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1
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To attend

A

Assister à

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2
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To auction off

A

Vendre aux enchères

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3
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Available

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Disponible

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4
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To avail oneself of

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Saisir l’occasion

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5
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No avail

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Futile

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6
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Average

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Moyenne

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To be adverse to

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Être contre

Répugner à faire qqchose

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To avert

A

Prévenir
Éviter
Détourner

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9
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To avoid

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Éviter

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10
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To award

A

Décerner un prix, une bourse

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Aware

A

Conscient
Informé
Au courant

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12
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Awareness

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Prise de conscience

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13
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Awe

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Sentiment de respect mêlé de crainte et d’admiration

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14
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Awesome

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Impressionnant

Imposant

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Awful

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Affreux

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Awfully

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Très mal
Terriblement
Extrêmement

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17
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Awkward
Clumsy
Uncomfortable

A

Maladroit

Embarrassant

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18
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To go awry

A

Aller de travers

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19
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To back

To support

A

Soutenir

Appuyer (candidat, politique)

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20
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To back down

To back out

A

Revenir sur ses engagements

Se dérober

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21
Q

To back up

A

Faire marche arrière
Soutenir, appuyer, épauler
Sauvegarder

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22
Q

To backfire

A

Faire un raté
Échouer
Avoir l’effet inverse que prévu

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23
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Background

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Arrière-plan
Milieu
Documentation, contexte
Expérience

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Backlash

A

Retour de bâton, contrecoup

25
Q

Backward

A

En arrière, à la traîne

Retardé, arriéré

26
Q

To badger

A

Harceler

27
Q

To be baffled

A

Être dérouté

Confus

28
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Bail

A

Caution

29
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A lease

A

Un bail

30
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To balk

A

Hésiter
Résister
Refuser
Regimber

31
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To ban

A

Interdire

Proscrire

32
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Bane

A

Fléau, poison, source d’un mal

33
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To bank on something

A

Compter sur qqch

34
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To bar

A

Exclure

Empêcher

35
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Bare

A

Dénudé
Dépouillé
Révélé

36
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A bare living

A

A peine de quoi vivre

37
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Barely
Scarcely
Hardly

A

À peine

38
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Barren

A

Stérile, improductif

39
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To baregain

To haggle

A

Marchander

40
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To barter

Swap

A

Faire un échange

41
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On the basis of

A

À partir de

42
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Batch

A

Fournée
Lot
Paquet
Tas

43
Q

Bundle

A

Paquet ou quantité de choses attachées ensemble

44
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To bear

A

Supporter

45
Q

To bear up

A

Ne pas se laisser abattre

46
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Bearable

Unbearable

A

Supportable

Insupportable

47
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Bear in mind

A

Ne pas oublier

48
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To beat

A

Battre
Frapper
Vaincre

49
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Upbeat (mood)

Downbeat (mood)

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Tendance vers le haut
Tendance vers le bas

Optimiste
Pessimiste

50
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To batter

A

Frapper

51
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On behalf of

In the name of

A

De la part de

Au nom de

52
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To bestow

A

Accorder

Conférer

53
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To betray

A

Trahir

Révéler

54
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To beware of

A

Se méfier

55
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Bewildered

A

Désorienté

Dérouté