Dissert

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devenir rare

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to get scarcer

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un outil dans la lutte contre

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a tool in the fight against

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être que qqch

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to be all about

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on a encore du progrès à faire quant à…

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there is still much room for improvement when it comes to

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non seulement X a tendance à… ils font aussi ca

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not only do X tend to… ; they also tend to

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l’arrivée de… a déclenché une rafale de

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the advent of.. spawned a burst of

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il ne faut pas s’avancer

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we shouldn’t make too much of it

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devenir… par rapport à

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to grow … with

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sembler

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to appear to be

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prévoir ce qui est à venir

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to forecast what is to come with

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être pour bientôt//pour le

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to be due soon//on nov 8

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être exposé

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to be in the limelight

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être dans l’opposition

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to be at odds

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un pb bcp discuté

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a much-discussed issue

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être essentiel

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to be of the essence

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poussée//vague

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a surge

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une tentative de faire qque chose

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an attempt at + ing

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fournir un effort supplémentaire

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to step up the effort at

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mettre à dos

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to alienate

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caresser dans le sens du poil

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to pander to

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répugner

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to put sb off

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ê perçu comme

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to come across as

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jouer sur les peurs

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to resort to fearmongering

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alimenter

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to fuel

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exagérer en permanence

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to be consistently overdoing it

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attirer

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to draw

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bien aimer

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to be keen on

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comprendre

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to figure out

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on ne sait pas de quoi il est cap

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to be an unknown quantity

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n’avoir aucune idée

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to haven’t a clue

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il y a peu de chances que

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the odds are against

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un temps révolu

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a bygone age

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afin de

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with a view to + ing // so as to, in order to

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nommer

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to appoint

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traiter ttes sortes de

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to address all manner of//all kinds of

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on voudrait nous faire croire que sb

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they would have us believe that

sb are touted as

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l’engouement pour

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the craze for

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ê nuancé

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to be qualified

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le simple fait de

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merely + ing

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en soi

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in and of itself

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ê une solution

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to do the trick

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faire des miracles

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to work wonders

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tout dép de

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it is all down to

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assez peu nbx

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few and far between

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surfait

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overrated

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ne pas avoir ttes les qualités qu’on leur prête

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one is not all one is cracked up to be

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élaborer

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to devise

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une question qu’il vaut mieux confier à

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issues are better left to

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ê secondaire

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to come second

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ne pas faire de qque chose sa priorité

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to not prioritize

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la pensée * a investi le monde de *

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• thinking has permeated the * world

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enjeu

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stake

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se traduire par un meilleur …

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to reflect positively on

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encourager

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to foster

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une de leur priorités et non la moindre

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to rank high among their priorities

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pouvoir se faire rattraper par la réalité

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may well get caught up in the realities of

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mentalité

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mind-set

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reste à savoir si leur * résistera aux épreuves de *

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whether… will survive the ordeals of.. remains to be seen

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fournir des efforts pour

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to strive for

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ê commun

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to be common place