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1
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a muckraker

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littéralement un fouille-merde. Ce terme désigne les journalistes d’investigation qui dénonce des problèmes sociaux

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2
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a shill

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Also called a plant or a stooge, it’s a person who publicly helps or gives credibility to a person or organization without disclosing. that they have a close relationship with the person or organization.

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3
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reconstituer

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to piece together

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4
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souiller, ternir

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to sully

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5
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mettre des bâtons dans les roues

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to throw a spanner in the works

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6
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narrer

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to unfold

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7
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l’economie se redresse

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the economy turn round

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8
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hargneux, mordant

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acrimonious

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9
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to bargain for

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to haggle over sth

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battre d’un cheveu

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to beat by a whisker

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11
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à tendance islamiste

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islamist-tinged

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assembler qch avec qch, associer qch avec qch

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to conflate sth and sth

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13
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une poule aux oeufs d’or

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a cash cow

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14
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la femelle de la baleiné ou de l’éléphant

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a cow

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15
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être intimidé

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to cow down to sbdy

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16
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démuseler

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to unmuzzle

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17
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rester bouche bée, bâiller (chemise)

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to gape

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18
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avouer, confesser

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to bely

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19
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tourné vers l’extérieur

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outward-facing

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20
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les entreprises de la technologie financière

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fintech firms

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21
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technique

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techy* (techier, techiest)

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22
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une matraque

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a bludgeon

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soumis à qch

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subservient to sth

24
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cracher (fumée)

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to belch out

25
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un renvoi, un rot

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a belch

26
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être dédaigneux

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to be dismissive

27
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donner des signes de vieillesse

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to creak with age

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fondateur, fondamental

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seminal paper

29
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convenu

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formulaic

30
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éviter, rejeter

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to eschew

31
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une épreuve

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an ordeal

32
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tenir sa parole

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to be as good as your word

33
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des plages bordées de palmiers

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palm-fringed beaches

34
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sa politique est de s’impliquer sur le terrain

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she has a very hands-on approach

35
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cheminer

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to trundle along

36
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pousser tout doucement

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to trundle

37
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sélectionner, massacrer

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to cull

38
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écluser beaucoup de gin

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to swill gin

39
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un grand buveur r de gin

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to be gin-swilling

40
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d’un air penaud

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sheepishly

41
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pincer, attraper

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to nab

42
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ennui

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tedium

43
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une combinaison travaillé à l’entraînement

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a set piece

44
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une opération préparée

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a set piece

45
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réfléchir, ruminer

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to mull over

46
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faire une farce

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to punk someone

47
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les moyens de faire qch

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the wherewithal to do sth

48
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désordre

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kerfuffle*

49
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acteur non-étatique

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nonstate actor

50
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une petite déviation, anomalie

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a blip

51
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pénétrant, envahissant, omniprésent

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pervasive

52
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par l’entremise de, par l’action de

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through the agency of, by the agency of

53
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une organisation humanitaire

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an aid agency

54
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putative

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putatif (qui est supposé être)

55
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dans l’ensemble

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on the whole

56
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une pénurie

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a paucity

57
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à l’aube de

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on the cusp of

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