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1
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To move

A

Bouger

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2
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accentuate; accent; emphasize; stress; underline; underscore; highlight

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Souligner

La prochaine réforme ne s‘appliquera pas donc avant cette date, a souligné le premier ministre.

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3
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Hardly, only just

A

à peine

Il y a quelques jours à peine…

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4
Q

Growth

A

La croissance

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5
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Admire

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Vénérer

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6
Q

Shock

A

Le choc

Elle est encore sous le choc

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7
Q

Happiness

A

Le bonheur

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8
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To tear

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Déchirer

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9
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To admit

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Avouer

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10
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Mud

A

La boue

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11
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Peat

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La tourbe

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12
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Roots

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Les racines (f)

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13
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To shut up

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S’enfermer

Il s’est enfermé dans sa chambre

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14
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To prevent

A

Empêcher

L’empêchement - nous avons eu un empêchement de dernière minute

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15
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To grab

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S’emparer de

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16
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Roughness, grittiness, harshness

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Rudesse

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17
Q

Treatment

A

Les soins

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18
Q

Care

A

Le soin

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19
Q

The whole of

A

L’ensemble de

L’ensemble du personnel est en grève

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20
Q

Tme difference

A

La décalage horaire

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21
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To trace

A

Décalquer

22
Q

To grow again

A

Repousser

Ses cheveux ont repoussé

23
Q

To lie down

A

S’allonger

24
Q

Challenge

A

le défi

Je le mets au défi

25
Q

Regarding

A

Quant à

Quant au probleme de chauffage

26
Q

Grip

A

La prise

27
Q

To ingest or absorb

A

Ingérer

28
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Ostrich

A

L’autruche

29
Q

Growth

A

La croissance

Accepter une croissance faible ou un taux de croissance faible

30
Q

To move forward

A

Avancer

31
Q

Soft

A

Mou

32
Q

Rising

A

Moutant

D’inégalités montantes

33
Q

To collect

A

Relever

La relève (ensure the future / succession)

34
Q

To take on

A

Embaucher

35
Q

To wear out

A

Épuiser

Mort de épuisement

36
Q

Survey or investigation

A

L’enquête (f)

Enquêter

37
Q

Across the board

A

Tous azimuts

38
Q

Debt

A

La dette

39
Q

Crisis

A

La crise

40
Q

Head for disaster

A

On fonce dans le mur

41
Q

Dash to

A

Foncer

42
Q

To darken

A

Foncer

43
Q

To charge at

A

Foncer sur

44
Q

Tooth and nail

A

Bec et ongles
Les privilèges dont bénéficient aujourd’hui les baby-boomers et qu’ils défendent bec et ongles imposent un fardeau financier sur les nouvelles générations, préjudiciable sur le plan économique

45
Q

Burden

A

Fardeau

Un fardeau financier

46
Q

Scarcely

A

Ne….guère

47
Q

Outbreak

A

émeutes

Une manifestation spontanée

48
Q

To tempt , to try

A

Tenter

Tenter sa chance (try one’s luck)

Ça ne me tente vraiment peu d’aller à la piscine

49
Q

A balance sheet

A

Un bilan

50
Q

Assess (the situayion)

A

Faire le bilan de