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gestion, administration

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management

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la direction (entreprise)

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the management

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directeur général

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managing director, general manager

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les cadres

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the managing class

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mal gérer

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to mismanage

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mariage homosexuel

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same-sex marriage

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homoparentalité

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same-sex parenting

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employé du secteur public, fonctionnaire

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public-sector employee

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retraité

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old age pensioner

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CDD

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fixed-term contract

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CDI

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open-ended contract

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famille défavorisée

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low-income family

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question d’actualité brûlante

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hot-button issue

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changement de dernière minute

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last-minute change

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criminalité en col blanc

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white-collar crime

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Egypte

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Egypt Egyptian an Egyptian

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Irak

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Iraq, Irak Iraqi, Iraki an Iraqui, Iraki

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Iran

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Iran Iranian an Iranian

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Jordanie

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Jordan Jordanian a Jordanian

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Israel

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Israel Israeli an Israeli

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Liban

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Lebanon Lebanese a Lebanese

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Syrie

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Syria Syrian a Syrian

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Turquie

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Turkey Turkish a Turk

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AS

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Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian a Saudi (Arabian)

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les Émirats arabes unis EAU

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The United Arab Emirates the UAE Emirati an Emirati

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Qatar

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Qatar Qatari a Qatari

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Bahreïn

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Bahrain Bahraini a Bahraini

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Koweït

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Kuwait Kuwaiti a Kuwaiti

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Oman

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Oman Omani an Omani

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militant, activiste

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activist

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31
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militant anti-mondialisation

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antiglobalist

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32
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athée

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atheist

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écologiste

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environmentalist, ecologist, conservationist

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philanthrope

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philanthropist

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syndicaliste

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(trade) unionist

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révisioniste, négationiste

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revisionist

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théoricien

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theorist

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physicien

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physicist

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permettre

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to enable

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appliquer (loi)

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to enforce

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mettre en danger

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to endanger

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doter

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to endow

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garantir

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to enshrine

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veiller, s’assurer

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to ensure

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éclairer

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to enlighten

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autoriser, habiliter

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to empower

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promulguer (loi)

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to enact

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approuver, avaliser

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to endorse

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impliquer

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to entail

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pays exportateur de pétrole

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oil-exporting country

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agence de notation (de crédit)

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credit-rating agency

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site de partage de fichiers

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file-sharing site

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campagne de sensibilisation

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awareness(-raising) campaign

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drogue améliorant les performances

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performance-enhancing drug

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pays hispanophone

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Spanish-speaking country

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événement qui fait date

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epoch-making event

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gérable

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manageable

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ingérable

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unmanageable

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mauvaise gestion

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mismanagement

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handicap, infirmité

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disability

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désarmement

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disarmament

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inconvénient, désavantage

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disadvantage

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divulgation, révélation

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disclosure

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effet dissuasif

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disincentive

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mécontentement

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discontent

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emploi à temps plein

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full-time job

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quartier du centre-ville

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inner-city area

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famille monoparentale

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single parent family

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gouvernement de droite

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right-wing government

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scientifique

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scientist

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industriel

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industrialist

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partisan de l’eugénisme

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eugenicist

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intégriste

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fundamentalist

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être victime de discrimination

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to be discriminated against

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respecter (les termes du contrat)

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to abide by (the terms of the contract)

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se conformer à, respecter un réglement

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to comply with rules

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diviser qch en trois parties

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to divide sth into three parts

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pirater un système

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to hack into a system

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imposer qch à qn

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to impose sth on sb

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s’élever à

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to amount to

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affecter, contrarier qch

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to interfere with sth

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avoir recours à qch

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to resort to sth

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traverser, connaître une période

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to go through a period

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intituler

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to entitle

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confier

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to entrust

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empiéter

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to encroach

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ménage

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household

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homicide (involontaire)

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manslaughter

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emprunt immobilier, hypothèque

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mortgage

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séquelles, conséquences

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aftermath

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effusion de sang, massacre

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bloodshed

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impasse

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deadlock

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bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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méfaits

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wrongdoing

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date OU heure limite

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deadline

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(ligne) fixe

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landline

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pays producteur de pétrole

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oil-producing country

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site de partage de vidéis

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video-sharing site

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pays anglophone

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English-speaking country

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gagner sa vie

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to make a living

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combler le fossé (entre)

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to bridge the gap (between)

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se suicider

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to commit suicide

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porter le plus gros de qch

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to bear the brunt of sth

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ravager

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to wreak havoc

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gérant

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manager