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serment de couronnement

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coronation oath

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cour d’appel

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Court of Appeals

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décadence

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decay

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promulgation

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enactment

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droit de vote

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franchise

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chevalerie

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knighthood

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menotté

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manacled

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moeurs

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mores

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pompe, apparat (cortège)

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pageantry

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faire avancer

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press (to) ahead

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mêlée de partis politiques

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party fray

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surpasser, l’emporter sur

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prevail over

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dépouillé de

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shorn of

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principes de base

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core values and principles

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englober

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to encompass

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entrelacé

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intertwinded

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être amoindri

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to be undermined

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hautain

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aloof

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union douanière

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customs union

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esprit d’entreprise

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entrepreneurial spirit

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donner l’impulsion à

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to give an impetus to

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influent

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influential

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nationaliste

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jingoistic

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perspicace

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perceptive

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repousser

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to rebuff

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rivaliser

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to vie (with)

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adoucir, soulager

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to alleviate

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combler l’écart

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to bride the gap

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tranché (argument)

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clear-cut

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décrier, déprécier

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to disparage

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opprimés

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down-trodden

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membre d’un cabinet fantôme

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frontbencher

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base (parti politique)

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grassroot

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parlement sans majorité

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hung Parliament

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dépendre de

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to be reliant upon

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parti au pouvoir

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ruling party

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principe

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tenet

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rendre hommage

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to pay tribute to

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chef de file (parti)

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whip

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intimider qn

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to browbeat sb

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ténacité

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doggedness

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se brouiller avec qn à propos de qch

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to fall out with sb over sth

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surmonter un obstacle

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to clear a hurdle

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marge de manoeuvre

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leeway

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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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décider une élection anticipée

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to call a snap election

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un dogme

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a tenet

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huissier

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bailiff

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préparer le barreau

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to read for the Bar

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avocat à la court

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a barrister

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dogmatisme à oeillères

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blinkered dogmatism

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priver qn de ses droits

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to disfranchise sb

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la magistrature

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the judicature

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aduler qn

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to lionize sb

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rénover (pol)

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to rebrand

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corruption, caractère sordide

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sleaze

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politique de l’offre

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supply-side policies

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éducation

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upbringing

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allocation

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allowance, benefit

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facteur dissuasif

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disincentive

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s’amenuiser

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to dwindle

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allocation à laquelle on a droit

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entitlement

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hors de propos

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irrelevant

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fragmentaire, décousu (adj)

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piecemeal (approach)

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misère, condition sordide

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squalor (to live in squalor)

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syndicalisation

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unionization

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grossiste

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wholesaler

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arriéré

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backlog

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aspects négatifs

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downsides

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d’une portée considérable (adj)

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far-reaching

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test décisif, mise à l’épreuve

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litmus test (of their principles)

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médecin généraliste

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general practitioner

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sage-femme

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midwife

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indépendamment de

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without regard to

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minable (adj)

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shabby

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travailler d’arrache-pied

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to work flat out

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circonscription

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constituency

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processus de décision

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decision-making

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séparer qn de

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to estrange sb from

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révolutionnaire (adj)

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ground-breaking

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au commencement

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from the outset

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débats d’une assemblée

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proceedings

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acerbe

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scathing

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industries de M1

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staple industries

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résultat (c’est que..)

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the upshot (is that..)

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présider

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to chair

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cupide

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covetous

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monotonie

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dreariness

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attrait

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lure

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bastion

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outpost

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parachutiste

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paratrooper

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cocktail Molotov

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petrol bomb

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frénétique

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frenetic, frantic

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rançon

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ransom

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s’en prendre à

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to rail against

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éclabousser

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to spatter (sb with sth/ sth over sb)

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faire naufrage

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to be wrecked

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bourse d’étude

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scholarship (US), grant (GB)

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tomber la tête la première

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to fall headlong

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maître de conf

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lecturer

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sans compter

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let alone

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se spécialiser dans (cours)

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to major in

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étudiant en thèse

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a postgraduate

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autodidacte

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self-educated

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séminaire

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seminar

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formation professionnelle

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vocational training

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universitaire (adj/n)

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academic, scholar, pundit

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obliger, contraindre

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to compel

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se surpasser

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to excel oneself (ironic too)

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garder la forme

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to keep fit

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randonnée

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rambling (a ramble)

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détermination

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ruthlessness

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course d’obstacles (sport)

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steeplechase

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synonymes de bizarre ou excentrique

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barmy, bonkers, cranky, outlandish, quaint, queer, quirky,

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fantasque

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whimsical

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bouffoneries

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antics

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sourciller

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to bat an eyelid

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bourgeois de gauche (intello)

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chattering classes

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sermonner

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to harangue

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marelle

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hopscotch

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monotone

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humdrum

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absurde

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Pythonesque

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sans domicile fixe

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no fixed abode

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banlieusard

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commuter

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HLM

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council flat

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manquement, abandon

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dereliction (of duty)

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incarner

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to epitomize, to embody, to exemplify

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manoir

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mansion

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maison jumelée

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semi-detached house

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soupe populaire

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soup kitchen

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sports sanguinaires

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bloodsports

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littoral (n)

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coastline

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protection (environnement)

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conservation

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se débarrasser de

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to dispose of

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pêche et chasse

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field sports

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sentier

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footpath

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nocif

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noxious

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qui épuise la couche d’ozone

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ozone-depleting

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139
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agiter l’opinion publique

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to stir public opinion

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140
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usine de traitement des ordures

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waste disposal plant

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respect des faits, de la vérité

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accuracy

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142
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journal plein format (qualité)

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broadsheet (newspaper)

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code de dontologie

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code of practice, ethics

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divulguer

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to disclose

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rédacteur en chef/ éditeur

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editor / publisher

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presse à scandale

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gutter press

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atteinte à la vie privée

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invasion of privacy

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façonner les opinions

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to mould opinions

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magnat

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tycoon

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décerner un prix à

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to award a prize to

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jouer dans

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to feature

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heure de gloire

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heyday

153
Q

film de mauvaise qualité

A

shoddy film

154
Q

décrire quelqu’un sans embellissement (fidèle à la réalité, avec tous ses défauts

A

to describe sb warts and all

155
Q

fidélité, obéissance

A

allegiance

156
Q

évêque

A

bishop

157
Q

chrétienté

A

Christendom

158
Q

un pratiquant

A

a churchgoer

159
Q

séparation de l’Eglise et de l’Etat

A

disestablishment

160
Q

laïcs

A

laity

161
Q

laïque

A

layman

162
Q

laïcisation

A

secularization

163
Q

rompre les liens

A

to sever the links

164
Q

liberté de culte

A

freedom of worship

165
Q

triste

A

bleak

166
Q

restauration

A

catering business

167
Q

quartier déshérité

A

inner city

168
Q

isoler

A

to insulate

169
Q

être motivé par (dicté par)

A

to be prompted by

170
Q

essentialiste

A

essentialist

171
Q

occuper des postes importants

A

to hold top jobs

172
Q

corvées ménagères

A

household chores

173
Q

domaines réservés aux hommes

A

male-dominated fields

174
Q

garderie

A

playgroup

175
Q

solidarité féminine

A

sisterhood

176
Q

embrasser une carrière

A

to take up a career

177
Q

âge de la majorité sexuelle

A

age of consent

178
Q

outrage au moeurs

A

gross indecency

179
Q

modèle qui consiste à se conformer aux modèles de féminité et masculinité imposé par la société

A

gender behaviour

180
Q

Lesbiennes, Gays, Bisexuels et Transgenres

A

LGBT

181
Q

chasse au pédés

A

queer-chasing

182
Q

crime contre nature (sodomie)

A

unnatural offence

183
Q

jouir de l’aura de

A

to bask in the glow of

184
Q

au nom de

A

on behalf of

185
Q

révoquer

A

to repeal

186
Q

référendum

A

ballot initiative

187
Q

projet de loi/ loi adoptée

A

bill/ act

188
Q

Système d’équilibre des pouvoirs

A

checks and balances

189
Q

empiètement (droit)

A

encroachment

190
Q

Pères fondateurs (US)

A

Founding Fathers

191
Q

aller voter

A

to go to the polls

192
Q

rigoureux

A

stringent

193
Q

qui affecte toutes les tendances politiques

A

across the political spectrum

194
Q

agir en coulisses

A

to act behind the scenes

195
Q

faire avancer son pdv

A

to advance one’s position

196
Q

améliorer son image

A

to burnish/restrore one’s image

197
Q

faire des dons à des organisations humanitaires

A

to contribute to charities

198
Q

faire passer un message

A

to convey a message

199
Q

le peuple

A

the grass roots

200
Q

présage

A

harbinger

201
Q

contrôler

A

to hold in check

202
Q

siège des lobbies à DC

A

K Street

203
Q

défendre son pdv

A

to make one’s case

204
Q

homme d’influence,

A

power broker

205
Q

tirer les ficelles

A

to pul strings

206
Q

servir ses propres intérêts

A

to serve one’s own goals

207
Q

contrecarrer

A

to stymie (informal)

208
Q

organisme de contrôle

A

watchog

209
Q

attaque en règle

A

all-out assault

210
Q

croyance religieuse

A

creed

211
Q

discours incitant à la haine

A

fighting words

212
Q

la loi du plus fort

A

might makes right

213
Q

individualisme acharné

A

rugged individualism

214
Q

signe annonciateur

A

omen

215
Q

à cran

A

overwrought

216
Q

être éloquent

A

to speak volumes

217
Q

recroquevillé

A

huddled

218
Q

étouffer (entraver)

A

to stifle

219
Q

instabilité

A

unrest

220
Q

arriviste

A

upstart

221
Q

aspirer à la liberté

A

to yearn to be free

222
Q

racheter une entreprise

A

to buy up a firm

223
Q

prendre position

A

to get off the fence

224
Q

radeau de fortune

A

makeshift raft

225
Q

frontière poreuse

A

porous border

226
Q

créer une entreprise

A

to set up a business

227
Q

franchir la frontière clandestinement

A

to sneak across the border

228
Q

immigrés illégaux

A

the undocumented/ illegals

229
Q

interventionnisme de l’Etat

A

Big government

230
Q

corne d’abondance

A

cornucopia

231
Q

folie des grandeurs

A

delusions of grandeur

232
Q

puissance écrasante (fig), gros poids lourds (lorry)

A

juggernaut

233
Q

moissonneuse

A

reaping machine

234
Q

venter les mérites de

A

to tout

235
Q

phare

A

beacon, lighthouse

236
Q

mastodonte

A

benemoth

237
Q

mot à la mode

A

buzz word

238
Q

une jeune entreprise

A

a fledging business

239
Q

énorme, balaise

A

humongous

240
Q

spécialiste du capital risque

A

venture capitalist

241
Q

rétrocession

A

handover

242
Q

marchandises, biens

A

wares

243
Q

Destinée manifeste

A

Manifest Destiny

244
Q

faire partie intégrante

A

to be part and parcel of

245
Q

une lueur (phare) d’espoir

A

a beacon of hope

246
Q

marée

A

tide

247
Q

euphémisme pour ségrégation

A

separate-but-equal doctrine

248
Q

toucher la corde sensible de qn

A

to strike a chord with sb

249
Q

être synonyme de

A

to be a byword for

250
Q

politique d’embauche juste

A

fair hiring practices

251
Q

effacer les différences, donner les mêmes chances

A

to level the playing field

252
Q

se faire tout seul

A

to pull oneself up by one’s own bootstraps

253
Q

diffamation raciale

A

racial slur

254
Q

en effervescence

A

abuzz

255
Q

cible du racisme

A

butt of racism (to be the)

256
Q

se détacher progressivement

A

to drift apart

257
Q

fierté d’appartenir à un groupe ethnique

A

ethnic pride

258
Q

s’adapter à

A

to fit in with

259
Q

infortuné, misérable

A

wretched

260
Q

humiliant, dégradant

A

demeaning

261
Q

ordre hiérarchique

A

pecking order

262
Q

plaisanter (idiom)

A

to speak tongue in cheek

263
Q

cantonner à certains rôles

A

typecasting

264
Q

fidélisation de la clientèle

A

customer loyalty

265
Q

le corps professoral

A

the faculty

266
Q

entremêler

A

intertwine

267
Q

salut (rel.)

A

salvation

268
Q

prêche télévisé

A

televangelism

269
Q

slogan

A

catchphrase

270
Q

ahurissant

A

dumbfounding

271
Q

contribuer à

A

to be instrumental in

272
Q

méli-mélo

A

mish-mash

273
Q

escarmouche

A

skirmish

274
Q

preuve flagrante

A

smoking gun

275
Q

se vanter de

A

to brag about

276
Q

le couloir de la mort

A

the death row

277
Q

procédure légale régulière

A

a due process of law

278
Q

examen de conscience

A

soul searching

279
Q

acharnement médiatique

A

feeding-frenzy

280
Q

étouffer une affaire

A

to hush/cover up an affair

281
Q

méfait

A

misdeed

282
Q

surnom de Richard Nixon

A

Tricky Dicky

283
Q

cacher des preuves

A

to withhold evidence

284
Q

allocation familiale

A

child support

285
Q

vivre en parasite

A

to freeload (freeloader)

286
Q

taux de chômage

A

jobless figures

287
Q

indigent

A

pauper

288
Q

seuil de pauvreté

A

poverty line

289
Q

éclipser qn en lui coupant l’herbe sous le pied

A

to steal sb’s thunder

290
Q

dérivés

A

derivates

291
Q

actions

A

equities, shares, stocks

292
Q

Première cotation en bourse

A

IPO (Initia Public Offering)

293
Q

agent de change

A

stockbroker

294
Q

la bourse

A

the stock market

295
Q

peu maniable

A

unwieldy

296
Q

politique d’austérité

A

belt-tightening policy

297
Q

mesures d’austérité

A

cost-cutting measures

298
Q

coopération transfrontalière

A

cross-border cooperation

299
Q

sous couver (costume) de

A

in the garb of

300
Q

entraver le commerce

A

to hamper trade

301
Q

savoir-faire

A

know-how, expertise

302
Q

sonner le glas de qch

A

to sound the death knell of sth

303
Q

acteur qui assure le succès d’un film

A

bankable actor

304
Q

conférer à

A

to bestow on

305
Q

pomme de discorde

A

bone of contention

306
Q

sens des affaires

A

businnces acumen

307
Q

entrer en lice, dans la bataille

A

to enter, join the fray

308
Q

qui dépasse l’imagination

A

mind-boggling

309
Q

donner une bonne image de

A

to reflect well on

310
Q

énième

A

umpteenth (for the)

311
Q

déconcertant

A

unnerving

312
Q

processus de catharsis

A

cathartic process

313
Q

mener un combat perdu d’avance

A

to fight a loosing battle

314
Q

fantassin

A

grunt

315
Q

imposer un embargo

A

to impose an embargo (to lift)

316
Q

régime fantoche

A

puppet regime

317
Q

s’emparer d’un pays

A

to sweep across a country

318
Q

rétablir des relations (pays)

A

to resume relations

319
Q

contestable

A

disputable, questionable, debatable

320
Q

une entaille

A

a gash

321
Q

être au comble de la douleur

A

overwhelmed with grief

322
Q

faire la lumière sur

A

to shed light on sth

323
Q

question épineuse

A

a thorny, delicate, sensitive, touchy issue

324
Q

politique de rapprochement

A

a rapprochement policy

325
Q

ramener qn à la raison

A

to bring sb to heel

326
Q

opération clandestine

A

covert operation

327
Q

connaissances flous

A

fuzzy knowledge

328
Q

fomenter un complot

A

to hatch a plot

329
Q

se battre par personne interposée

A

to fight by proxy (ies)

330
Q

organiser un coup d’état

A

to stage a coup

331
Q

abattre un mur

A

to tear down a wall

332
Q

l’Axe du Mal

A

the Axis of Evil

333
Q

endeuillé

A

bereaved

334
Q

châtier

A

to chastise

335
Q

coalition des pays volontaires

A

coalition of the willing

336
Q

séterniser

A

to drag on

337
Q

impliquer

A

to embroil (to become embroiled in)

338
Q

semer la peur

A

fear-mongering

339
Q

horrible

A

gruesome

340
Q

tromper qn (pr qu’il fasse qch)

A

to hoodwink (sb into doing sth)

341
Q

projet d’attentats terroristes

A

terrorist plot

342
Q

mettre un frein à (inflation, pers)

A

to rein in sth

343
Q

consolation, consoler

A

solace

344
Q

secousse

A

tremort

345
Q

resté lettre morte

A

unheeded

346
Q

lassitude provoquée par la guerre

A

war weariness

347
Q

empiéter sur

A

to impinge on

348
Q

manifs

A

demos

349
Q

lointain

A

remote, distant

350
Q

disparition (formal)

A

demise

351
Q

absurde, grotesque

A

preposterous

352
Q

bidon, factice

A

bogus (argument, company)

353
Q

terre-à-terre, quelconque (voire sans intérêt)

A

mundane (reality, task)

354
Q

semblable

A

alike

355
Q

écumer, mousser (baver de rage)

A

to froth (to froth at the mouth)

356
Q

parcourir, faire le tour

A

to roam

357
Q

gauchisant, droitisant

A

left/right-leaning (voters)

358
Q

récupérer (technique, notamment info)

A

retrieve

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