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1
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les nuages arrivent

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clouds loom

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maladie

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sickness / disease

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taxe sur les mauvais produits pour la santé

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a sin taxe

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jeux d’argent

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gambling

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marché noir

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Illégal market

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économie comportementale

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Behavioral economics

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espèce en voie de disparition

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Endangered species

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mal de gorge

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sore throat

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condamner

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to sentence - to convict

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Peine de mort

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Death penalty

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une supplique

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a plea

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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subventionner

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subsidize

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une réfutation

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rebuttal

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Éveiller les consciences

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to raise awarnness of

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un tracas

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a niggle

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végétarien

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meatfree

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une salle de repos

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a break room

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tromper

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to mislead

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une polaire

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a fleece

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21
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organiser les élections anticipées

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to call a snap election

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s’approcher / se dessiner

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to loom

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empirer

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to worsen

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être de mauvaise foi

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to have a bad faith

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Prendre parti pour

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to side with

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Législation phare

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Flagship legislation

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27
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aller assez loin

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to go far enough

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se tenir à

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to stick with

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faire demi-tour

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to make a U-turn

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un charlatan - un fraudeur

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a charlatan - a fraud

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ternir

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to tarnish

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un chef d’Etat élu

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an elected head of state

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un moment décisif

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a pivotal moment

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34
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enquête

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survey

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corruption

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bribery

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poser une question

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to raise a question - to challenge one’s assumption

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37
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être dans le même bateau

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to be in the same boat

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Impartial - partial

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impartial - partial

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39
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être nommé à vie

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lifetime tenure

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40
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compter sur

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to rely on

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41
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haute société anglaise

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English upper class

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ascension sociale

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upward mobility

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système à 2 vitesses

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two tier system

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être né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche

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to be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth

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partir avec une longueur d’avance dans la vie

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to have a headstart in life

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faire de l’entre soi

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to keep together

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prévaloir

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to prevail

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remplir un contrat

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to respect a contract

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par exemple

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for instance

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soutenir quelqu’un en politique

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to endorce - to side with

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parti travailliste

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The Labour Party

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un élu

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an elected official

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école publique

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state schools

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Intégrer une école

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to get into a school

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frais de scolarité

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tuitons fees

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pour atteindre plus de diversité

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to achieve more diversity

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mentorat

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mentorship

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assister à un cours

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to attend a class

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Présenter une candidature à l’université

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to apply to university

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un tuteur

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a tutor

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cours particulier 1 prof et 1 élève

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One-on-one classes

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aviron

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rowing

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école non genrée

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single-sex schools

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internat

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a boarding school

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relation d’anciens élèves

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old school ties

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couloirs

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corridors

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bourse basée sur les besoins

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need based scholarship

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plafonner

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to cap

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mépriser - regarder de haut

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to look down on - to despise

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frais de vie

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living expenses

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bizuter

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to haze

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admission préférentielle

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Legacy admissions

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considérer - prendre en compte

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to take into account

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un proche - parent

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a relative

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une bibliothèque

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a library

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la crème de la crème

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the cream of the crop

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une inondation

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a flood

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plus chaud que (au sens des vêtements)

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warmer than

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un impérméable

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a raincoat

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pointer du doigt

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to pinpoint

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libre échange

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free trade

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être attiré

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drawn to

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perdre la main sur quelque chose

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to lose one’s grip on something

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un écart

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a discrepancy - a gap

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s’effondrer - dégringoler

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to plummet

86
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travailler main dans la main

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to work hand in hand

87
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pour surmonter les obstacles

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to overcome barriers

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un écueil - un piège

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pitfall

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un fardeau - une épreuve

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a hardship

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rivalité

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rivalry

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contre coup

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blacklash

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à l’étranger

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abroad

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se permettre de faire quelque chose

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to afford to do something

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Politique de discrimination positive

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Affirmative action policies

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résoudre un problème

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to problem-solve

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2 x plus

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twice as much

97
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it seems that

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il parait que

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accorder

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to grant

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vieux jeu

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old fashioned

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accabler

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to overwhelm

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descendance

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offspring

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pour renforcer les obligations

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to strengthen bonds

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fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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