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1
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Pas suffisant, ne pas être à la hauteur

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To fall short of

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2
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Se faire entendre, critiquer, élever la voix

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To raise the voice

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3
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Des châteaux en Espagne

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Pie in the sky

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4
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S’affirmer

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To assert (oneself)

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5
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Des droits et des devoirs

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Rights and duties

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Un état de droit

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The rule of law

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7
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Une gamme étendue de, une grande variété de

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A wide range of

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8
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Dangereux, inoffensif

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Harmful/harmless

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9
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Caractéristiques, traits

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Features

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10
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Garantir

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To ensure

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11
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Trouver un équilibre

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To strike a balance

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12
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Respecter (principes, règles du jeu)

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To abide by, To comply with

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13
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Dérives

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Drifts

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14
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Sous-terrain, clandestin

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Underground

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15
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Déraciner

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To uproot

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16
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Communautarisme, repli communautaire

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Self-segregation

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17
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Se retirer, se replier sur soi

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To withdraw

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18
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Tenir fermement à…

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To stick To

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19
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Le tissu social

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The social Fabric

20
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Faire de la place, permettre à la diversité de s’exprimer

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To make room for diversity

21
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Lieux de culte

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Worship places

22
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Laïc

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Secular

23
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Laïcité

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Secularism

24
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foi, expression religieuse

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Faiths, creeds

25
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Dissuader quelqu’un de

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To deter sb from

26
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Améliorer

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To improve

27
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Mettre l’accent sur

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To highlight, To emphasize

28
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Il est bien connu que…

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It is conventionnal wisdom

29
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Faire le lit de , préparer

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To pave the way

30
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Faire des efforts, lutter

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To strive for, To struggle

31
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Sagesse

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Wisdom

32
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Paradigme

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Template

33
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Cependant

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Yet,

34
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Déserter les mailles du filet , se concentrer sur

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To tighten the net

35
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Bouleversement majeur

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Major, momentous, prominent changes / overwhelming changes

36
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Qui subit

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That is undergoing

37
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Prendre de l’allure

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To gather pace

38
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Ascension

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Ascent

39
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Un double phénomène

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A twofold

40
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S’appauvrissent

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Is growing poorer and poorer

41
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S’élever contre

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To rise against

To up in arms

42
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Se prolétariser

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To sink into poverty

43
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Classe supérieure

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The upper class
High-income households
The privileged ppl
The wealthy
The well-off / The well-to-do
44
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Classe moyenne

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The middle class, middle-class ppl

45
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La classe inférieure

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The Lower class
The worst-off
(À la rue) under-class ppl / The under class 
The underprivileged
Second-class citizens
46
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Le proletariat

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The proletariat/ The proles