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journaliste (chroniqueur)

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columnist

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colon

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colonist

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généticien

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geneticist

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lobbyist

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lobbyiste

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motorist

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automobiliste

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strategist

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stratège

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rapist

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violeur

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zone non-fumeurs

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non-smoking area

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barrières non-tarifaires

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non-tariff barriers

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non-ingérence

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non-interference

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non-intervention

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non-intervention

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non-croyant

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non-believer

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personne qui ne boit pas (d’alcool)

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non-drinker

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non-aligné

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nonaligned

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l’administration Obama

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the Obama Administration

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le scandale du Watergate

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the Watergate scandal

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le protocole de Kyoto

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the Kyoto protocol

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le traité de Versailles

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the Versailles Treaty

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la guerre du Golfe

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the Gulf War

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les conventions de Genève

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the Geneva Conventions

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l’échelle de Richter

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the Richter scale

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la Guerre de Secession

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the (American) Civil War

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le syndrome de Stockholm

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Stockholm syndrome

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un sondage d’opinion

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a Gallup poll

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la bande de Gaza

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the Gaza strip

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chiffre d’affaires

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turnover

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prise de contrôle, rachat OU prise du pouvoir

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takeover

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tract OU allocation

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handout

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grève-surprise

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walkout

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retombées (explosion)

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fallout

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retombée (invention), profit inattendu

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spin-off

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fusillade

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shootout

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cachette, planque

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hideout

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passager clandestin

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stowaway

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tollé

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outcry

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perspectives

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outlook

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début, commencement

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outset

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issue, résultat

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outcome

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début, déclenchement (épidémie)

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outbreak

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débouché, point de vente

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outlet

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plan, esquisse

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outline

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racial

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racial

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métis

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mixed-race

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d’un point de vue racial

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racially

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multiracial

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multiracial

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raciste

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racist

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chimiste

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chemist

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misogyne

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misogynist

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thérapeute

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therapist

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traditionaliste

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traditionalist

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CV

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résumé

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succursale OU filiale

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branch

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graphique, diagramme, tableau

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chart

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coordonnées

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details

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affux

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influx

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revue

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journal

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soulagement, aide

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relief

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professions libérales

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professions

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regroupement

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reunion

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membre d’un groupe d’autodéfense

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vigilante

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organisation non-gouvernementale, ONG

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non-governmental organization, NGO

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à but non lucratif

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non-profit-making

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non-gréviste

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non-striker

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abstentioniste

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non-voter

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déraciner

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to uproot

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mettre à jour

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to update, to upgrade

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télécharger

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to upload

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maintenir, soutenir, faire respecter (principe, loi)

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to uphold

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améliorer, mettre à jour

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to upgrade

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le mur de Berlin

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the Berlin Wall

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un cocktail Molotov

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a Molotov cocktail

72
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la Conférence de Durban

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the Durban Conference

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la guerre du Vietnam

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the Vietnam War

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incitation

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incentive

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circonscription

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constituency

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filiale

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subsidiary

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perspective

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prospect

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vol

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theft

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cessez-le-feu

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ceasefire

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trêve

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truce

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bourbier

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quagmire

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couvre-feu

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curfew

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impasse, arrêt (des négociations)

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standstill

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identifiant, nom d’utilisateur

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login

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sortie papier, sortie imprimante

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printout

86
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jeune ayant abandonné ses études

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dropout

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de loin

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by far

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dans une certaine mesure

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to some extent

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par contraste

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by contrast

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à mon avis

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to my mind

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de mon point de vue

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from my viewpoint

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hors-la-loi

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outlaw

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délocalisations

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outsourcing

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production

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output