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Anglais Flashcards

1
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équité

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fairness

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égalité homme/femme

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gender equality

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hackneyed expression

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cliché/lieu commun

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to bestow upon

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accorder à/conférer à

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une crise financière endémique

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a rampant financial crisis

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une forme insidieuse de racisme

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a subtle form of racism

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découverte capitale

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a breakthrough

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rester en arrière

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to lag

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rat-race

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ambiance de compétition acharnée

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il a du cran

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he’s got guts

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to rule the roost

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faire la loi

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un poste de direction

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a ruling job

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un remaniement (politique)

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a reshuffle

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to envision

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imaginer/prévoir

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to swot

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bûcher/potasser qqchose

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a feat

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un exploit/une prouesse

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to be at loggerheads with

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être en désaccord avec

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a spendthrift

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un dépensier

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to squander

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dépenser/gaspiller

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une presse de bas étage/ à scandale

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gutter-press

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se passer de

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to spare

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sombrer dans le désespoir

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to sink into despair

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to be vile

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être exécrable

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to pick on

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harceler/ s’en prendre à

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suivre le mouvement

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to tag along

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faire des folies

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to go on a buying spree

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the underdog

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l’opprimé (économiquement ou socialement)

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crédule

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gullible

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le pouvoir de harcèlement (des enfants en matière de consommation)

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the pester power

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du berceau à la tombe

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from the cradle to the grave

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une tumulte

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an uproar

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to spawn

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engendre/faire naître

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33
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to pension off

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mettre à la retraite

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34
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se battre bec et ongle

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to fight tooth and nail

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albeit

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bien que + subj

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36
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ils forment une drôle de paire

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they are strange bedfellows

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37
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a fatality

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un victime/un blessé dans un accident

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38
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la fatalité

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the fate

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39
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prendre le dessus sur

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to gain the upper hand over

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40
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à chaque malheur quelque chose est bon

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every cloud has a silver lining

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41
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une bénédiction déguisée

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a blessing in disguise

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42
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the circulation

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le tirage (de journaux)

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un journal de qualité

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a broadsheet

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ruthless (adj)

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sans pitié

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qualm

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doute/scrupule/inquiétude/nausée

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le silence vaut mieux que les mots

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it is not worth any comments/Silence speaks much than words

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lowbrow/highbrow (adj)

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sans prétentions intellectuelles/pour intellectuels

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une dégradation/une dévalorisation

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a debasement

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49
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the output

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la production

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50
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la liberté d’expression

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freedom of speech

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51
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méprisable

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despicable

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52
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se prêter aux exigences de

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to pander to

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53
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ranimer/raviver

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to rekindle

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54
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le maintien

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the remaining

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55
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l’opposition travailliste

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the Labour opposition

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56
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un amendement proposant un referendum

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an amendment calling for a referendum

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57
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l’appartenance à

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the membership of

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58
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donner un nouveau souffle

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to give a new lease of life

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59
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parlementaire

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parliementary

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une défaite politique majeure

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a major political defeat/failure

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avoir aucune chance de

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have no chance of + V-ing

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garment

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vêtement

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égalité des chances

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equal opportunities

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64
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société à deux vitesses

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a two-tier society

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65
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HLM

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council flat

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66
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un sweat à capuche

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a hoodie

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67
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impressionnant/imposant

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awe-inspiring

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l’appartenance social

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the social belonging

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un bastion

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a stronghold

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prêter attention à

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to attend to

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gouvernement (GB)

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the Cabinet

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susciter/provoquer

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to arouse (aussi éveiller)

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une intervention

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a meddling

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impitoyablement

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ruthlessly

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sonder/examiner

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to probe

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rayon de bibliothèque

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bookshelf

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intimider/impressionner

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to overaw

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un professeur d’université (surtout de Oxford ou Cambridge)

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a don

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une halte

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a stopover

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dorloter/choyer

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to cosset

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save (préposition)

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sauf

82
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quartier déshérité

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inner city

83
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un voyeur

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a Peeping Tom

84
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confus/brouillé

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blurred

85
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la ligne de démarcation

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the borderline

86
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to take the hit seat

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être sur la sellette

87
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l’élite

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the upper class

88
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être à la traine

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to lag behind

89
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une maison de campagne

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a country estate

90
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un organisme semi-gouvernemental

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a quango

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annuler/abandonner (un projet)

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to axe

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réduire les dépenses

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to axe expenditure

93
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un collecteur de fonds

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a fundraiser

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être présumé

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to be alleged

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en plus de

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over and above

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petits boulots

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odd jobs

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la gestion des ordures

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waste management

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avoir de la suite dans les idées

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to be single-mindedness

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une thèse universitaire

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a doctoral thesis

100
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essuyer le plus fort l’attaque

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to bear the brunt of the assault

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nombre d’entre eux

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a good many of them

102
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elle démontre par son travail universitaire

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through her research at university

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récupération (de déchet)

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recycling ou retrieval (récupération d’objet)

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dégradant

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degrading

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d’un ton neutre

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matter-of-factly

106
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bygone (adj)

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passé, d’autrefois

107
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avoir des répercussions sur/mener des réflexions sur

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reflect on

108
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prêts hypothécaires

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mortgage

109
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un dirigeant syndical américain

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a major American labor leader

110
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le syndicat international des salariés du secteur tertiaire

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the Service Employees International Union

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hors de portée de millions de personnes

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unaffordable for millions

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faire passer

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to get across

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les modèles anciens

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the old templates

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de même

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likewise

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à égalité avec

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on a par with

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redresser la tête

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to hold one’s head high

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face à (opposition)

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confronted with

118
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langue natale

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mother tongue

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renforcer

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to strenghten

120
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principalement/surtout

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chiefly

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thrift

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économie

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to carve

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ciseler/sculpter/tailler

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c’était la vertu individuelle qui rendait possible la prospérité de tous.

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it was private virtue that made public prosperity possible.

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to store

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emmagasiner

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cueillir

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to gather

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en fin de compte

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ultimately

127
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un artisan

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a journeyman

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to farm

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cultiver/faire l’élevage de

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une tribu

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a tribe

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mighty

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puissant/imposant

131
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l’université d’origine d’une personne

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the alma mater

132
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passer un examen

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to sit (for) an exam

133
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le collège

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the secondary school

134
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un coup de force

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a power play

135
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une politique du coup de force

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a power politic

136
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un engagement/un soutien à une idée

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a comittment

137
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aux dires de tout le monde

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by all account

138
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harcèlement dans le milieu scolaire

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bullying

139
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échelons au seins de l’entreprise

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corporate ladder

140
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image de marque d’une entreprise

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corporate image

141
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il est dévoué à l’entreprise

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he’s a good corporate man

142
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se présenter aux élections

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to run/seek to office

143
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être au pouvoir

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to be in office

144
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ville natale

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hometown

145
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Aussi pessimiste que ça en a l’air

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However pessimistic it may seem

146
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comme toujours

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as always/as usual

147
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to harass

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harceler

148
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their office antics

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leur cirque au bureau

149
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turnover

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taux de renouvellement (parfois)

150
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to be hailed

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être acclamé/salué

151
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to throw one’s weight

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faire acte d’autorité

152
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les sous-fifres

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underlings

153
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to claw one’s way to the top

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se hisser en haut de l’échelle

154
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tantrum

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crise de colère

155
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friends and foe

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les amis comme les ennemis

156
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a waning

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un déclin

157
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to be hauled over the coal

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se faire passer un savon/se faire taper sur les doigts

158
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se cacher/se tapir (dans un but malveillant)

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to lurk

159
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misgiving

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inquiétude/doute

160
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to bring down

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abattre/détruire

161
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to cripple

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paralyser

162
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un lieu d’étude

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a place of learning

163
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the eager

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les fervents soutiens

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to jostle

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bousculer

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to sharpen

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aguiser/peaufiner

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empocher

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to pocket

167
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des vedettes

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top names

168
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embarquer/monter à bord

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to go aboard

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accidenté/victime

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casualty

170
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un humoriste (stand-up)

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a comedian

171
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légèrement/un peu

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slightly

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grenier

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attic

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ouragan

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hurricane

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une couche (bébé)

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a diaper

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once the engine of growth

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autrefois moteur de la croissance

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to move offshore

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être délocalisé à l’étranger

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