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1
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Les années 90

A

The 1990´s

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Preuve

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Evidence (indénombrable)

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L’impact des activités humaines

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Impact of human activity

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Amener/susciter le changement

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To bring about changes

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Apporter (concret)

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To bring

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Selon

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According (distancié)
To me (pas de distance)
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Perdurer

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To endure

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Souffrir (3 fois)

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To bear the bront
To suffer
To stand

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Les média

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The media

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Travail

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Job (profession)

Work (resultat)

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11
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Alerter à proposde

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To warn people about

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12
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

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Better safe than sorry

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13
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Être en sécurité

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To be on the safe side

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14
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Jour sans voiture

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Car-free day

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15
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Not a

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No

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16
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Je ne veux pas

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I have no intention to

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17
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La solution la plus efficace

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A most efficient solution (pas de comparaison)

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18
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C’est de la merde

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That’s crap

That’s boloney

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19
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Croire quelque chose

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To buy (they didn't buy it)
To believe
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20
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Drôle (3 fois)

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Preposterous
Ludicrous
Funny

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ON NE RÉPÉTE PAS LE SUJET DANS UNE PROPOSITION

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Je t’aime Camille

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22
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Démonstratif pour événement proche

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This

These

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23
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Démonstratif pour événement distant

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That

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24
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Rouler lentement

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To inch forward (traduction croisée)

To crawl along/forward

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Une queue/voie danq laquelle il se trouve

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a lane

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26
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Le tunnel sous la manche

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The Channel Tunnel

Chunnel

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27
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Vous voulez dire?

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Do you mean to tell me?

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28
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Une sauterelle

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A grasshopper

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29
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Un passeur

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A smuggler

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30
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Ouvrir (sans forcer)

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To open

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31
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forcer une porte

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To force the door open

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32
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Il a été lapidé

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He was stone to death

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33
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Elle a chanté une chanson à son bébé jusqu’à ce qu’il s’endorme

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She sang her baby to sleep

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Ennuyer quelqu’un à mourir

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To bore somebody stiff

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35
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Chanter à tu-tête

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They screamed their head off

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36
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Rire comme un fou

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They laughed themselves silly

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37
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Ouvrir avec un pied de biche (2 fois)

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To crank

To crowbar

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38
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Une barre en fer

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A crowbar

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39
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Se rendre compte (2 fois)

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To be aware

To realise

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40
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La campagne

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The country

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41
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Dépravé

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Loose morals

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42
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Ah

A

Oh

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43
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contenir

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To comprise

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44
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Cela nous rappelle (2 fois)

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It is reminiscent

One may wonder

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45
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Le destin (3 fois)

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The plight
The fate
The destiny

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46
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Un creuset

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A crucible

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47
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Défier (2 fois)

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To defy

To challenge

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48
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Se libérer (2 fois)

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To break free

To break away

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49
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Une révélation

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An epiphany (courant)
A revelation
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50
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Il est d’accord (3 fois)

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He agrees
He is of the same opinion
He is eyes to eyes with

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51
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Gagner à sa cause

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To win over

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52
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Où que tu sois

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Wherever you may be

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53
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Évaluer (3 fois)

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To upraise
To take step of
To assess

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54
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Matière brute (2 fois)

A

Raw material

Primary good

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55
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Faire une comparaison avec (fig)

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To draw a parralel

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56
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Vétuste

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Outated

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57
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Une amère critique (5 fois)

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To level acid/severe/harsh/bitting/scathing criticism

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58
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Participer à (4 fois)

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To participate in
To take part in
To be part of
To be involved in

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59
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Une attitude (2 fois)

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A stance

An attitude

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60
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L’apartheid

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Apartheid (pas de the !)

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61
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Se ressaisir

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To pull oneself together

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62
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Défendre (3 fois)

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To call for
To plead for
To advocate

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63
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Voir la vie en rose

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Rose-teinted glasses

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64
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Franc (3 fois)

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Candid
Franck
Straight-forward

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65
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Colporter

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To peddle

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66
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Une strategie (3 fois)

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A strategy
A scheme
A plot

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67
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Résider dans

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To lie in

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68
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Main-mise

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A take-over

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69
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Ridicule

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Ludacrous
Ridiculous
Non-sensical

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70
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Cela n’a aucun sens

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It makes no sense

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71
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Être condamné à (2 fois)

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To be bound to

To be doomed to

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72
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Diaboliser

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To demonize

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73
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Ne rien voir de mal

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To take ill of something

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74
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Mettre en scène

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To stage

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75
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Une toile

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A canvas

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76
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Une oeuvre appelée

Sans nom

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To be entitled != untitled

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77
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L’argent

Le racisme

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Money
Racism
No article except i they are caracterized

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78
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Un nu

Être nue

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A nude

To be naked

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79
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Étrangler

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To strangle

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80
Q

Suffoquer

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To choke

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81
Q

Menotte

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Handcuff

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82
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Un cadavre (2 fois)

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A corpse

A dead body

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83
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Une colombe

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A dove

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84
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En haut
En bas
A gauche
A droite
Dans le coin gauche
A 
At the top
At the bottom
On the leff
On the right
In the top-right corner
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85
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Largement répandu (2 fois)

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To be wide spread

To be rife with

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86
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Ils se cachent les yeux (2 fois)

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They are blocking/hiding their eyes with their hands

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87
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Fermer les yeux (figuré)

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To turn a blind eye to

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88
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Reconnaître

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To acknowledge (extérieur)

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89
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Quelqu’un de dur

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Harsh
Cold-hearted
Strick

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90
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Un dur à cuire

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A tough person

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91
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Quelqu’un d’irritable

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A short-tempered

A quick tempered

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92
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Toujours un can/could devant les verbes de ressenti !

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I can feel the love

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93
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Le fils de sa mère

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His mother’s son

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94
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Être suspicieuse (3 fois)

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To distrust
To be suspicious
To be wary of something

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95
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Moi y compris

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Including me

Mysel included

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96
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Si mon père avait vécu

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If my father had lived longer

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97
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Une gêne entre nous

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An embarrasment

Something awkward

98
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S’entendre bien

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To get along with

To get ob well with

99
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Une tête-brulée

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A hot-head

100
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Partir (3 fois)

A

To go away
To leave
To go off

101
Q

Un boucher du voisinage (2 fois)

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A butcher form the neighbourhood

A local butcher

102
Q

De temps en temps (3 fois)

A

From times to times
Now and then
Sometimes

103
Q

Rendre visite à quelqu’un (2 fois)

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To pay somebody a visit

To visit somebody

104
Q

Quelque chose d’imprécis

A

Something

105
Q

Gentil, doux

A

Kind-hearted

106
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Une information

Une preuve

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A piece of news/information/evidence

107
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Une colère (2 fois)

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A fit of anger
A tantrum (colère hystérique des enfants)
108
Q

Des applaudisement

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A round of applause

109
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Faire peur à quelqu’un ( 3 fois)

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To scare somebody
To frighten somebody
To make somebody afraid/scared/frightened

110
Q

Lien de parenté

A

´s

111
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Entêté

A

Stubborn

112
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Les locaux

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Premises (toujours au pluriel)

113
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Sinistre,morose

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Gloomy
Stir
Bleakly

114
Q

Un sondeur -> sondé

A

A pollster -> sondé

115
Q

Faire sursauter

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To startle

116
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Sursauter

A

To start

117
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Fissiperous

A

Cells prone to division

118
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Contrarier

A

To contravene

To go against

119
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Faire les gros titres (2 fois)

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To hit the headlines

A lot of ink has been spilled on that

120
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Un désaccord (4 fois)

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A row
Disagree
A quarrel
An argument

121
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Faire partie de quelque chose (2 fois)

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To opt in (traité…)

To be part of

122
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Ne pas faire partie de quelque chose

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To not be part of (traité…)

To opt out

123
Q

Nom de l’auteur dans une article

A

The byline

124
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Je suis obligé (2 fois)

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To compel

To force

125
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L’avant-dernier

A

The one but last paragraph

126
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Mariage (cérémonie)

A

Wedding

127
Q

Mariage (relation, institution)

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Marriage

128
Q

Effriter, eroder (ça peut être une loi)

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To chip away at something

129
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Amenuiser

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To be flagging (it was active before)

Evolution to go down

130
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Être à la traine

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To be lagging behind (its European counterparts)

Toujours be +ing

131
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Perspective (2 fois)

A

An outlook

A prospect

132
Q

Chuter

A

To dip

133
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Plonger quelque chose dans quelque chose

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To dip something into something else

134
Q

Descendre en flèche (2 fois)

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To plummit

To collapse

135
Q

Monter (comme un oiseau qui s’envole)

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To soar

136
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Une croissance lente

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To inch up

137
Q

Une victoire écrasante (2 fois)

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A landslide victory

An overwhelming victory

138
Q

C’est pas sorcier

A

It’s not rocket science

139
Q

Un changement

A

A change in something

140
Q

Un signe avant-coureur

A

A tell-tale sign

141
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Un fossé (3 fois)

A

A gap
A split
A divid

142
Q

Creuser l’écart (2 fois)

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To dig the gap

To widen the gap

143
Q

Prendre une décision

A

A ruling

144
Q

Qu fait la cour suprême

A

It interpretps the American constitution

145
Q

Un document iconographique

A

A visual document

146
Q

Un graphe

A

A graph

147
Q

Un histogramme

A

A bar chart

148
Q

Une décision majeure

A

A landmark decision

149
Q

Poursuivre (avant le procès)

A

To sue

150
Q

Excepté

A

But for

Except

151
Q

Si on peut s’y fier

A

Anything to go by

152
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Exception à la règle

A

Except to the rule

153
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Symboliser

A

To symbolize

To epitonnize

154
Q

Dans le sillage de

A

In the wake of

155
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Faire voter une loi

A

To pass a law

156
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Un projet de loi

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A bill

157
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Une clause

A

A provision

158
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Célébrer un marriage

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To perform/celebrate weddings

159
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Se conformer à

A

To comply with

160
Q

Dresser l’un contre l’autre

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To pit somebody against somebody else

161
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Un tableau de valeur

A

A table

162
Q

Une frise chronologique

A

A timeline

163
Q

Prendre plaisir

A

To revel

164
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Bon vivant

Fêtard

A

A reveler

165
Q

Un brouillon

A

A draft paper

166
Q

Méditer, réfléchir sérieusement

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To ponder over

167
Q

Au figuré être embourbé

Quelque chose d’enraciné

A

To be entranched

168
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Aller voter

A

To turn out

169
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La participation

A

Voter turnout

170
Q

Se reconnecter à la réalité

A

To take a reality check

171
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Embrasser une vision

A

To embrace a vision

172
Q

Tout sauf le nom, officieusement

A

In all but the name

173
Q

Rentabilité, rendement

A

Yield

174
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PDG

A

Chairman

Chief Executive Officer

175
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Déroutant

A

Staggering

Upsetting

176
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Euphémisme

A

An understatement

177
Q

Un signe qui dit

A

A sign that reads

178
Q

Une légende

A

A caption

179
Q

A document…(8 fois)

A 
To deal with
To focus on
To report on
To shed light on
To highlight
To stress a point
To emphasize
To lay emphasis on
180
Q

A document…

A 
To deal with
To focus on
To report on
To shed light on
To highlight
To stress a point
To emphasize
To lay emphasis on
181
Q

Qqchose est fait pour (3 fois)

A

Is intented to
Is designed to
Is meant to

182
Q

Bénéficier de qqchose

A

To benefit from something

183
Q

Faire bénéficier

A

To benefit somebody

184
Q

Être bénéfique pour qql

A

To be beneficial to somebody/something

185
Q

Être un mal pour quelqu’un (2 fois)

A

To be detrimental to

To be harmful to somebody/something

186
Q

Absurde (3 fois)

A

Nonsensical
Ludacrous
Absurd

187
Q

Sensible

A

Sensitive

188
Q

Raisonné

A

Sensible

189
Q

Être en jeu

A

To be at stake

190
Q

Sans considération pour

A

Regardless of

191
Q

Prendre quelque chose en considération

A

To take something into consideration/account

192
Q

Égalité des chances

A

Equal opportunity

193
Q

Les personnes de milieu défavorisé

A

Unpriviledged people

194
Q

Intégrer une école

A

To get into a school

To enter a school

195
Q

Préférer quelqu’un selon un critère

A

To favour somebody on criterion

196
Q

Accéder à (2 fois)

A

To access something

To get access to something

197
Q

Un paria

A

An outcast

198
Q

Les exclus

A

Excluded people

The underdogs

199
Q

Leurs couleurs de peau

A

The colour of their skin

Their skin colour

200
Q

Les exclus, ceux qu’on foule au pied

A

The downtreadden

201
Q

Leurs caractères

A

The content of their character

202
Q

Être éligible, prétendre à

A

To qualify for

203
Q

Définir

A

To define something as something else

To characterize

204
Q

Appeler quelque chose quelque chose

A

To call something something

205
Q

Discriminer

A

To discriminate

206
Q

Selon (distancié)

A

According to

207
Q

Contribuer à

A

To contribute to doing

208
Q

Selon (proche souvent moi)

A

To

209
Q

Selon mon point de vue

A

In my point of view

In my view/opinion

210
Q

D’un point de vue economique

A

From an economic point of view

211
Q

Quant à

A

As for

212
Q

Aussi loin de…

A

As far as

213
Q

Conséquence

A

That’s why
So
Therefore

214
Q

Jusqu’à quel point?

A

To what extent?

215
Q

Que ce soit

A

Whether it be to… Or to…

216
Q

Comme mentionné

A

As referred/mentionned

217
Q

Le début

A

The very start

The very beginning

218
Q

Faire pencher la balancer

A

To tip the scale

219
Q

Combler une inégalité (2 fois)

A

To bridge the gap

To close the gap

220
Q

Tourner quelqu’un contre quelqu’un

A

To pit someone against somebody else

221
Q

Méritocratie

A

Meritocracy

222
Q

Régler un problème (3 fois)

A

To deal with an issue
To tackle an issue
To address an issue

223
Q

Provoquer (3 fois)

A

To trigger
To provoke
To cause

224
Q

Amener

A

To bring about

225
Q

Renverser une tendance

A

To reverse a trend

226
Q

Compenser

A

To compensate for

To make up for

227
Q

Être condamné à

A

To be doomed to

228
Q

Et ainsi de suite

A

So on and so forth

229
Q

Dire quelque chose pour sa défense (2 fois)

A

To say something for yourself

To say something for your defence

230
Q

Un porte-parole

A

a spokesperson

231
Q

Dire des bétises

A

Talking nonsense

232
Q

Il y a beaucoup de bien à dire de

A

There is a lot to be said for

233
Q

Dire du bien

A

To speak highly of

234
Q

Je vais te le dire sans fioritures

A

I’ll tell you as it is

235
Q

C’est seulement une connaissance

A

I’m only on speaking terms

236
Q

Je vous le passe

A

I’ll put you through to him

237
Q

Dire son texte

A

Say his lines

238
Q

Parler boutique, parler boulot

A

To talk shop

239
Q

En dire long

A

To speak volumes

240
Q

L’argent ouvre des portes

A

Money talks

English Vocabulary (10 decks)

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