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swell

swell folks

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enfler, ballonner

chics types

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mayhem

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grabuge, destruction

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un pansement

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a dressing

a wound dressing

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fag

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pd

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spark

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étincelle

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grue

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crane

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égout

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sewer

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wobble

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osciller, trembler

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cushion

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coussin

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être en deça des espérances

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to fall short of expectations

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Conspicuous

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ostentatoire, visible

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bien mal acquis

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ill-gotten gain

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apogée, âge d’or

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heyday

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être en difficulté

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to be ailing

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au lendemain de

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in the wake of

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presser, oppresser

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to squeeze

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aggraver (2)

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to aggravate

to compound

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jeopard, jeopardise + syn

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compromettre, mettre en péril
to undermine (saper)
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bittersweet

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aigre-doux

mitigé

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flint

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silex

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to blaze

to kindle
kindling

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flamber, flamboyer, s’embraser

allumer, enflammer, attiser, embraser
du petit bois

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hairy

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poilu, velu, hirsute

épouvantable

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to pitch

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lancer, bazarder, tanguer

être projeté

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to flicker

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scintiller, vaciller; se remuer; clignoter

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haut débit

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broadband

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haut de gamme

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high-end

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un ruisseau

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a trickle

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soutenir, servir de base à

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to underpin

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se prosterner, se courber, faire la révérence

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to kowtow

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circumvent

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circonvenir : contourner, faire échouer, mettre en échec

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wily

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rusé, malin, astucieux

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to blunder

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gaffer; faire une faute stupide; marcher à tâton

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neat

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soigné, propre

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pompeux

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pompous

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ape

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singe

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tu as intérêt à

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you better + inf (subj)

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cripple

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paralyser, estropier

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override

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passer outre, dépasser, supprimer

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cough

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coriace

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to delve (into)

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fouiller, creuser un sujet, approfondir

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coy

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timide

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brawn

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la force des muscles

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to bolster

bolster

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appuyer, soutenir, rembourrer

un traversin

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smug

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content de soi, suffisant

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utter

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prononcer, proférer

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marchandage, chipotate

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haggling

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to bungle

bungle

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bousiller, rater

gâchis, échec

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étriller

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to trounce

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l’armement

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weaponry

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gear

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équipement, outils,

fringues

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nimbly

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agilement

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boldness

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audace, hardiesse

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courtiser

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to court, to woo

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distant de

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aloof from

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to prod into

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pousser à

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graver

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to etch

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boast

to boast

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vantardise, fierté, orgueil, arrogance

se vanter

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a hardship

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une épreuve, difficulté

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foe

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ennemi, adversaire; rival; opposant

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abiding

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constant, éternel

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grim

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sinistre, lugubre, macabre, sévère

sardonique (sourire)

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the polity

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le régime politique, l’administration politique, l’Etat

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farewell

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d’adieu

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scope

scale and scope

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la portée

d’échelle et d’envergure

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malin

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malignant (sens péj)
cunning
smart

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son homologue français

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his french counterpart

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le butin

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the spoils
the loot
the booty

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roughly

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grossièrement, approximativement

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couper la poire en deux

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to split the difference

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conspicuous

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visible, manifeste, remarquable

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largeur 3

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breadth, width, beam

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la marée

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the tide

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quête de

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quest for

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remettre à plus tard

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to postpone

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condition préalable

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prerequisite

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tapette à mouches

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fly swatter

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a lens

seen through the lens of ..

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la lentille (optique)
vu à travers le prisme de ..
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assertive

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péremptoire (irréfutable, sans réplique)

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a loom

to loom

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un métier à tisser

apparaître

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to behold

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voir, apercevoir

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tycoon

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magnat, brasseur d’affaires

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economic clout

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poids/puissance/influence économique

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au delà de toute comparaison

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beyond compare

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harbinger

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présage / messager, annonciateur

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par conséquent, d’où

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hence

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éveiller, susciter

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to arouse
to spark (étincelle)
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de peur que

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for fear that

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mépris (3)

mépriser (3)

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contempt, scorn, disregard

to despise, scorn, disregard

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stupéfaction

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amazement

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réprimander

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to berate

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aspirer à

aspiration à // nostalgie de

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yearn for

yearning for

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mimer

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to mimic

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caveat

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mise en garde

notification d’opposition

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Nul besoin d’être (un partisan de la chine…) pour..

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One need not be.. to

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le moindre

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the merest

the slighest

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GWOT

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global war on terror

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marteau

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hammer

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vainqueur (2)

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winner, victor

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important

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prominent, significant

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to be intent ON + ing

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avoir l’intention de

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to relent (in)

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s’adoucir, relâcher ses efforts

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to ramble (on)

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radoter, divaguer

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sans rancune

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no hard feelings

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to loathe sb

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détester, répugner, abhorrer

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hors de portée

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out of touch

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to cling to sth

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se cramponner à, empoigner, tenir bcp à..

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to make much of sth

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faire largement cas de qqch, insister sur, donner une grande importance à

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“méthodes d’interrogatoire renforcées”

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Enhanced interrogation technique

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a rider

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une annexe

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to run afoul of

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avoir des ennuis avec

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a fray

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une bagarre, un combat

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fade, terne

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bland

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débouché / point de vente / tuyau de sortir

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outlet

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to cater for the tastes / needs of

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pouvoir aux gouts / besoins de

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volaille

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poultry

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a spell
for a spell
to spell out

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une période, un temps / un sort
pendant un certain temps
expliquer clairement

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bullish

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à la hausse / franchement optimiste

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drove
droves
in droves

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troupeau
foules de gens
en masse

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bygone

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du passé

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jamming

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brouillage (radio)

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a requisite (for)
requisite
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une condition pour

exigé, requis

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to have misgivings about sth / sb

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avoir des craintes quant à qqch

avoir des doutes au sujet de qqn

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trawl (for)

to trawl for information

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le chalut, pêcher au chalut

aller à la pêche aux informations/renseignements

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stark

a stark choice

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brut, sévère, saisissant // nu, cru, âpre

un dilemme

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to fathom out

fathom

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comprendre

sonder

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hefty

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imposant, puissant, considérable..

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to nudge

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pousser du coude

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raccourci

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shortcut

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éclairage, indication, idée

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insight

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compliance

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action de se conformer à, soumission

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impliquer

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to entail

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dawn

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aube, aurore

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frailty

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fragilité, précarité

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swell (adj)

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classe, chic (inf), formidable

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swell (nom)

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la houle

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fil barbelé

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barbed wire

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a hurdle

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une haie, obstable (à cheval)

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