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1
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personne agée

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elderly people

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(au) volant

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at the wheel

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échouer

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to fail to

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1er ministre actuel

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then PM

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faire grève

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to strike

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aller en bateau

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to sail

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passer du temps

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to spent time

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revenir en avion

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to fly back

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mal du pays

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homesick

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retraite

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pension # retirement

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reduire

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to cut down

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infraction routière

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traffic violation

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une personne sur deux

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one out of two

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jadis

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once

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diaboliser

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to demonized

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s’accommoder de

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to make do with

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faute de

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for want of

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corpulence

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built

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se trouver

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to come up with

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sodas

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soda pop

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inédit

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unhead

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complet

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comprehensive

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engloutir la nourriture

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to wolf food

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engloutir de liquide

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to gulp down

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déclencher

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to trigger

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donner l’exemple

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to set an example

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transformer

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to turn into

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un charme, attrait

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an appeal

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au total

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all in all

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positions

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attitudes

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absurde

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inconsistent

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avoir envie de

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to feel like doing

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type

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kind of

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ne cesser de

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to keep doing

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déranger

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to objet on doing (I don’t object on me to paying you a visit)

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aller voir qq’un

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to pay sb a visit

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ne pouvoir que faire qq chose

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can’t do nothing but to do

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jouer un mauvais tour

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to play a trick on

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il se trouve que

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it so happens that

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au milieu de la foule

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admist the crowd

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pas de presse

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there is no rush

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balle perdue

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stray bullet

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retirer

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remove

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barrières douanières

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trade barriers

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déficit

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deficit

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favori

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frontrunner

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position

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stand

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ouvrir un cabinet

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to set up a practice

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être perdu

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to be at a loss

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faire face à de nbx pb

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to grapple with a problem

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ampleur

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scope

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reptiles

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reptiles

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mammifères

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mammals

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fuir

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flee, fled, fled

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carton

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cardboard

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serviette

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towel

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automobiliste

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motorist

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en cours

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under way

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poumons

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lung

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poursuivre en justice

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to sue

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étiqueter

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to label

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à peine

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hardly

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il n’a pas moyen de faire qq chose

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there is no doing

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travailler dans l’ombre

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to work behind the scene

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faire aboutir qq chose

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to bring sth about

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base (syndicat)

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grassroots

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affaiblir

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to weaken

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reprendre une activité interrompue

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to resume

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à moins que

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unless

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à condition que

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provided

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menacer de faire

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to threaten to do sth

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personne ayant un avis radical

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hardliner

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dissiper les craintes

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to dispel the fears

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tout de même

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all the same

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objectif (appareil photo)

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lens

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droit

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law

legislation

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grande demeure

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mansion

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n’a rien à envier à qqchose / qq’un

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have nothing to envy sb

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en cause

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at state

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saisonnier

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seasonal workers

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accorder

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grant

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garantir

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to guarentee

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interdire de faire qq chose

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to forbide sb from doing sth

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sol

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soil

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restauration

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catering industry

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courant, répandu

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widespread

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gagner du terrain

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to gain ground

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qualifié

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skilled

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mère au foyer

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housewive

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augmenter

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to supplement

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grappe

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bunch

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tuteur (mineur)

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guardian

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haltère

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dumbbell

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soulever

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lift

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avare

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miserly

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cave

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cellar

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dot

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dowry

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balance

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scale

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se raser

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to shave

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un gant de toilette

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a face flannel

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une éponge

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sponge

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une coiffure

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a hairdo

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un séchoir

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a hairdryer

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fin

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thin

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épais

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thick

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emmêlé

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tangled

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peigner, un peigne

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to comb, a comb

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laque

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hair spray

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chauve

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bald

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cils

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eyelashes

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sourcils

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eyebrows

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bec et ongle

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tooth and nail

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fourmillements

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pins and needles

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contre vents et marées

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come hell or high water

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faire les cents pas

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to walk to and fro

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wear

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usure

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laisser en plan

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to leave high and dry

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clair et net

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cut and dried

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strict

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hard and fast

severe

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histoire à dormir debout

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cock and bull story

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être en guerre contre

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be at war with

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retorquer

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retort

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puits de carbon

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carbon sink

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être pris de court

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caught off guard

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recouper les données

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to cross-correlate the data

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famine (U or C)

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famine

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théorique

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theoritical

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interpréter

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construe

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un passeport pour

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a passport to

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predominer

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to prevail

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autoroute

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highway

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piller

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to plunder

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vierge

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pristine

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cupide

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greedy

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contrôler, maîtriser

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to rein in

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si oui ou non

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whether or not

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extrader

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extradite

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diffamer

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to traduce

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autant dire que

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it goes without saying

140
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créateur, fondateur

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founder

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fonder qqch

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to found

142
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une fondation

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a foundation

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financeur

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funder

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lanceur d’alerte

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whistleblower

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saluer (acclamer)

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to hail

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douteux

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dubious

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traiter comme

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treat as

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devoir qqchose à qq’un

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to owe sth to sb

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armée

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military

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entre autres

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among other

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prendre refuge dans

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take refuge at

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espionner

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to spy upon

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encenser

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to praise

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tenir responsable de qq chse

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to hold sb responsible for sth

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les medias

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media

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avec (ensemble, main dans la main)

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along with

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alimenter (soutenir)

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to fuel

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gratuit, injustifié

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wanton

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s’incliner

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to bow

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rester

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to remain

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reporter

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to postpone

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retarder

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to delay

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être bon en qq ch

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to be good AT sth

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génération digitale

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digital natives

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aborder

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broach

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relacher

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to release

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douanier

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customs officer

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mener le jeu

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call the shots

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pions

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prowns

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chiffre

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figure

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dépasser, éclipser

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outshine

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alimenter

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to fuel

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encore

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still

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famille au sens large

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relatives

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inédit

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unprecedented

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acte de solidarité

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acts of solidarity

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chambre, hébergement

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accomodation

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égoisme

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selfishness

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n’a rien de nouveau

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be by no means unsual

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avoir les moyens de payer

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to afford

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décourager, démoralisant

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dispirit, dispirating

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congé (non payé)

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furlough

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cacher des info

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to withhold info

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divigation, délire

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raving

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déborder de

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to burst with

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à partir de telle date

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as from + date

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jour et nuit

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round the clock

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imprévisible

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unpredictable

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réseau électrique

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electrical supplies

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faire de l’ombre à

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to overshadow

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être l’ombre de soi même

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to be the mere shadow of oneself

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encouragement

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Nudge

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Automne

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Fall

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faire un effort

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to strain

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casier

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locker

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récréation

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recess

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épidémie

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outbreak

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apparaître

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to surface

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cours de soutien

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remedial classes

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avoir du retard

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to lag behind

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rattrapage

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catch-up

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inciter

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to urge sb to do sth

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rechigner à faire qq chose

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to balk at doing

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glace (neige accumulée)

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snowpack

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la fonte

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the melting

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société de consommation

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consumer society

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cloison

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partition

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être au chômage technique / être en permission

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to be furloughed

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accélerer

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to speed up

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échanger

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to trade off

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faire naître

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to kindle

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réticence, être réticent

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reluctance, be reluctant

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prochain

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upcoming

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menaçant, effrayant

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ominous

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céder # abandonner

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to give in # to give up

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présentateur des info

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anchor

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présentateur de spectacle, d’émission

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emcee

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à tel point que

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to the point that

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périphérique

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ring road

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une ruelle

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a lane

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un carrefour

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a crossrads

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une voie sans issue

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a no no-through road

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rondpoint

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roundabout

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place

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a square

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zone pietonne

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pedestrian precinct

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quai

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embankment

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caniveau

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gutter

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feu de signalisation

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traffic light

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bouche d’égout

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manhole

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bac à sable

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sandpit

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une fontaine

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a fountain

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mairie

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city-hall

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municipalité

A

council

234
Q

impôts locaux

A

local taxes

235
Q

préfecture de police

A

police headquarters

236
Q

station de pompier

A

fire station

237
Q

gymnase

A

gymnasium

238
Q

répondre à (une attente), satisfaire

A

fulfill

239
Q

bondé

A

crowded

240
Q

station service

A

petrol station

241
Q

cimetière

A

cemetary

242
Q

conjuguer

A

juggle

243
Q

fournir qqch à qqun

A

to supply sth to

244
Q

être en difficulté

A

to struggle

245
Q

aggraver

A

to compound

246
Q

exploitation minière

A

mining

247
Q

pour l’instant

A

so far

248
Q

empirer

A

to go from bad to worse

249
Q

malheur

A

woe

250
Q

épée à double tranchant

A

double-edged sword

251
Q

écarter

A

to rule out

252
Q

abriter / renfermer

A

to shelter

253
Q

diamètre

A

wide

254
Q

rayon

A

radius

Anglais 2BCPST (29 decks)

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