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1
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bavard (2)

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talkative, chatty

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marmonner

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to mumble

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pousser un cri perçant

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to shriek

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brailler

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to brawl

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grogner

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to grunt

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sonore (2)

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sonorous, resonant

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bavard, loquace

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garrulous

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volubile = bavard

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voluble (ˈvɑljəbəl)

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bavarder, papoter

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to chatter

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un moulin à paroles (3)

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a chatterer

a chatterbox

a windbag

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se vanter de qch

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to boast about sth

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vantard

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boastful

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fanfaronner au sujet de qch

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to brag about sth

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un lapsus

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  • a slip of the tongue

- a Freudian slip

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une gaffe

  • faire une grosse bourde
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a blunder

  • to blunder badly
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discourir sans fin

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to ramble on

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rabâcher, ressasser

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to harp on a subject

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sec (ton)

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curt

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litote, euphémisme

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an understatement

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postillonner

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to splutter

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manger ses mots

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to slur one’s words

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parler à voix basse

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to speak under one’s breathe

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d’une voix rassurante

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in a soothing voice

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à voix basse

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in a quiet voice

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tourner autour du pot

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to beat about the bush

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la formulation

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wording

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une expression, locution

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a phrase

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mettre entre parenthèse

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to bracket

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un tiret

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a dash

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laisser un blanc

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to leave a blank

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mettre qn au courant de qch

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to acquaint sby with sth

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faire remarquer qch à qn

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to point out sth to sby

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faire allusion à qch

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to allude to sth

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sans fondement

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groundless

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un refus catégorique

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a flat refusal

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déplorable

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deplorable

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dominateur, despotique, autoritaire

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domineering

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redoutable, impressionnant

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formidable

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céder, se soumettre

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to yield

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une simple suggestion

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a mere suggestion

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le chantage affectif

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emotional blackmail

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une crèche, une garderie

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a daycare center

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une école des beaux-arts

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an art college

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une faculté des lettres et sciences humaines

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an arts college

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les frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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les équipements de recherche

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research facilities

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une bourse d’études (selon revenus)

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a grant

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une bourse d’études (selon résultats)

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a scholarship

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un trimestre

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a term

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un cours (2)

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a period, a class

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une séquence de cours

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a course

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un maître de conférence

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a lecturer

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un surligneur

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a highlighter

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l’enseignement professionnel

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vocational education

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arts et sciences humaines

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liberal arts

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réviser (for exam)

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to revise (aï)

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additionner

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to add

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soustraire

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to substract

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bachoter (2)

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to swot

to cram

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turbulent

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boisterous

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le chahut dans la classe

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mayhem in class

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distrait, étourdi

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absent-minded

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copier sur

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to crib (from)

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l’antisèche

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a crib

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gronder

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to chide = réprimander (dated)

to scold

to tell off

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la retenue, la colle

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detention

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faire l’appel

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to call the roll

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faire l’école buissonnière

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to play truant

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cultivé

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knowledgeable

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instruit, savant

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learned (id)

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un cancre

  • être nul/nulle en maths
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a dunce

  • to be a dunce at maths
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redoubler

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to repeat a year

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se faire coller à un examen, rater

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to flunk an exam

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repasser une 2e session

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to resit

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la culture général

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general knowledge

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ne pas être au niveau

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to be below standard

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bulletin scolaire

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school report

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contrôle continu

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continuous assessment

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un concours

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a competitive exam

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un examen blanc

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a mock exam

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un concours d’entrée

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an entrance examination

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un surdoué

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a whizz kid

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autodidacte (2)

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self-educated / self-taught

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être un puit de science

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to be a font of knowledge

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un rat de bibliothèque

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a book worm

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86
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soutenir une tèse

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to defend a PhD

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laïque

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lay

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laïcité

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secularism

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un pratiquant

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a churchgoer

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se signer

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to cross oneself

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jeûner

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to fast

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les Evangiles

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the Gospels

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le jour du jugement dernier

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doomsday

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casher

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kosher

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un kiosque à journaux

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a newsstand

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un journal de qualité

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a broadsheet

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un torchon (journal)

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a rag

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une chronique

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a column

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un éditorial (2)

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an editorial, a leader

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un article de fond

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a feature

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une coquille

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a misprint

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falsifier

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to tamper

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étouffer qch

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to hush sth up

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la presse de caniveau

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the gutter press

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faire la une des journaux

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to hit the headlines

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l’actualité

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currents events / affairs

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une question d’actualité

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a topical issue

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le battage médiatique

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media hype

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capter (signal, broadcast)

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to pick up

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le destinataire

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the addressee

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emballer

l’emballage

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to wrap

the wrap

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l’expéditeur

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the sender

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le code postal

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the postcode

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un écran tactile

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a touchscreen

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des écouteurs

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earphones

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un casque (musique)

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a headphone

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composer un numéro

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to dial a number

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occupée (ligne) (2)

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engaged, busy

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couper (phone)

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to cut off

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un réveil (phone)

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an alarm-clock

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une lettre recommandée

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a registered letter

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rappeler qn.

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to return a call

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mettre en page

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to lay out

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une clé USB

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an USB flash drive

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un raccourci clavier

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a hot key

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un dossier (computer)

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a file folder

127
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un homme politique de gauche

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a left-winger

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réactionnaire

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reactionary

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pur et dur (adj.)

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hard-line

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une promesse (vote)

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a pledge

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une impasse (2)

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a deadlock, a stalemate

132
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le droit de vote

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franchise

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accorder le droit de vote

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to enfranchise

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un programme (électoral)

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a platform

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la participation

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the turnout

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le résultat (élection)

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the outcome

137
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le taux d’abstention

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the abstention rate

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un député

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an MP

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présider

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to chair

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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une loi votée

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an act

142
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la fonction publique

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the civil service

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un fonctionnaire

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a civil servant

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la paperasserie

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the red tape

145
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un remaniement

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a reshuffle

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faire marche arrière

  • il revient toujours sur ce qu’il dit
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to back pedal

  • he’s always back pedalling
147
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prendre un bain de foule

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to press the flesh

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un tribunal

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a court

149
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une décision de justice

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a ruling

150
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la pension alimentaire

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alimony

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porter plainte

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to lodge a complaint

152
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la jurisprudence

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case law

153
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un chantier

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a building site

154
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classé (monument)

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listed

155
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moderniser

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to upgrade

156
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une ville

une grande ville

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a town

a city

157
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un citadin

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a city-dweller

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s’étendre (ville)

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to sprawl

159
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un arrondissement

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a borough

160
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un quartier

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a district

161
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des HLM (2)

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council flats (UK)

Low-rent apartments (US)

162
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un réverbère (2)

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a lamppost, a streetlight

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un abribus

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a bus-shelter

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les égouts

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sewerage (ˈsuərɪdʒ)

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un bâtiment classé

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a listed building

166
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une place

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a square

167
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une place circulaire

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a circus = Picadilly Circus

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un quai (près d’un fleuve)

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an embankment

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le bord du trottoir

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the kerb

170
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le caniveau

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the gutter

171
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un passage piéton

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a pedestrian crossing

172
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des pavés

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cobblestones

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un passage souterrain

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an underpass

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une bouche d’égoût

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a manhole

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un bac à sable

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a sandpit

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un toboggan

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a slide

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une balançoire

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a swing

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les pompiers

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the fire brigade

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une maison de retraite

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an old people’s home

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une station service

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a petrol station

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grouillant

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bustling

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débordant de vie

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vibrant

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fou, endiablé

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hectic

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sale, crasseux

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grimy

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un passant

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passer-by

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un clochard (2)

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a tramp, a bump

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une circulation incessante

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relentless traffic

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une rue embouteillée

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a congested street

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une petite rue (2)

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a back street, a side street

190
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un balayeur

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a street cleaner

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une piste cyclable

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a bike lane

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une impasse (city)

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a blind alley

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un trou, un bled paumé (3)

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a dump

the boondocs = la cambrousse

the boonies = out in the boonies = cambrousse

194
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une situation critique

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a plight

195
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faire entrer clandestinement

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to smuggle

196
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mettre un frein à

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to curb

197
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un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

198
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faire fuir

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to drive away

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des perspectives prometteuses

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rosy prospects

200
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des perspectives sombres

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bleak prospects

201
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réaliser un rêve

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to fulfil a dream

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dépensier, qui jette l’argent par la fenêtre

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a spendthrift

203
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gaspiller

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to squander

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les laissés-pour-compte

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the underdogs

205
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impitoyable

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ruthless

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un paria

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an outcast

207
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un marginal

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a dropout

208
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un mendiant

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a beggar

209
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rouler sur l’or

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to be rolling in money

210
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les riches / les pauvres

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the haves / the have-nots

211
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creuser ≠ réduire l’écart

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to widen ≠ to close the gap

212
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des inégalités criantes

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gross, stark inequalities

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vivre au dessus de ses moyens

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to live beyond one’s means

214
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être à court d’argent (2)

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to be strapped for cash / short of money

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un détournement de fond

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embezzlement

216
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une banderole

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a banner

217
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une pancarte

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a placard (ˈplækərd)

218
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une alerte à la bombe

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a bomb scare

219
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un colis piégé

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a parcel bomb

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une bavure

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a blunder

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