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avant-garde

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vanguard

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changer de direction

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to veer

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L’opinion public est en train de se tourner vers le centre

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Public opinion is veering back to center

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La voiture a quitté la route

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The car veered off the road

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un comité de pilotage

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a steering committe

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aventureux, risqué

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venturesome

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voisinage

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vicinity

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rivaliser avec

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to vie with

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innocenter, donner raison à, justifier qch

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to vindicate

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vif, évocateur

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vivid

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s’engager dans une lutte

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to wage

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faire la guerre

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to wage war

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lutter contre l’analphabétisme

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to wage a campaign against illiteracy

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renoncer

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to waive diplomatic immunity

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faire grâce de

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to waive one’s fee

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ouvrir gratuitement ses portes

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The museum waives admission charges on Sunday

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renoncer à appliquer la limité d’âge

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to waive age limits

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18
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diminuer, décliner

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to wane

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un belliciste

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a warmonger

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bellicisme

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warmongering, hawkishness

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parer à, se protéger de

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to ward offf

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un mandat d’arrêt

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a warrant for arrest

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un mandat de perquisition

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a search warrant

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injustifiable

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unwarranted

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une autorisation, un droit, une garantie

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a warranty

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gaspilleur, excessif

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wasteful

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une autorisation, une garantie, un droit

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a warranty

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28
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ligne de partage des eaux

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a watershed

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29
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un point critique ou décisif

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a watershed

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30
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hésiter, vaciller

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to waver

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31
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point faible

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the weak point

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32
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une banalité

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a well-worn phrase

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une amitié de longue date

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a well-worn friendship

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34
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durer

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some synthetic fibers wear less well than others

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s’épuiser, s’user

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to wear out

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usé

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worn-out

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usure

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wear and tear

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s’effacer, passer, finir par disparaître

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to wear off

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fatigué, épuisé

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weary

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fatigant, lassant

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wearisome

41
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être plus important que

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to outweigh

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hauteur

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height

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bien-être

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welfare

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assistance publique

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public welfare

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être à la charge de l’Etat

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to be on welfare

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programmes qui visent l’insertion des chômeurs dans la vie active

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workfare, welfare to work

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fantasque, étrange

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whimsical

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ne pas arrêter

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to be in a whirl of activity

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J’ai la tête qui tourne

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My head is in a whirl

50
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donner à qch sa chance

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to give sth a whirl

51
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coup de fouet

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whiplash

52
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entrer précipitamment

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to whip into a room

53
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forcer qn à agir

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to whip sb into action

54
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largeur

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width

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répandu, généralisé

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widespread

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manier, brandir, exercer

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to wield (arms, power)

57
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peu maniable, qui se déplace facilement

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unwieldy

58
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faune

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wildlife

59
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étendue déserte

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wilderness

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extravagant, fou, sauvage

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wild

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fou de joie

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wild with joy

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entêté, obstiné

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wilful

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délibérément

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wilfully

64
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Quand on veut, on peut

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Where there’s will, there’s way

65
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un testament

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a will

66
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être prêt, disposé à faire qch

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to be willing to do sth

67
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remonter une montre

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to Wind a watch

68
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se terminer, finir par

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to Wind up with

69
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liquider une société

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to Wind up a company

70
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enfin comprendre, se mettre au parfum

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to Wise up

71
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1.Having practical rather than theoretical knowledge, such as what is learned on the streets rather than in the classroom.

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streetsmart

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esprit, intelligence, bon sens, amusant

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wit

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avoir la tête sur les épaules

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to have one’s wits about one

74
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drôle

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witty

75
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un mot d’esprit

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a witticism

76
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involontairement, sans savoir

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unwittingly

77
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retenir (argent, information), remettre (décision)

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to withhold

78
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résister à

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to withstand

79
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un as, un champion

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a whizz

80
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malheurs, difficultés

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woes

81
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un miracle

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a wonder

82
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un médicament miracle

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a Wonder drug

83
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courtiser

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to woo

84
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repousser, rejeter avec mépris

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to spurn love, help, offer

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réalisable

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workable

86
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maîtrise, perfectionnisme

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workmanship

87
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un artisan spécialisé

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a craftman

88
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Ca ne vaut pas la peine de passer du temps

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It’s not Worth spending time

89
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pour 10$ de chocolats

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$10 Worth of chocolate

90
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sans valeur, inutile

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worthless

91
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digne de

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worthy of

92
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ça n’est pas digne de toi

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it’s not worthy of you

93
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digne de louanges

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praiseworthy

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louable

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a worthy cause

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plein de dignité

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dignified

96
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qui prétend ou désir être qch

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a would-be poet

97
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potentiel

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a would-be migrant

98
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qn qui rêve d’être qn

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a wannabe football player

99
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se disputer, se chamailler bruyamment

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to wrangle

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