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1
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To bribe

A

Acheter

Soudoyer

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2
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A bribe

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Un pot-de-vin

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3
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Bribery

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Corruption

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To corrupt sb

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Corrompre qqun

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5
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Graft

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Donner ou recevoir des pots-de-vin surtout dans le service public

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6
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Crony

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Copain

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7
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Cronyism

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Copinage

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8
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To bring about

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Amener
Provoquer

(To bring on for unpleasant consequences)

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9
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To bring off

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Mener à bien

Réaliser avec succès

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10
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To bring out

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Faire ressortir (qualities, faults, meaning)

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11
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To bring round
To persuade
To win over

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Convertir à une opinion

Persuader

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12
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To bring up

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Élever, éduquer (= to raise)

Soulever une question (=to broach/ raise)

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13
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On the brink of

On the verge of

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Au bord de (danger, threat, sth unknown)

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Brisk

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Vif, animé, vigoureux, rapide

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15
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Briskly

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Vivement

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16
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Broad

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Large

Vaste

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17
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Broadminded

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Ouvert d’esprit

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18
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To broaden

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Élargir

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19
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Broadly speaking

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Dans les grandes lignes

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20
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To broadcast

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Émettre

Diffuser

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21
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Broadcast, program

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Emission (radio, TV)

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22
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To broadcast live

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Diffuser en direct

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23
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Beam

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Rayon

Faisceau

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24
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To beam

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Diffuser (TV)

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25
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To brush off, aside

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Écarter (person, possibility) sans chercher à approfondir

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26
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To give sb a brush-off

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Envoyer promener

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27
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To brush up (on)

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Se (re)mettre à étudier qch

Rafraîchir ses connaissances

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28
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To bug

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Installer des micros (cachés)

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29
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Bulk

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Masse, volume

La majeure partie

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30
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Bulky

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Encombrant

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31
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To bully

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Intimider

Persécuter

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32
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Bulwark

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Rempart, fortification (figuré)

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33
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To buoy (up)

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Soutenir, maintenir à flot

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34
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Buoyantly

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Avec entrain

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35
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A buoy

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Une bouée

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36
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Burden

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Fardeau, charge

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37
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To be burdened with

Laden with

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Être chargé de, accablé par

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38
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Burdensome

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Pesant

Écrasant

39
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To burn

40
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To burn down

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Incendier complètement

41
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To burn out

42
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To bury

A

Enterrer

Enfoncer, plonger

43
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Burial

Funeral

A

Enterrement

Obsèques

44
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To burst

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Éclater, exploser

45
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To burst in, into, out, out of

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Entrer, sortir précipitamment

46
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Business

A

Les affaires

Une société (concern, firm, company)

47
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Let’s get down to business!

A

Passons aux choses sérieuses!

48
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Mind your own business !

A

Mêlez-vous de ce qui vous regarde !

49
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To bust

A

Casser, éclater

50
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To go bust

A

Faire faillite

51
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A bust

A

Une faillite financière

52
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To bust up/ to break up

53
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To bustle

A

S’affairer

54
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Bustle

A

Excitation

Remue-ménage

55
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To buy out

A

Racheter (firm, company)

56
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A buyout

A

Un rachat d’entreprise

57
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By-election

A

Élection partielle pour remplacer un membre du Parlement

58
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By-laws

A

Règlement local ou d’une organisation

59
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By-product

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Sous-produit

60
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By-pass

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Route de contournement

61
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Bystander

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Spectateur, passant

62
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To call for

A

Demander, exiger

63
Q

Call for tender

A

Appel d’offre

64
Q

To call off

65
Q

A cancellation

A

Une annulation

66
Q

To call on

A

Faire appel à qqun

Rendre visite

67
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Campaign

68
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To launch, run,conduct a campaign

A

Lancer, mener une campagne

69
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To campaign for/ against sthg

A

Faire campagne pour/ contre qqchose

70
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To canvass for voters

A

Faire du démarchage électoral, faire campagne

71
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To canvass a subject

A

Débattre d’un sujet

72
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To canvass an opinion

A

Faire un sondage d’opinion

73
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To carry off

A

Emporter, enlever

Faire avec succès (to bring off)

74
Q

To carry on

A

Continuer à faire qqchose (to keep on)

S’énerver, faire une scène (to make a fuss)

75
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To carry out

A

Exécuter, réaliser

76
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Cartoon

A

Dessin humoristique, dessin animé

Bande dessinée (comic strip)

77
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Cartoonist

Humorist

A

Dessinateur

Humoriste

78
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To cash in on

A

Bénéficier de, saisir l’occasion

79
Q

To cast

A

Jeter, lancer

80
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Cast a glance

A

Jeter un coup d’oeil

81
Q

Cast light on a problem

A

Éclairer un problème

82
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To cast off

A

Se libérer de

83
Q

To cast aside

A

Rejeter, mettre de côté

84
Q

To recast

A

Refondre, remanier

85
Q

To cheat

A

tricher, rouler qqun

86
Q

A cheat
Trickster
Crook
Swindler

A

Tricheur

Arnaqueur

87
Q

A rip-off

A

Une arnaque

88
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To check

A

Vérifier, examiner, contrôler, surveiller

Arrêter, freiner, restreindre (to curtail, to curb)

89
Q

To keep a check on expenses

A

Surveiller les dépenses

90
Q

Checking, cheque account

A

Compte chèques

91
Q

Check-up

A

Contrôle medical

92
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Check-in

A

Enregistrement de bagages

93
Q

Check-out / cash register

A

Caisse de supermarché

Anglais (7 decks)

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