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pousser qq à faire qqch

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to drive sb to do sth

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un besoin imperieux

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a driving necessity

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chasser

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to drive out

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conduire

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to drive

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permis de conduire

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driving license / permit

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energie, dynamisme / campagne (don, elect)

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drive

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une xampagne de collecte de fonds

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a fund-raising drive

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tomber, baisser, laisser tomber

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to drop

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une legere baisse

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a dip

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qq qui abandonne ses etudes ou son L et se met en marge de la société

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a dropout (school / social dropout)

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vivre en marge de la societe

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to drop out / fringe

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sécheresse

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drought

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L penible et ingrat, corvée

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drudgery

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avoir des doutes, etre discutable

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dubious

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ennuyeux

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to dull

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atténuer, engourdir, diminuer (pain, desire)

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to dull

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jeter, rejeter

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to dump

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dépotoir, decharge

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a dump (garbage, rubbish)

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faire du dumping

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to dump goods

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s’etendre sur (une pensee)

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to dwell on

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habiter, demeurer

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to dwell

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habitant de la ville

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city-dwellers

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homme des cavernes

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cave-dwellers

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s-affaiblir, diminuer

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to dwindle (down, away)

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desireu de

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eager to (to be eager for)

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reservé, affecté à (person, funds)

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earmarked for

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gagner

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to earn

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gagner sa vie

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to earn one’s living

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gains

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earnings

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gagner une course, un match

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to win

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tremblement de terre

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earthquake

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refluer, décliner

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to ebb

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le flux et le reflux

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the ebb and the flow

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en amont, en aval

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upstream, downstream

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flotter

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to float

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econimique

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economic

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les sciences eco

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economics

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econome (pers), economique (thing)

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econimical

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economiser

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to economize

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economiste

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economist

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bord

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edge

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etre nerveux, irritable

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to be edgy, on edge

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etre à la pointe du progrès

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to be on the leading / cutting edge

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avancer petit à petit

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to edge forward

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s’approcher de qq petit à petit

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to edge up to sb

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prendre la place d’un concurrent

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to edge up to a competitor / to edge out a competitor

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avoir un avantage sur qq

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to have an edge on sb

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preparer en vue d’une publication / diriger / faire du montage / corriger

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to edit

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etre redacteur en chef

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editor, editor-in-chief

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qq qui fait du montage (film)

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a film editor

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etablir une edition

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to edit a book

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une premiere edition

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a first edition

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editer, publier

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to publish

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editeur

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publisher

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une maison d’edition

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a publishing house

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qui a de l’effet / efficace

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effective

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avec effet, efficacement

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effectively

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effectivement

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in fact, in truth, indeed

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l’effectif d’une société

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the size of the staff

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efficace

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efficient

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efficacité

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efficiency

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etre performant

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to be efficient / effective

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gros, flagrant, choquant

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egregious

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secouler (time)

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to elapse

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exultation, joie, alegresse

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elation

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etre transporté de joie

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to be elated

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assez âgé

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elderly

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les personnes âgées

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the elderly

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le vieillissement

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ageing

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susciter, faire dire

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to elicit

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scellé, fixé dans

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embedded in

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escroquer, detourner des fonds

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to embezzle

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escroc

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embezzler

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detournement de fonds

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embezzlement

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incarner

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to embody

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incarnation

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embodiment

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urgence

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emergency

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emerger

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to emerge

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pays emergengs

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the emerging countries

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souligner, insister sur

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to emphasize

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accent

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emphasis

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mettre l’accent sur

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to lay emphasis/lay stress on

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employer, embaucher

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to employ

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employeur

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employer

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salarié

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employee

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lemploi

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employment

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un emploi

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a job

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travailleur independant, artisan

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(to be) self-emoloyed

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employé de bureau

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an office worker / white collar worker

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petit personnel d’un bureau, magasin

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clerk

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autoriser ou donner à qq le pv / rendre plus fort, confiant

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to empower

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entourer, inclure

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to encompass

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un rapport complet

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an all-encompassing report

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une personne comprehensive

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an understanding person

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empiéter sur

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to encroach on

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s’efforcer de, s’appliquer à faire qqch

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to endeavor to do sth

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un effort, une tentative

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an endeavor

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souscrire à, approuver, endosser (cheque)

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to endorse

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appliquer, faire obeir, respecter

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to enforce

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promulguer une loi

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to enact a law

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embaucher

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to engage

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etre en train de faire qqch

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to be engaged in doing sth

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se fiancer

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to be engaged

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ingénieur

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engineer

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faire des etudes d’ingénieur

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to study engineering

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ecole d’ingerieur

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engineering school

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diriger, mettre sur pied

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to engineer a projecf

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restructuration

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re-engineering / restructuring

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etre absorbé par, plongé dans

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to be engrossed in

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un livre prenant

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an engrossing book

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mettre en valeur, rehausser la valeur de qqch, valoriser, augmenter

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to enhance

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valorisation, VA

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enhancement

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(s’)engager, (s’)enroler (dans), recruter

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to enlist

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s’incrire, inscrire qq

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to enrol(l)

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inscription

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enrol(l)ment

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comporter, necessiter

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to entail

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emmêlement, implication

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entanglement

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s’emmêler, se laisser entrainer

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to be, get entangled

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demeler

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to disentangle

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etre impliqué dans

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to be implicated in

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divertissement, amusement

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entertainment

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l’industrie du spectacle

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the entertainment industry

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une soiree amusante

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an entertaining evening

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une spectacle, une exposition

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a show

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une piece de théâtre

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a play

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cineaste, réalisateur de film

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play/film director / filmmaker

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fascinang, captivant, passionant

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enthralling

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captiver

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to enthrall

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un livre passionant

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an exciting, fascinating book

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recherche passionante

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exciting research

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un discours passioné

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an impassioned speech

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un amour passionné

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a passionate love affair

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etre passioné pour

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to habe a passionate interest in / to // be passionate / mad about

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seduire, leurrer

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to entice

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attrayant, tentant

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enticing

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le fait d’avoir droit à qqch / promgramme social qui garanti certains drits (SECU, U) / negatif qd privilege ou traitement special

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entitlement

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