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A travers (espace / temps)

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Throughout

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Faire la lumière sur

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To shed light on

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Pour / à mener

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To wage

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Semer le chaos

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To wreak havoc

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Déclencher quelque chose

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To spark something

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En cours

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Ongoing

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Une grève

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A strike

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Dans / au sein de

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Within

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Relever de

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To fall within

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Etats souverains

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Sovereign states

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Facilement / aisément

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Readily

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Plus large / plus vaste

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Broader

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Etroit

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Narrow

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Cela s’étend sur

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It spans

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Un domaine

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A realm

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Par / grâce à / à travers

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Through

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Chercher à

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To seek to

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L’ensemble des citoyens

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The citizenry

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Complétement

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Thoroughly

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Frappant / austère

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Stark

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Appréhender

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To grasp

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Il incarne

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Embodies

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Au dessus de

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Above

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Le long de

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Along

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En face de

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Opposite

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Dans (la rue)

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On

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En dessous

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Below

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L’élimination de

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The disposal of

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29
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Un refuge

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A shelter

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Crier / hurler

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To shriek

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(peser le) pour et le contre

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Pros and cons

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31
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Tondre

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To mow

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32
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La pelouse

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The lawn

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33
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Ce n’est pas au vieux singe qu’on apprend à faire la grimace

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

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34
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Accorder l’asile

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To grant asylum

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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

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An ounce of protection is worth a pound of core

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Raccrocher

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To hang up

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Comment ça se fait ?

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How come ?

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Rendre quelqu’un fou

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To drive someone crazy

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Je suis tout ouie

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I’m all ears

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Fier comme un coq

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Proud like a peacock

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Le bien être

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Welfare

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Intégré

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Embedded

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Nouveauté

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Novelty

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Tout à fait / totalement

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Utterly

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Par ailleurs

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Moreover / furthermore

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Une sonde

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A probe

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Une enquête / une question

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An inquiry

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Favoriser / encourager

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To foster

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Défendre / faire respecter

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To uphold

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Un aperçu

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An overview

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Double

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Twofold

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Sous-jacent

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Underlying

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Cadre (dans un cadre particulier)

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Framework

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Cependant

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However

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Balayer quelque chose

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To sweep away

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Modèle changeant

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Shifting pattern

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Nier

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To deny

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La portée / le champ d’application

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The scope

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Décliner

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To wane

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Des informations

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Insights

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Le tracé

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The plotting

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Le pèlerinage

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The pilgrimage

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Aparemment

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Seemingly

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Démenti

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Belied

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Un boulversement

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An upheaval

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Immense

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Sprawling

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Alimenter

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To fuel

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Fructueusement

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Fruitfully

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Enoncer / exposer

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To set out

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Représenté / décrit

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Portrayed

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Environ

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Roughly

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Intérieur

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Inland

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Côtier

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Coastal

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Superposé

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Overlapped

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Laïc

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Secular

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Renforcer

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To bolster

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Inventé par

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Coined by

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Au premier plan

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The fore

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Plus large

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Wider

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Mécontent

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Disgruntled

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Reconnaître

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Acknoledge

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De même / également

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Likewise

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Imbriqué

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Nested

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Mise en faillite / ruine

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Bankrupting