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un infirme

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a cripple

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une silhouette

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a figure

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un soupçon

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a hint

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un mangeur difficile

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a picky eater

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une situation difficile

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a plight

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un détroit

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a straits

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une menace

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a threat

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abandonner un plan

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to scrap a plan

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accepter un pot-de-vin

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to take a bribe

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aggraver une situation délicate

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to add insult to injury

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agripper / attraper (4mots)

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to seize / to grab / to clutch / to grip

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améliorer (2 mots)

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to enhance / to improve

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quelqu’un s’occupe de vous?

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are you being attented to ?

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association caritative

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a relief agency

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avoir du poids (2 mots)

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to wield much clout / to hold sway

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un bras droit

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a right hand

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calmer

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to placate

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chercher à accentuer l’avantage

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to seek an edge

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chiffre

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figure

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colis

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a parcel

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comploter contre

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to plot against

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compétition rude

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stiff competition

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un comparse

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a comrade

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corruption

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bribery

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palais de justice

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courthouse

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cupidité

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greed

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d’ailleurs

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for that matter

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des fonds

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funds

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donner le feu vert

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to give sbdy the green light / the go-ahead

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doux

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gentle

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Du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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défendre / soutenir

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to stand up for

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dénoncer

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to decry

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electoral system

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un système électoral

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embouteillages

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traffic jams

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en effet

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indeed / actually

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enfin (soulagement)

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at long last

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Entre la crise et le chômage

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What with the crisis and the unemployement

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Etre aux antipodes

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to be poles apart

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exploser

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to explod / to go off

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faire disparaitre la corruption

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to root out corruption

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faire les frais de

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to bear the brunt of sthg

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faire office

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to serve as / to act as

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finalement

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eventually

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défaut

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flaw

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sans défaut / irréprochable

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flawless

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généralement

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as a all

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utile

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handy

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sévère

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harsh

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se diriger

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To head for

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canular

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hoax

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homme à tout faire

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a handyman / an odd job man

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acheter le silence

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hush money

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hériter de quelque chose

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to bequeath sbdy sthg

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il n’y a pas moyen d’arreter le dopage

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there is no stopping doping

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immédiatement

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at once

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incarner

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to embody

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infranchissable

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unbrigeable

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innonder

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to flood

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insister

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to insist on

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interminable (4 mots)

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endless / unending / boundless / limitless

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ça équivaut à

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it amounts

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la bourse

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the stock exchange

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le teint

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a complexion

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les anciens

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the elderly / the elders

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l’apprentissage de tout une vie

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lifelong learning

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67
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limiter la drogue

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to curb drugs

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mettre en veille, le mettre au second plan

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to put on the backburner

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mis de côté

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to be sniffed at

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méfait

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a wrongdoing

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ne fait que

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only just

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nettement

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sharply

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notaire

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solicitor

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obstacle

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an hurdle

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en dehors des sentiers battus

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off the beaten track

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offrir

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to bid for

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par dessus tout

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above all

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par la même occasion

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by the same token

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pari

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wager

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partir de rien

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to start form scratch

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personne qui dit oui mais pas chez elle

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a nimby

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perturber

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to disrupt

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plier

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to fold

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poids / influence

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clout

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Prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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this is just wishful thinking

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promettre

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to pledge

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pénurie

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a shortage

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Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?

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What is it?

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Quand il s’agit de

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when it comes to

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raide

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stiff

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plan de licenciements

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redundancy plans

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réaliser

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to perform

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s’attarder

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to linger on

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s’enlacer

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to embrace

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Sagissant des éléments positifs

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On the credit side / to his credit

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salaires

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wages

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se déplacer

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to move around

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se réjouir de

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to be belighted with

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soulagement

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relief

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soulager

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to alleviate / to relieve

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soupirer

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to sigh

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fastidieux

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tedious

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la municipalité

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The city council

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pour-boire / tuyau / pointe (3 sens)

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tip

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ça s’élève à (un montant)

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to amount to (un montant)

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aller à la messe

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to attend mass

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être criblé de dettes

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to be crippled with debts

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avoir des problèmes économiques

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to be hard pressed / to be in a financial predicament

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être unique en son genre

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to be one of a kind

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supporter/ porter

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to bear - bore - borne

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faire les frais de

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to bear the brunt

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faire chanter quelqu’un

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to blackmail sbdy into doing sthg

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boutonner

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to button

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appeler aux urnes

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To call an election

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être pratique

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to come in handy

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fermer (pour les habits) / défaire

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to do up (pour les habits) / to undo

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faire souffrir

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to give sbdy fits

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traverser

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to go threw

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perdre le fil

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to lose track

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sans opposer quelque résistance

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to put some kind of fight

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s’élever contre

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to rail against

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économiser , quand il y en a en trop (sparetime)

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to spare

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faire quelques pas

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to take a few steps

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poursuivre en justice

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to take somebody to court / to sue

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transformer en …

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to turn it into / to convert sthg into sthg

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truquer (un jeu)

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to fix

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un accord

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common ground

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un actionnaire

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a stakeholder

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un café (bar)

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a bar, a café

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un concierge

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a janitor / caretaker

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un débat animé

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a lively debate / a heated debate

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un flux

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a flood

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un gardien

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a guardian / a house-keeper / an attendent

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un maison de maître

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a mansion

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un n ème

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the umpteenth

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Un problème

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a snag

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une dépendance (habitat)

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an outhouse

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va surement arriver

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is bound to happen

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vitrine / étalage / devanture

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showcase

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vivre avec son temps

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to move with the time

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à la suite de

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in the wake of / in the aftermath

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à peine

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hardly

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étroit

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narrow

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éventuellment

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possibly

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être en jeu

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to be at stake

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être hors sujet

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to be of the point / to be beside the point

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être soupçonné de

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to be alledged to

148
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être troublé

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to be baffled / puzzled

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Se servir

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To help one’s self

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ne pas m’avoir vu de la journée

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not having seen me all day long

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jeter un coup d’oeil

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to glance at

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faire rentrer quelqu’un

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to let in

153
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ouvrir grand les yeux

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to open one’s eyes wide

154
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un type / ami

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a fellow

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être tombé sur la tête

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to lose one’s marbles (billes) / to get a screw loose

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Personne connue

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A high profile figure

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Etre au premier plan

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To be at the forefront

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Un auto-entrepreneur

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A self-employed

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Un travailleur de bureau

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A clerical worker

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Un intérimaire

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A temp

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Poser problème

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To be at issue

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Accueillir

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To greet

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Le plus souvent

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More often than not

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l’hotellerie

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hotel industry

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avoir recours à

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to resort to sthg

166
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restauration

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the catering industrie

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un contrat “bidon”

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a Mickey Mouse contract

168
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gagner du terrain

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to gain currency

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Rencontrer par hasard

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To run into sby / to come across sbdy / to bump into someone

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Je n’imaginais pas

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I assumed I would never..

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Probabilité / la côte

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The odds

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Réel

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Actual

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Miteux

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Dingy

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Cave

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Cellar

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Une grotte

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A cave

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Un habitué

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A regular / a patron

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Il se trouvait que

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It happened to be

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Peu de / quelques

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Few / a few

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Alors que je

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As I

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Etre nu

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To be in one’s birthday suit

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Froissé

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Rumpled / creased

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Une chemise unie

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A plain shirt

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Se diriger

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To head for / toward

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Une pierre angulaire

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The cornerstone of sthg

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Une énorme entreprise

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A behemoth

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Comme en témoignent

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As exemplified by

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Aussi utile que ça peut être

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Useful as it maybe

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inventer un mot

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to coin a word

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Aller vers

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To move towards sthg

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Vitrine d’un magasin

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Window shop

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