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1
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Cambriolage

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Heist

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Tu m’as convaincu

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have me convince

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3
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À partir de 2004

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From 2004 on wards

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4
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Poste de dépense

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Expenditure item

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5
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De son coté X

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As for X

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Sois gentille

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Be a doll*

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7
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Faire irruption, couper la parole

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To barge in

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Inquiétant, angoissant

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Eerie

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9
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Insister sur qqch

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To stress on sth

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10
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Chacun ses goûts

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Each his own

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11
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Lewd

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Obscène

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12
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Désinvolture

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Flippancy

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Slippery slope

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It’s When a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any rational argument

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14
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Septième ciel

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Cloud nine

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15
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Buyback

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Achat par une entreprise de ses propres actions

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16
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Touriste

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Mot popularisé par Stendhal lorsqu’il écrit Mémoires d’un touriste en 1848

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17
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Ça alors!

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Blimey

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18
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Sympa, chic

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Sporting

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19
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Fou

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Mental

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20
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To iritate sbdy

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To set someone teeth on edge

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21
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Se vanter

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To brag

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22
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Obtenir, se procurer

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Come by

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23
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Se libérer

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Break loose

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24
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Jacasser, raconter des bêtises

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Blather

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25
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Désormais

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From this day forth

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26
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Se mettre en route

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Set forth

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27
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Démissionner, se retirer

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Stand down

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Cramponne toi, sois fort, tiens toi prêt

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Brace yourself

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29
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Chou

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Collard

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30
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Comme tu veux

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Suit yourself

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31
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Souffle de vie

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Breath of life

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32
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Curiosité, attraction

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Showplace

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33
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Pot de vin

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Hush money

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34
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Faire la courte échelle

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Make the saddle

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35
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Rodeur

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Prowler

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36
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Consentement

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Consent

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37
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Juré

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Cross your heart

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38
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Comporter, entraîner

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Entail

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39
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Enervé

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Riled

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40
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La boucle est bouclée, retourner à la case départ

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To come full circle

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41
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Braver, être exposer à un feu nourri, subir de vives critiques

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Run the gauntlet

42
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En plein jour

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In broad daylight

43
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Rafler

44
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Être en tort

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To be at fault

45
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Ordre des adjectifs

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Opinion, dimension, age, forme, couleur, origine, matériau, usage

46
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Compenser

47
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Pay-as-you-go tax

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A system of paying tax on income as you earned it

48
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Être prêt à faire qch

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To poised to do sth

49
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Équilibre

50
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Pied d’argile

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Feet of clay

51
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Tether currency

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Une monnaie fixée

52
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Être au bout du rouleau

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To be at the end of one’s tether

53
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Le pétrole n’a jamais été aussi bas depuis 6 ans

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Oil is at six years lows

54
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Spokesman

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Mouthpiece

55
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Bien que

56
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Aimer qqn très romantiquement

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To be sweet on. Sbdy

57
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Big N.O.

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The Big Easy

58
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Résidence du premier ministre canadien

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24 sussex drive

59
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Canada’s pm

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Justin trudeau

60
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Baver d’admiration

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To drool over

61
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Faire qqch d’inadapté, être distrait

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To chase rabbit

62
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Sur un coup de tête

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Spur-of-the-moment

63
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Out of control

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Over the edge

64
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Raillerie, remarque piquante, déclarer d’un ton malicieux

65
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Nous n’avons plus de piste

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The trail is gone cold

66
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Se pencher

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Lean forward

67
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Eblouir

68
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Changer en, transformer, devenir

69
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Incliner

70
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La houle

71
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A person or a thing that is depended on as a source of money, success

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A meal ticket

72
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Moucher

73
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Faire taire, dissiper

74
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Prendre qqn de haut

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Parler à qqn avec condescendance

75
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Pris de vertige, tête en l’air, frivole, vertigineux

76
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Économie de bout de chandelle

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Penny-pinching

77
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Dessin indistriel

78
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Mettre le feu au poudre

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To set off the powder keg

79
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Atmosphere explosive

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Powder keg atmosphere

80
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Fondation

81
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Inauguration

82
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Parcourir

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Travel along

83
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La barre (bateau)

84
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Une promenade en bateau

85
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Marraine, parrain (d’une association)

86
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Libellule

87
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Gravat

88
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recrudescence

89
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au cours de

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over the course

90
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que ce soit le pape ou le président

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be it the pope or the president

91
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porte-monnaie

92
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carnet de chèque

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cheque book

93
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être doué

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to be gifted

94
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clefs de voiture

95
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récolte, moisson, culture

96
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arrêter de fumer

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quit smoking

97
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les fiançailles de qqn avec qqn

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the engagement of sbdy to sbdy

98
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futur marié/jeune marié

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bridegroom

99
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jarretière

100
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évoluer avec son temps

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keep pace with times

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