Chapter K Flashcards

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Travailleur (adj)

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Hard-working

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La classe ouvrière

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the working-class

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Atelier

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Workshop

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Main d’oeuvre, le personnel

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Workforce

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Permis de travail

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Work permit

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Vie active

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Working life

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Stage (en entreprise)

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Work placement

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Expérience professionnelle

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Work experience

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Cadre (contexte)

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Framework

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La paperasserie

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Paperwork

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Au chômage

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Workless, out of work

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Réseau

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Network

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Population active

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Working population

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Surmenage

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Overwork

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Évident

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Obvious

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Précis

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Accurate

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Disponible

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Available

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Rare

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Scarce

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Enceinte

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Pregnant

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Aléatoire

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Random

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Pertinent

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Relevant

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Prêt, disposé (à faire qch)

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Willing (to do sth)

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Peu disposé, réticent (à faire qch)

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Reluctant (to do sth)

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Mauvais, méchant, malfaisant

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Evil

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Émergent (pays)

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Emerging

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Inquiétant, préoccupant

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Worrying

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Préjudiciable, nuisible

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Damaging

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Sous-jacent

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Underlying

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Durable (solution…)

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Lasting

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Prometteur

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Promising

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Intransigeant

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Uncompromising

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En voie de développement (pays)

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Developing

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Travailleur

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Hard-working

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Trompeur

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Misleading

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35
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Le phénomène des sans abris

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Homelessness

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Efficacité (remède, politique…)

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Effectiveness

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Inutilité

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Uselessness, pointlessness

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Conscience

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Awareness

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39
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Absurdité

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Meaninglessness

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40
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Impuissance

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Powerlessness

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41
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Cruauté, caractère impitoyable

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Ruthlessness

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Bonne volonté

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Willingness

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Faiblesse

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Weakness

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44
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Chômage

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Joblessness

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Représentativité

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Representativeness

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Compétitivité

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Competitiveness

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Plan en trois étapes

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Three-stage plan

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Week-end de trois jours

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Three-day weekend

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Conflit qui dure depuis/ qui a duré neuf mois

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Nine-month dispute

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Les 35 heures

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The 35-hour (working) week

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Mandat de quatre ans

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Four-year term (of office)

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Programme en 14 points

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14-point programme

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Billet de vingt livres

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Twenty-pound note

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Billet de cinquante dollars

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Fifty-dollar bill

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Bon du Trésor à dix ans

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Ten-year Treasury bill

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La Guerre des six jours

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The Six Day War

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Marché de 50 000 dollars

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$50,000 deal

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Émission de télé de 30 min

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30-minute TV show

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Entreprise qui vaut des milliards de dollars

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Multi-billion dollar company

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Un plan quinquennal

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A five-year plan

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Une liste d’attente de trois ans

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A three-year waiting list

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Le bipartisme

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The two-party system

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Une pause de dix min

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A ten-minute break

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En comparaison

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By comparison

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Étant donné

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Given

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Pourvu que

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Provided

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De la même façon

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Likewise

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Comparé à, en comparaison de

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Compared to

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Certes

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Granted

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Avancé

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Advanced

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Partial, tendancieux

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Biased

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Privilégié

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Privileged

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Défavorisé

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Disadvantaged, underprivileged

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Démuni

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Deprived

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Handicapé

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Disabled, handicapped

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Désaffecté, abandonné (usine)

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Disused

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Sacré

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Sacred

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Cultivé, instruit

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Educated

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Indigné, scandalisé

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Outraged

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Préoccupé, inquiet

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Concerned

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Qualifié

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Skilled (worker)

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Expérimenté, chevronné

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Experienced

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Qui a des préjugés

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Prejudiced

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Équilibré

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Balanced

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Assumer des responsabilités

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To take on responsabilities

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Embaucher des salariés

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To take on workers

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Décoller

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To take off

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Reprendre une affaire

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To take over a business

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Noter qn

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To take down sth

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Faire un emprunt

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To take out a loan

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Travailleur

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Worker

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Travailleur manuel

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Manual worker

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Ouvrier du bâtiment

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Construction worker

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Sauveteur

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Rescue worker

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Travailleur humanitaire

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Relief worker

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Qn qui travaille pour une organisation caritative

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Charity worker

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Travailleur sexuel

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Sex worker

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Chercheur

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Research worker

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Col blanc

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White-collar worker

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Membre du personnel soignant

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Health-care worker

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Col bleu

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Blue-collar worker

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Assistante sociale

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Social worker, welfare worker

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Bénévole

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Voluntary worker

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Travailleur immigré

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Migrant worker, immigrant worker

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Exprès

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On purpose

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D’un côté

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On the one hand

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Dans l’ensemble

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On the whole

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À première vue

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On the face of it

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Sur le papier

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On paper

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Si l’on y regarde de plus près

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On closer inspection

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À la télé

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On TV

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Dans l’ensemble, globalement

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On balance

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Par principe

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On principle

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D’un autre côté

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On the other hand

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En moyenne

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On average

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Au contraire

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On the contrary