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Bouleverser

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To upend

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Main d’œuvre , population active

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Workforce / labor force (US) / labour force (GB)

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Se poser , profiter de la vie

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To settle down

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Épanouissement

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fulfillment

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Actif

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Fit

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Personne interrogée

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respondent

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Joindre les 2 bouts

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To make ends meet

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Les gens

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Folks

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modèle

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pattern

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de tous les temps

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all-time

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Précédent

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prior / previous

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Durée de vie

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life span

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Économies

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Savings / nest egg(s)

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Fonds de pension

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retirement accounts

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Fixer

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To set, set, set

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Finalement , à terme

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ultimately

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propulser

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to propel

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courant

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mainstream

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Un feu de paille

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a flash in the pan

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cour ( séduction )

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courtship

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chroniqueur

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columnist

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informel

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casual , informal

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luxure

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lust

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langage (courant) : une manière de parler

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parlance

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Entraver, faire obstacle à

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To hinder

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Être voué à l’échec

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To be doomed

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durable/pérenne

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enduring/lasting

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Hypothèse , principe

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assumption

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en conséquence (restau chic, habille toi en conséquence)

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accordingly

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se moquer de qqn

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To poke fun AT smn

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renvoyer

rejeter, écarter

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to dismiss sb

to dismiss sth

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Être compréhensible

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To make sense

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34
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submerger, envahir

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To overwhelm

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complètement

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altogether

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  1. justifier

2. faire valoir, revendiquer

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To vindicate

“this vindicates my faith in him : ceci prouve que la confiance que j’avais en lui était justifiée”

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Paraître , ressembler à

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To sound

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38
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Prix ( du ticket )

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Fare

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Fente ( d’une machine )

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slot

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Survivre , subsister

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To live on

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41
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Prêter serment

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To be sworn in

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Confirmer , étayer

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To back up

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Surveiller, gérer

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To oversee

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Dépense(s)

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expenditures / savings

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Défenseur, partisan

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advocate

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s’efforcer , peiner

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to strain

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Conseil municipal

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city council

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Compenser , contrebalancer

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To offset

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49
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Chercher

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To cast about for

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Maintien de l’ordre

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policing

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Obligatoire

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compulsory

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Connu , célèbre

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prominent

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Supprimer

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To scrap

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Réduire

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To slim down

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Le porte-étendard

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the standard bearer

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sweeping

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Comprehensive, extremely ambitious in proportions

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Submerger, déborder

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to overwhelm

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58
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to close shop

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to shutter (a place)

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Ne pas être à la hauteur

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to fall short

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nécessiter, demander

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to call for

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battre son plein

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in full swing

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62
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imposer, forcer

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to compel (sth)

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recourir à (qch), avoir recours à (qch)

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to resort to (sth)

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préconiser, recommander

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to advocate (sth)

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emportement, explosion, crise (de colère)

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an outburst

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perdre du terrain

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to lose ground

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opposant

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opponent

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d’amateur

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amateurish

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ardent, fervent, dévoué, loyal, fidèle

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staunch

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changer radicalement les choses

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may turn the tide

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se retourner contre lui

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backfire on him

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de courte durée

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short-lived

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d’autant plus que

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all the more so as

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sur les rails

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“on the rails”

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Les cours

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lectures

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Céder

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To burst

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Sac à dos

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rucksack/ backpack

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En désordre

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untidy

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d’un air indigné / indigné

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angrily

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Une dizaine de jours

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10 days or so

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Si , par hasard, vs les voyez

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If you happen to see them

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Il traversa le champ en courant

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He ran across the field

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J’adore

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I’m fond of

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Tu devras obéir si tu ne veux pas d’ennuis

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You’ll have to toe the line if you don’t want to get into trouble

85
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Vs devriez reprendre les pourparlers

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You should return to the negociating table

86
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Finir de manger

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To eat up

87
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Abandonner ses vieilles habitudes

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To blow the dust off

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À quelle heure commence le film ?

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What time does the film start ?

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Certaines secrétaires travaillent à temps partiel.

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Some secretaries work part-time

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Il y a 1 an

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A year ago

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Tomber en panne

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To break down

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Se disputer

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To have a row

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Passer au niveau supérieur

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To level up

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Les conséquences/répercussions de qch

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The fallout from smt

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Supporter

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To bear

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Tranchant, coupant, pointu

Net ( pas flou )

Vif d’esprit , intelligent

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sharp

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Chute, baisse

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drop

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Résultat
issues/développemnts
Conséquence

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outcome

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remplies de / pleines de

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Stuffed with

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  • Résister à, supporter, tenir le coup face à
  • Éroder, user
  • Se dégrader , s’user
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To weather (sth : pr les 2 premiers tirets)

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Chaîne de montage ( ouvriers qui bossent à la chaîne)

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assembly lines

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aisé, à l’aise financièrement, fortuné

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well-to-do

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Au fil des millénaires

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Over millennia

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Teindre

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To stain

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De col blanc (emplois de bureau)

Classe moyenne : > classe ouvrière= de col bleu

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white-collar

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Vente au détail,

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retailing

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Être le + touché par

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To bear the brunt of smt

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Égaliser / équilibrer les choses/ aplanir les difficultés

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To even (sth) out

to even things out

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Donner son congé à qn

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To furlough sb

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prêts à conditions favorables

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soft loans : A loan made at no interest or at a below market interest rate. Soft loans usually refer to loans made to developing countries and others in need of financing, but without the ability to borrow at the market rate.

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ceux qui sont + aisés / Les plus riches

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The better-off

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foyers / ménages

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Households

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aller de pair avec , Aggraver

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To compound (sth) / To make worse

114
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robuste, particulièrement résistant

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hardy

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L’économie des petits boulots ( Uber , deliveroo)

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Gig economy

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Tergiverser

Être dans tous ses états

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To dither

To be in a dither

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En dépit de
OU
Néanmoins

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notwithstanding

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Jusqu’ici, jusqu’à présent

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hitherto

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Attribuer qqch à qqun

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To ascribe sth to sb

120
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simple

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mere

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Faire signe à

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To beckon

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Couvre-feu

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A curfew

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Mal conçu, mal fait

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botched

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Confier qqch à qqun

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To entrust sb with sth

125
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le salut

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salvation

126
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Fervent , ardent

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Devout

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Se détourner de qqch

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To veer (away) from sth

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Avec réticence

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grudgingly

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Pour ..

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For the sake of ..

130
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Se frayer un chemin au milieu de

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To cut a swathe through

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To browse (on web)

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Naviguer sur ( le web)

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S’immiscer dans (affaires)

Toucher à (propriété)

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To meddle in

To meddle with

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A sophomore

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a first-year student in an American university

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to endorse

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to support, to approve of

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Au fil des dernières années

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For A FEW years/over the last years

NOT ’few years ago’!!!!

136
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pluriel de campus et de phénomène

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A campus, plural: campuses

a phenomenon, plural: phenomena

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Un intervenant extérieur (université)

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a contributor

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prononcer un discours

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to deliver a speech

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supporter le poids/absorber le choc

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to bear the burden

140
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une baisse sérieuse de

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a sharp drop in

141
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les employés des secteurs hôteliers et de la distribution

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Hospitality and retail workers

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semblables

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peers

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contrecarrer, aller à l’encontre de

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to thwart

144
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garder la tête hors de l’eau

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to stay afloat

145
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les bénéficiaires

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beneficiaries

146
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maîtriser, contrôler

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to master

147
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recouper avec

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to match up with

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s’endetter advantage

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to go into further debt

149
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prendront encore plus de retard

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will fall further behind

150
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insurmontable

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insuperable

151
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une société malade de ses classes sociales, ravagée par…

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a class-ridden society

152
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importants frais de scolarité

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hefty tuition fees

153
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s’endetter lourdement

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to go into heavy debt

154
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respecter une telle promesse

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Delivering on such a promise

155
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revision, remise à plat

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overhaul

156
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ancrer, enraciner, implanter fermement, établir

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to entrench (sth)

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entreprendre

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to undertake

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