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serrer la vis / freiner (abus)

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to clamp/crack down on

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un durcissement

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a clamp down / a crack down

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degager,nettoyer / disculper

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to clear

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tenir à l’ecart de

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to keep clear of

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expliquer, preciser VS expliquer, informer

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to make clear, clarify, explain, specify VS to clue sb in

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boucher, obstruer

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to clog up

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claque / avoir de l’influence, pv politique

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clout / to have clout

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indice, indication

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clue

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charbon / charbon de bois

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coal / charcoal

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mines

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coal mines, pits

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mineurs

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miners

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fer

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iron

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acier

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steel

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etain

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tin / pewter

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plomb

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lead

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s’effondre, s’ecrouler

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to collapse

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etablissement enseignement qui donne diplome

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college

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diplômé dun college

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college graduate

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editorialiste, collaborateur, chroniqueur journal

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columnist

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rubrique, chronique

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column

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rencontrer qq ou qqch par harsard / se communiquer, faire de l’effet

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to come across

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obtenir, souvent par hasard / rendre visite, sans facon

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to come by

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changer d’avis, se laisser persuader / rendre visite

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to come round

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s’en tirer

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to come through

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revenir à, aboutir à

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to come to

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se poser, se soulever

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to come up

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se heurter à

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to come up against

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inventer, trouver

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to come up with

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être egal à, de meme mesure que

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to be commensurate with

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commettre

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to commit

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s’engager à faire qqch, se devouer a qqch

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to commit oneself to sth

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un engagement

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a commitment

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être engagé, se consacré à qqch

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to be committed to sth, to doing sth

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qui n’engage pas

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noncommital

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produit de base, matiere 1eres, tout ce qui s’achete et se vent / tout ce qui est utile, nécessaire

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commodities

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denrees alimentaires

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health facilities foodstuffs

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denrees de base

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staples

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commodités, confort

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conveniences

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faire un trajet journalier

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to commute

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qq qui fait un trajet journalier pr aller au L

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a commuter

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train de banlieu

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commuter train

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contraindre, obliger, forcer

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to compel

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prenant, irresistible

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compelling

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obligatoire

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compulsory

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dédommagement, indemnité

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compensation

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compenser

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to compensate for

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faire concurrence à

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to compete with

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etre competitif

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to be competitive

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concurrence

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competition

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concurrent

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competitor

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concours

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competion, competitive exam / a contest (commercial)

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passer / faire un concours

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to a enter a competition

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se plaindre

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to complain

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grief, doléance

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a complaint

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obeir à, se plier à

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to comply with

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en conformité avec

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in compliance with

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ajouter à, aggraver

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to compound

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melange, composé

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a compound

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composant

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component

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remords, scrupule

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compunction

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sans scrupule

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unscrupulous

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cacher, dissimuler

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to conceal

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préoccupation / société, affaire, maison

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concern

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une affaire qui marche

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a going concern

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etre preoccupé par, inquiet

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to be concerned with/about

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concernant

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concerning

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béton / concret

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concrete

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excuser/ accepter qqch à force de fermer les yeux sur un mal

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to condone

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qui attire les regards

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conspicuous

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se faire remarquer

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to make oneself conspicuous

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consommation ostentatoire

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conspicuous consumption

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circonscription electorale, groupe d’électeurs

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constituency

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electeur dans une division electorale

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constituent

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electorat, electeurs

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electorate

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detruire, dissiper, consumer/ consommer

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to consume

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consommateur

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consumer

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société de consommation

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consumer/comsuption society

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soutenir que

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to contend that

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faire face à, avoir affaire à

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to contend with

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disputer qqch à qq

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to contend with sb for sth

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adversaire

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contender

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avis, argument, assertation

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contention

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sujet de desaccord

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a subject of contention

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service contentieux

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legal department

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inventer, combiner (plan), s’arranger de maniere astucieuse

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to contrive

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invention astucieuse, mecanisme

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a contrivance

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artificiel, forcé cominé

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contrived

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maitriser, se controler, dominer / surveiller, controler

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To control

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commode

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convenient

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communiquer (une idée), transporter

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to convey (one’s idea) / truck convey goods

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tapis roulant

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conveyor belt

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un moyen de transport

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a means of conveyance

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declarer coupable

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to convict

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condamnation

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conviction

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un detenu / une certitude, conviction

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a convict/ a prisoner

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faire face à une difficulté, s’en sortir (je ne m’en sors pas)

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to cope with (I just can’t cope)

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cuivre

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copper

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cuivre jaune, laiton

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brass

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coeur, trognon (fruit), noyau (Terre) (le fond du pb)

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core (the core of the pb)

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voir la dure réalité

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to get downnto the nitty-gritty

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mettre qq au pied du mur, coincer

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to corner

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accaparer le marché

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to corner the market

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corner

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coin, angle (rue)

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société à responsabilité limitée

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corporation

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impots, droit des sociétés

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corporate taxes, law

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effort collectif

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corporate effort

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societe mere

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parent company

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siege social

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head office

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société debutante, nouveau né

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fledgling company

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cout de la vie

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cost of living

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niveau de vie

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standard of living

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neutraliser / contrebalancer

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to counteract

113
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un lâche

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a coward

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lachement

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cowardly

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fourrer, gaver / bachoter

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to cram

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bourré de

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crammed with

117
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avoir un besoin intense, qui peut etre maladif / un desir, un besoin intense

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to crave / a craving

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ramper / avancer à un pas tres lent

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to crawl

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inflation rampante / prgressive

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creeping inflation

120
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engouement, mode, manie

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craze

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le dernier cri

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the latest craze

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croyance, systeme religieu, credo

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creed

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trouver digne de foi

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to give credence to

124
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équipe, equipage

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crew, team

125
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handicaper, paralyser

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to cripple

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marcher avec difficulter, boiter

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to hobble

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être l’objet de, subir

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to come in for

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