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To channel

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Canaliser/diriger

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Les gauches caviar

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Champagne socialists

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Fustiger/ critiquer severement

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To chastise

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To put a check on

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Maitriser/ contenir/ mettre un frein à

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Impertinent

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Cheeky

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Un jeu d’enfant

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Child´s play

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Froidement/ de maniere glaciale

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Chillingly

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Pretendre/ revendiquer

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To claim

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Mettre un terme à/ supprimer/ serrer la vis

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To clamp down on

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Clear-cut

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Net/ precis/ clair/ bien démimité

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Un situation à suspense/ unmoment d’angoisse

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A cliffhanger

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A climax

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Un apogée/ un point culminant

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To cling to

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S’accrocher/ se cramponner à

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Une ombre à l’horizon

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A cloud on the horizon

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Convaincant

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Cogent

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Se réduire à

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To come down to the fact that

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Prendre fin

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To come to aN end

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Atteindre un point critique

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To come to a head

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Arriver à un accord

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To come to terms

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S’engager en faveur d’une cause

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To be committed to a cause

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Être de plus en plus fŕequent

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To be increasingly common

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Commonplace

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Banal/ ordinaire

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A schedule

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Un programme/ des horraires

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Peak hour/ rush hour

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Les heures de pointe

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Les heureus creuses

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Off-peak hour

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Sans fin

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Endless/ unending

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Durable

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Lasting

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Réel

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Actual

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Out-of-date

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Périmé(attribut)

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À long/ court terme

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In the long run/ short run

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Dans un avenir proche/ lointain

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In the near/ distant future

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Éphémère/ transitoire

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Ephemerial/ transient

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Un jour sur deux

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Every other day

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De tps en tps

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Now and again/ now and then

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By fits and starts

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Par à-coups

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D’avance/ au préalable

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Beforehand

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À la mode

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Trendy

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Passer les plus beaux moment de sa vie

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To have the tume of one’s life

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Passer un mauvais quart d’heure

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To have a bad time of it

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To be as different as chalk from cheese

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Etre le jour et la nuit

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En deux tps trois mvt

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In a flash/ in the twinkling of an eye

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En temps utile

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In due course

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A race agaisnt time

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Un course contre la montre

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Au pied levé

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On the spur of the moment

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On the spot

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Seance tenante

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Oublions le passé

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Let bygones be bygones

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In this day and age

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Au jour d’auji

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Du jour au lendemain

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Overnight