

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to put off

90
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ennuyer, offusquer qqn

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to put sb off

91
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Il m’ennuie avec son égo

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He put me off with his egocentricity

92
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être ennuyé, contrarié par

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to be put out by intolerance

93
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déranger qn

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to put sb out

94
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être perplexe

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to be puzzled

95
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une énigme, un mystère

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a puzzle

96
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énigmatique

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puzzling

97
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résoudre, éclaircir

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to puzzle out

98
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inquiétudes, scrupules

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qualms

99
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embarras, dilemme, situation

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quandary

100
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autorité administrative indépendante (CSA, CNIL, Ofcom)

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quango (quasi non-governmental)

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