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1
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Instaurer

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establish

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Plus dur

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Tougher

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Nourriture qui fait grossir

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Fattening food

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Boissons gazeuses

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Fizzy drinks

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alimentation équilibrée

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a balanced diet

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changer ses habitudes alimentaires

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to change one’s eating habits

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an ailing planet

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une planète malade

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atteindre le point de rupture

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to reach breaking point

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être menacé par l’activité humaine

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to be imperiled by human activity

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la fonte des calottes glacières

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the melting of ice caps

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puiser dans les ressources de la nature

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to draw on the earth’s resources

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le monde se réchauffe

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the world is heating up

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diffuser

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to broadcast

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apprendre de ses erreurs

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to draw experience from

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paysage

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landscape

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égoïste

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unselfish

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foule de gens

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scores of people

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émeutes

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riots

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émeutes urbaines

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urban riots

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effondrement

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collapse

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écroulement de tension

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voltage collapse

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fuir

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to flee (fled)

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victimes

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casualties

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être ébranlé

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be left reeling

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chuter

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to plummet

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chute libre

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plummeting

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surabondance

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glut

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inonder/saturer

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to glut

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abondance de liquidités

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liquidity glut

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30
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les prévisions

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forecasts

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entailler/réduire

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to slash

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soutenir

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to prop up

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balayer

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to sweep (swept)

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décapiter

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to behead

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macabre

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ghoulish

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36
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un casse tête

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headache

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37
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aspirer

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to suck

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38
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cessez-le-feu

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ceasefire

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accord de cessez le feu

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ceasefire agreement

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40
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le transfert

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the handover

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41
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épidémie

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outbreak

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42
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liens ou obligations

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bonds

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43
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coincé dans le marasme

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stuck in the doldrums

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44
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stimuler, inciter

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to spur

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engrenage

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spur gear

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46
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sur un coup de tête

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on the spur of the moment

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47
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réduire de moitié

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to halve

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48
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assouplissement

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easing

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49
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rachat ou prise de contrôle

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takeovers

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50
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prise de pouvoir

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power takeover

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51
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offre

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a bid

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52
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actes répréhensibles

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wrongdoing

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53
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condamner à une amende

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to fine

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règlement

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settlement

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faute

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misconduct

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période préparatoire

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run-up

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remettre à

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to hand

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contourner

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circumvent

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terne / spectre

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dull

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tremblement de terre

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earthquake

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répandu

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widespread

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contexte

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backdrop

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monter en flèche/ jaillir

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soar

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atteindre

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to reach

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périr

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to perish

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furieux

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enraged

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promesse/serment

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vow

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quelque peu

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somewhat

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discret/ modéré

A

subdued

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soumettre

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to subdue

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une lumière tamisée

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a subdued light

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cependant, pourtant

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tough

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évincer

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ousted

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hurler, gémir

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to howl

75
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réduire la paperasserie

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cut red tape

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rapide, instantané

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snap

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chamaillerie, querelle

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brickering

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aile

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wing

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national

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nationwide

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minier

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mining

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huer

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to jeer

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susceptible

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tetchy

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nid de guêpe

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hornet’s nest

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ailleurs

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elsewhere

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faire sécession

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to serede

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saisir une opportunité

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to snap up

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financement, subvention, budget

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funding

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entraîner

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to emboil

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critiques

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flak

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évacuer

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to vent

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rivalité en cours

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ongoing feud

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montagnes russes

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roller coaster

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passionnant

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thrilling

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puissant

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mighty

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embouteillages

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traffic jams

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reporter

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to postpone

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attendre quelque chose avec impatience OU se réjouir d’avance de qqchose

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to look forward to +ing

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s’accoutumer à faire qqchose

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to be accustomed to doing sth

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éviter

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to avoid

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envisager

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to consider

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nier

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to deny

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prendre plaisir à

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to enjoy

103
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voir un inconvénient à ce que

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to mind +ing

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meubles

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furniture

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agréable

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pleasant

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faillite

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bankrupty

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projet de loi

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bill

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portefeuille d’actions

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portfolio of shares

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chuter

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to tumble

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grève

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strike

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salarié

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wage-earner

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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

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ainée

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elder/eldest

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supporter

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to put up

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taux d’inflation

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the inflation rate

116
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mesures draconiennes

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drastic measures

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cambrioleur

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the burglar

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avoir soif

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to be thirsty

119
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effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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réchauffement de la planète

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global warming

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éteindre une cigarette

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to put out a cigarette

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demandeurs d’emploi

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job seekers

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client/clientèle

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customers

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TGV

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high speed train

125
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(un album) doit sortir

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to be due out

126
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faire connaissance

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make someone’s acquaintance

127
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rarement

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seldom

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coiffeur

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hairdresser

129
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qui vaut

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worth

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embaucher

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to hire

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