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1
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Ne pas mâcher ses mots

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To speak bluntly

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Trois fois rien

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Next to nothing

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Il s’en sort toujours bien

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He always comes up smelling of roses

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Au coude à coude

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Neck and neck

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C’est à prendre ou à laisser

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Take it or leave it

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Aller de pair / aller de pair avec

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To go hand in hand / to go together with

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Pour faire passer la pillule / faire passer la pillule (2)

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To soften the blow / to sweeten the pill, to sugarcoat the pill

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On a du mal à avaler la pillule

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It’s a bitter pill to swallow

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Remettre à plus tard

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To put on the back burner

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Attendre que les choses se tassent

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To let the dust settle

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Avoir des hauts et des bas (2)

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To have highs and lows / to have ups and downs

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Cela va se retourner contre eux

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It will backfire on them

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Être débordé de travail

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To be snowed under with work

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14
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Avoir le bras long

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To have friends in high places

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Avoir de l’influence

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To have clout

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Avoir le dessus

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To have the upper hand

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Être le dos au mur

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To have their backs to the wall

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Avoir une idée derrière la tête

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To have something at the back of his mind

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Travailler d’arrache-pied

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To work flat out

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Se tuer à la tâche

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To work one’s fingers to the bone

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Voir le jour

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To see the light of a day

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Voir le bon côté des choses

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To look on the bright side of life

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Être indépendant

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To stand on your own two feet

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C’est tombé du ciel

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It came out of the blue

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24
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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat about the bush

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Celà arrive tous les 36 du mois

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It happens once in a blue moon

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26
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C’est tiré par les cheveux

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It’s far-fetched

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27
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Tenter un coup de poker

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To take a gamble

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Tenir bon / camper sur ses positions

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To stick to your guns

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29
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Ramener le calme / Apaiser les esprits

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To pour oil on troubled waters

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29
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Tenir le coup

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To weather the storm

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30
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C’est clair comme de l’eau de roche

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It’s crystal-clear

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Être à côté de la plaque

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To be on the wrong track

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30
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Se tirer une balle dans le pied

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To shoot yourself in the foot

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30
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Prendre une menace à la légère

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To make light of a threat

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31
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La nouvelle s’est répandue comme une traînée de poudre

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The news spread like wildfire

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Sa déclaration a attiré les foudres du gouvernement

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His statement provoked anger from the government

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Lutter à armes égales

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To fight on equal terms

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34
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C’est le revers de la médaille

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That’s the other side of the coin

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Toute médaille à son revers

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Every rose has its thorn

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36
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Ce discours restera dans les annales

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The speech will go down in history

36
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On se retrouve à la case départ

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We’re back to square one

36
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Il a retourné sa veste plusieurs fois

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He changed sides several times

37
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La loi a provoqué une levée de boucliers

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They are up in arms over the law

38
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Les candidats promettent monts et merveilles avant les élections

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Candidats promise the moon before the election

39
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Le journaliste a provoqué un tollé général avec son article (2)

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The journalist stirred up a hornet’s net / set a storm of criticism when he wrote his article

40
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Remuer le couteau dans la plaie

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To twist the knife in the wound

40
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Les nouvelles politiques commencent à porter leurs fruits

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New policies are beginning to bear fruit

41
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On parle beaucoup pour ne rien dire pendant les débats

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There’s a lot of waffle during the debates

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Il va vous caresser dans le sens du poil pour arriver à ses fins

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He’s going to soft-soap you to achieve his aim

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Se reposer sur ses lauriers

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To rest on one’s laurels

44
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

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A stitch in time saves nine

45
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Leur histoire ne tient pas debout (2)

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Their story doesn’t hold water / wouldn’t hold up in court

46
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Se montrer à la hauteur

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To come up to scratch

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Son idée ne va pas révolutionner le monde

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His idea will never set the world on fire

48
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Il ne mâche pas ses mots (2)

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He doesn’t mince his words / he is blunt

49
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Avoir son mot à dire (2)

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To have a say / to have a say in the matter

50
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Ils n’ont pas l’ombre d’une chance de gagner

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They haven’t got a ghost of a chance of winning

50
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Remettre les pendules à l’heure

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To set the record straight

50
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Il l’a fait à ses risques et périls

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He did it as it own risk

51
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Les événements récents de cette semaine ont mis le feu aux poudres

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Recent week’s events sparked things off

52
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Mettre des bâtons dans les roues

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To put a spoke in the wheel

52
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Les dés sont jetés

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The die is cast

52
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L’habit ne fait pas le moine

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You can’t judge a book by its cover

53
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Ce qui est fait est fait

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It’s no use crying over spilt milk

54
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Jouer un jeu dangereux

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To sail close to the wind

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Les hommes politiques doivent jouer des coudes pour arriver au sommet

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Politicians have to elbow their way to the top

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La balle est dans ton camp

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The ball’s in your court

57
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Jeter de l’huile sur le feu

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To add fuel to the fire

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On ne peut pas fermer les yeux sur la corruption

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We can’t turn a blind eye to corruption

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Il faut faire toute la lumière sur ce scandale

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We must get to the bottom of this scandal

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Le gouvernement a dû faire marche arrière sur les mesures d’austérité

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The government had to backtrack on austerity measures

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Faire marche arrière

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To back-pedal

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Nous sommes conscients qu’il y a deux poids deux mesures

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We are aware that there is a double standard

62
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Le scandale politique a fait du bruit

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The political scandal has caused a stir

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Ces mesures auront des répercussions sur notre vie en général

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These measures will have a knock-on effect on our life in general

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Un effet boule de neige

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A snowball effect

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Il faut se serrer les coudes pour les battre

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We must stick together to beat them

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La coalition a immédiatement été mise à l’épreuve

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The coalition was immediately put to the nest

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Les deux équipes sont sur un pied d’égalité

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Both teams are on an equal footing

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Être sous le feu des projecteurs (2)

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To be in the public eye / To be in the spotlight

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Être sur la scelette

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To be in the hot seat

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Être pris entre le marteau et l’enclume

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To be caught between a rock and a hard place

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Le ministre est dans la ligne de tir, sous le feu des attaques

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The minister is in the firing line

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Les électeur sont encore indécis, ils ne prennent pas position

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Voters are still undecided, they are sitting on the fence

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Qui ne risque rien n’a rien

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Nothing ventured nothing gained

74
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Il a fallu prendre des risques

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We had to stick our necks out

75
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Deux ministres sont en désaccord sur l’avenir de l’entreprise

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Two ministers are at loggerheads over the future of the company

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Être à deux doigts de

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To be a whisker away from doing sthg

77
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Les règles de sécurité ne sont pas à la hauteur

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Safety rules are not up to the mark

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Le président a dit qu’il était le temps de tourner la page

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The president said it was time to turn the page

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On leur a donné carte blanche pour le projet

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They were given carte blanche for the project

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Il a changé son fusil d’épaule

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He had a change of heart

81
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Cela suffit pour ajd

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Let’s call it a day

82
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Il fait semblant de s’intéresser à l’idée

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He pays lip service to the idea

83
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C’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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It is the final straw

84
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Il campe sur ses positions

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He sticks to its guns

85
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Il a plus d’une corde a son arc

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He has more than one string to his bow

86
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Avoir une idée derrière la tête

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To have sthg at the back of one’s mind

87
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Il ne faut pas avoir les yeux plus gros que le ventre

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Don’t bite off more than you can chew

88
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Il faut avoir la tête sur les épaules (2)

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You must have your head screwed on right / You must be down-to-earth

89
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Cela va se retourner contre eux

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It will backfire on them

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