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confier qch à qnn

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to entrust sb with sth (confiance)

to entrust sth to sb (matériel)

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faire pencher la balance en faveur de/contre

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to tilt the balance in favour of/away from [politician, party, measure]

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imitation ou usurpation d’identité

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impersonation

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non encadré

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unsupervised

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le décompte est fait (votes)

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the tally is in (to make a)

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fantasque

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fanciful

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se cramponner à

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to cling to

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camé, accro

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hooked

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apaiser, calmer (douleur, maladie)

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to soothe

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faire des pieds et des mains

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to jump/go through hoops

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tardivement

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belatedly

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apporter du réconfort, consolation

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to bring solace

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être enlisé, embourbé dans

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to be mired in (a scandal)

The Democratic front­runner is mired in a scandal of her own nurturing

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of her own nurturing

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qu’elle a elle-même nourri

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la question de l’inné et de l’acquis

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the nature nurture debate

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de son plein gré

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of her own free will

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se régaler de, profiter de

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to feast upon sth (political error)

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excessif, déraisonable

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unconscionnable

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demander l’autorisation, la permission

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to seek clearance for

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un as en informatique

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a computer whizz, IT whizz

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outrepasser des règles

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to override rules

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dénicher, déterrer (fig)

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to dredge sth up

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endormir qn, donner un faux sentiment

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to lull sb (into doing)

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vanter qch avec excès

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to be fulsome in one’s praise of sth

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obscursir

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to obfuscate (make unclear/ cloud)

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saboter, miner, subevertir

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to subvert (rivalry)

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gov’t activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies, especially under the US antitrust laws.

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trustbuster

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monstrueux, diabolique

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fiendish

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trésors, trouvailles

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troves

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petit restaurant

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eatery

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payer la facture pour

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to foot the bill for

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affluer

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to flock (to)

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33
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Uber

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the ride-hailing app

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trouble, glauque

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murky

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fallacieux

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spurious

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convenable

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pAlatable

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méthodique, ordonné

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orderly

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38
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parti marginal

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fringe party

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39
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signe annonciateur

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harbinger (fo sth)

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maigre, faible

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scant (evidence)

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41
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passioné

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impassioned

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42
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mettre une entrave à

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to curtail sth

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43
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to take a sledgehammer to sth

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écraser qch du point (fig)

North Korea has taken a sledgehammer to all of the regular rules of nuclear deterrence.

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asperger

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to drench sb (in perfume)

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45
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minerai

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ore

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46
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inciter

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to spur sb to do

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47
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railleries

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taunts

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48
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troquer contre

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to barter (sth) for

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las

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weary of

50
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ennui, manque d’intérêt

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tedium

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renfrogné, morne

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sullen

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lancer

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to hurl (to hurl accusations at sb)

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se jeter dans

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to hurl oneself into

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dépourvu de

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bereft of

55
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s’accroupir

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to hunker down

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impasse

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stand-off, stalemate

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lueur de

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flicker of

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porte-drapeau, défenseur

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standard-bearer

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affirmation de soi

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assertiveness

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prendre qn au dépourvu

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to catch sb flat-footed (inf), to catch sb off guard

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lanceur de mode

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trendsetter

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sans en porter le nom

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in all but name

Spain is a federal state in all but name

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divinité

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deity

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se précipiter

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to scurry

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déchiré par

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to be riven by

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ligne de fracture

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a fault line

67
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doyen

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dean

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directeur, gardien

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warden

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abominablement

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abysmally

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répit

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respite

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fourberie

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a cunning

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courroux

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wrath

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récolter ce qu’on a semé

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to reap what one has sown

74
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planer sur

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hover over

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infortuné

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hapless

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assailli

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embattled

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rendre qn nerveux

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to unnerve sb

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partake in

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participer à

79
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avoir les moyens de faire qch

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to have the wherewithal to do sth

80
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propension à

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proclivity to/for/towards

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juste à temps

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in the nick of time

82
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tenir compte de

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to heed sth

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en deçà de qch

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to fall short of sth

84
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faire de la place à

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to make way for

85
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distinguer le vrai du faux

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to tell truth from falsehood

86
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museler

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to muzzle sb

87
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renversement (pol)

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the overthrow (of)

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considérer que

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to deem that

To deem sb worthy/ my speech was deemed the best

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inoffensif

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innocuous

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louable

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laudable

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interdit, en zone interdite

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off-limits

92
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langue de bois

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stonewalling (to use double speak)

93
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politiquement correct

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political correctness

94
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le socle

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the bedrock

95
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l’erreur est humaine

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to err is human

96
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sans retenue, entraves

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unfettered

97
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Areopagitica

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A prose polemical tract by the English poet, scholar, and polemical author John Milton (1644) opposing licensing and censorship. Areopagitica is among history’s most influential and impassioned philosophical defences of the principle of a right to freedom of speech and expression.

Today, Areopagitica is regarded as one of the most eloquent defences of press freedom ever written – and as one of the most influential, because many of its expressed principles have formed the basis for modern justifications.

98
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devenir plus endurci (peau)

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to grow a tougher hide

99
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blocus

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blockade

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En cause sont

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At issue are…

101
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forcer l’adoption

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to ram through (a law)

102
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lamentable

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dismal

103
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céder

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to cave in (vi)

104
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Le résultat inverse est bien plus probable

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Far likelier is the opposite outcome

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prodigieux

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staggering

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louche

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dodgy

107
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éclipser, battre à plate couture, damer le pion

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to run rings around someone

108
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purifier, nettoyer

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to cleanse

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affliger qn

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to ail someone

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être mal en point (entrep)

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to be ailing

111
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réserver qch pour qn

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to earmark sth for sb

112
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la caractéristique

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the earmark of

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usé jusqu’à la corde adj.

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threadbare

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sclérose (fig)

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ossification

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piètre

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meagre

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faire tourner dans sa tête, réflchir

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to mull sth

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pacifiste

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dovish

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être préparé à faire qch

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to be brace for sth/to do

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sursis, répit

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reprieve

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réorganiser, rajeunir

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to revamp (rebrand, modernize)

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léthargique, fin. qui stagne

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sluggish

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discordance

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mismatch

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