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1
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Englober

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To encompass / to embrace

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Minimizer les repercussions de la crise

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To minimize / to play down / to down play the repercussions / backlashes / reverberations of the crisis

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Cela se r?sume ?

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It boils out to / it comes down to

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Venir ? bout d’un probl?me

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To solve / address / tackle / handle / come to grip / cope with / overcome / manage

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Vivre au jour le jour

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To lead / have a hand-to-mouth existence

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Se maintenir ? flot

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To keep one’s head above water / to keep the economy afloat

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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make ends meet

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Dans le contexte de la crise

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Against the background of the crisis / economic slump / recession / downturn / contraction / slowdown / meltdown

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D?verser de l’argent dans

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To poor money into

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Un plan de sauvetage

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A bailout / stimulus package / resume plan / recovery plan

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Cela engendre le racisme

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To trigger / entail / spark / result in / engender / fuel / to result in/from

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amertume

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Bitterness (/frustration / discontent)

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Dans la mesure o?

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Insofar = to the extend

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Jusqu’? (temps)

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Until

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Jusqu’? (il est all? jusqu’? dire)

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So far as to

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Prendre de l’ampleur / prendre de l’influence

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To gain/lose momentum/ground

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Corruption

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Corruption = bribery

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Un pot de vin

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A bribe

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Perte de confiance

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Suspicion = distrustfulness = loss of confidence

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Exigeant, stricte

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Firm

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Tomber sous les griffes de

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To fall into the grip of

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Des bobards

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Bamboozling

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Faire le sourd

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To turn a deaf hear / to turn a blind eye to smth

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Amener quelqu’un ? faire qqch

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To prompt someone to do something

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Apparement/visiblement

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Seemingly

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fl?au

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Plague / scourge

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Situation tr?s difficile, d?sesp?r?e

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Plight

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D?tricoter / d?faire

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Unravel = undo

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Faire voler en ?clat

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To smash

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Faire empirer la situation

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The cure would be worse as the disease = to make the situation even worst

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D?tendre, relaxer

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To loosen

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Serie de r?formes

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Scheme

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Largement r?pandu

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Widespread = widely-shared

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34
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Caprice

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Fantasies / whims / vagaries

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Sous l’influence de

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Under the yoke of

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Contre toute attente

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Against all odds

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Probl?me

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An issue / concern / matter / question

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38
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Un enjeu ? ce qui est en jeu

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A Stake ? what is at stake

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Un gros probl?me, qui touche tout le monde

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A major concern / an issue of major concern

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Les probl?mes que l’on subit

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The hardships

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On est vraiment mal barr? : situation dure/d?sesp

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To be in a predicament = plight

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Subir une ?preuve (vraiment dur : conflit, guerre)

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To undergo an ordeal

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Avoir des problems (pour une personne)

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To be in dire straits

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44
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Une dol?ance / complainte

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A grievance / complaint

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Disfonctionnement / d?faut

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A flaw

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46
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Insuffisance /

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A shortcoming

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Un ?chec / une faille

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A failure / failing

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48
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faiblesse

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A weakness

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49
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Les maux de la soci?t?

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The ills / evils of society

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Un obstacle

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A pitfall / hindrance / hurdle

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51
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Un frein

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A brake

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52
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/ un m?fait

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The wrongdoing / misdeed

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53
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Probl?me de management

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Mismanagement

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54
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D?faillance / dysfonctionnement (l’?conomie)

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A disruption

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55
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Troubles sociaux

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Social unrest

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56
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Faire des d?g?ts

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To cause/do damage

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57
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Endurer/subir des probl?mes

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To endure/suffer something

58
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Souffrir de qqch

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To suffer from something

59
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Saper les efforts de qqun

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To sap sby’s effort

60
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Ruiner les espoirs

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To dash hopes

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Emp?cher / ?touffer les efforts

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To hinder / stifle

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menacer

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To threaten / jeopardize

63
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Provoquer / engendrer

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To result in/from

64
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Les retomb?es

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The fallout

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S’engager ? faire qqch

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To be committed to doing stg / to pledge to do stg

66
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?tre totalement d?vou? ? faire qqch

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To commit oneself to doing something

67
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Avoir pour but de faire qqc ?????

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To strive to do stg

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Adherer ? / soutenir

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To adhere to values

69
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Soutenir renforcer

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To backup

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Pencher vers

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To be tilted / tipped in favour of

71
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Se ranger aux c?t?s de

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To side with / rally something

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Supporteur

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A supporter / defender

73
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D?sapprouver

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To disapprove something

74
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?tre reticent

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To be reluctant to do stg

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Reticent

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To resent doing stg

76
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?tre partag?

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To have mixed feelings about something

77
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?tre reserve

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To express reservations

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?tre prudent

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To be cautious

79
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Mais ?a n?cessite une nuance

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But this needs qualifying

80
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  • : inconv?nients
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+ : avantages

81
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A drawback

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A benefit

82
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A downside

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An upside

83
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A disadvantage

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An advantage

84
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The flip side of the coin (revers de la m?daille)

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An asset

85
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report?

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Postpone = delayed

86
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Une amie de longue date

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A long-standing friend

87
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Aussi jeune soit-il

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Young as he may be / young though he may be / However young he is

88
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Une grosse concentration

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An acute concentration of

89
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Une crise sans pr?c?dent

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An unprecedented crisis

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Un grand nombre = a lot of

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A large number of

91
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Un grand ?cart (entre riche et pauvre)

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A huge disparity

92
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Une id?e largement r?pandu

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A widespread idea/argument

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Faire de gros d?g?ts

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To cause serious damage to

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Un gros contraste

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A sharp contrast

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Un probl?me important

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A major concern

96
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Jouer un gros r?le

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To play a vital / crucial role

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Une question cl?

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A key issue

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Une croissance significative (grosse)

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A significant / substantial rise in

99
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Un ?v?nement important

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A meaningful event

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De grosses r?formes (qui balaient tout)

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Sweeping reforms

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Des consequences importantes (? haute port?e)

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A far-reaching consequences

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Une croissance importante

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A fast growth

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Faire de gros progr?s

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To make considerable progress

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De gros changements

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A profound / radical change

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Un ?v?nement tr?s important, historique, uniq

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An historic / unique event

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Un gros d?bat

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A fierce debate

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Quelqu’un d’important

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A leading / prominent / influential figure

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Un gros deficit (b?ant)

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A gaping deficit

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Une grosse dette

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A dizzying/heavy debt

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Un gros argument

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A sizeable argument

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To benefit sby / to benefit from sby / to benefit of sth

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Beneficial / positive

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Des arguments senc?s, utiles

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Sensible / valid arguments

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Une bonne d?cision

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The right decision

114
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Une mauvaise decision

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A wrong decision

115
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Avoir des mauvais r?sultats

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To get poor result

116
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Head of states / politicians / policy-makers / decision-makers / high officials

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Politique

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  • Citizens, voters, constituents, tax payers (contribuables), households (m?nages)
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Autres en dessous, qui ?lisent

118
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Consumers, purchasers, buyers

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Economique

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Web users/surfers/browsers (internautes)

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Nouvelles technologies, r?seaux sociaux

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TV-watchers, TV-viewers

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Television, media

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Employees, workers

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Travail

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Upper/lower middle class

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Categories sociales

123
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The wealthy

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Les riches

124
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The deprived (d?pourvus), needy (dans le besoin), the destitutes (pauvres ++)

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Les pauvres

125
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The squeezed middle

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Les moyens, ?cras?s

126
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The masses = 99%

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Les beaucoup de pas riches

127
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The few = the 1% = the elites = the Establishment

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Les plus riches

128
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The rich-poor gap is widening

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L’?cart entre riches et pauvres s’?largit

129
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To advocate something

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Pr?coniser quelque chose

130
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Domestic policy

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Politique int?rieure

131
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Incumbent mayor

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Maire sortant

132
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A landslide victory

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Une victoire ?crasante

133
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To pay lip service to stg

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Pr?ter attention en fa?ade seulement

134
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To be on the stump (US)

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?tre en tourn?e ?lectorale

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The latter

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Ce dernier

136
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The former

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Ce premier

137
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Lenient

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Laxiste

138
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Ruthless / thought

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Stricte/dure

139
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Two sided / double-edged

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Double tranchant

140
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To prevail

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?tre plus important/ prevaloir

141
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Devolution

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D?centralisation

142
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To live on the benefit

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Vivre d’allocations

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