Ecricome 2012 et 2013 Flashcards

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d’ailleurs

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for that matter

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lancement

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launch

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se tenir debout

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to stand

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une scène (un décor)

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a stage

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faire apparaître

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to conjure up

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ému, impressionné, émerveillé

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awed

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émerveillement / terreur [idée d’admiration]

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awe

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touché [émotionnellement]

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touched, moved, strirred

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une prestation [spectacle]

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a performance

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aller chercher, rapporter

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to fetch

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mélanger, brasser aléatoirement

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to shuffle

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emballer, combiner

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to package

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design ->

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ligne, conception

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des réactions

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reactioN

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bouquet de fleurs

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bouquet of flowers

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bourdonnement, fredonnement

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humming

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fredonner, chantonner

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to hum

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un hommage

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a tribute, an hoMage

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ressortir, se démarquer, se distinguer

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to stand out

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un technologue

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a technologist

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technicien

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technician

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un chef d’entreprise

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a corporate leader

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auparavant, précédemment, plus tôt

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previously

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étrangement, biZaRRement, curieusement

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strangely

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may [modal] ->

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être susceptible

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esthétique

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aesthetic

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au sujet de [formal] // on

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upon

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appartenance

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membership

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faire surface

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surface

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refaire surface

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to resurface

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simuler

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to put on (informal)

to simulate, to fake, to feign (feindre)

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affecter, toucher

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to affect

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raviver, rallumer

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to rekindle

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qui dure dps lgtps

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long-running

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europhile

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Europhile # Eurosceptic

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députés en GB

aux E-U

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MPs

MEPs

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lundi soir 24 octobre

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on the evening of monday 24th October # monday evening

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un vote

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a vote

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demander

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call for

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être une occasion de faire

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to be an opportunity to do sth

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une révolte

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a revolt // rebellion

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purement

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purely

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consultatif

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consultative

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l’ampleur

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the size (the breadth)

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sans précédent

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unprecedented

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au pouvoir

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in power

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dans, à l’intérieur de

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within

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le marché unique

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the single market

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gouverner

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to govern

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encadrer

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to frame

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abstrait

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abstract

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vague

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vague

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théorique

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theoretical

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être en jeu

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to be at stake

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préciser

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to point out

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expliquer, justifier

constituer (le total)

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to account for sth

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rien que d’y penser

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just at the thought of it

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d’autant que (plus ou moins)

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especially as

particularly as

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d’autant plus que

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all the more so as

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d’autant moins que

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even less so given (that)

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d’aussi loin que je me souvienne

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for as long as I can remember

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un porte-parole

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a spokesman

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souligner que, insister sur

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to emphasize sth

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se vanter de / que

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to brag about / that

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une charrette, un cadie

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a cart / a trolley

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transporter, trimballer

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to cart sth

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tendre, doux

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tender

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câlin

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hug, cuddle

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s’avérer être

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to prove to be

to turn out to be

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révérence / faire une révérence

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cutsy (curtsey)

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s’incliner / fléchir devant

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to bow to

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souligner, mettre en valeur, faire ressortir

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to bring sth out

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prudent

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cautious, careful, prudent

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un fil

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a wire

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sans fil

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wireless

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greffer

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to graft sth

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à la différence de , contrairement à

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unlike

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salle d’audience

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a courtroom

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promettre

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to pledge

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désigner [choisir], nommer

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to appoint sb

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regrouper

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a assemble, to bring together, to gather

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bien que, même si

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although

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cependant

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however

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néanmoins

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nonetheless, nevertheless

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pourtant

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yet

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tirer, dégager qqch

tirer le meilleur de qqn

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to draw forth

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empoisonner

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to poison

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un foyer

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a household

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un sur cinq

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one in five

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un prêt [bancaire]

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a loan

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soit [pour comparer]

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in other words

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deux fois plus qu’il y a 20 ans

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twice AS MANY AS 20 years ago

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dont [appartenance]

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whose

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un record

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a record

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un rapport, un compte-rendu

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a report

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une étude sur qqch

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a research, a study

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bourse d’étude

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scolarship

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enquête, sondage

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survey

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scrutin, sondage

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poll

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redevable à qqn

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indebted to sb

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dépositaire

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indebted

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avoir moins de 35 ans

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to be UNDER 35

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le double

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double

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un effet combiné

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a combined effect

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frais généraux

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overheads

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des frais

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cost, expense

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quel que soit, en dépit de

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regardless of

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les dépenses

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expenditure(s), spendings

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la part de qqch [que l’on paye]

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the share of sth

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ainsi, par conséquent, d’où

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thus

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dans l’ensemble, en général

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overall

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grossièrement

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roughly

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pendant que, au moment où, tandis que, alors que [temporel]

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while

as = alors que [temporel]

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tandis que, alors que [comparaison]

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whereas

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apparaître, survenir (s’immiscer)

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to crop up

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se mêler de qqch

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to meddle in sth

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tripoter, triffouiller

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to meddle with

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les études supérieures / enseignement sup

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Higher Education

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les jeunes

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young people

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la jeunesse

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youth

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récemment

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recently

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dernièrement

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lately

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prestigieux

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prestigious

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rembourser [un prêt, une dette]

rembouser [retourner de la monnaie]

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pay off

pay back

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de haut vol, excellent, de premier ordre

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top-flight

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prémisse, hypothèse

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a premise, a hypothesis

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douteux, dubitatif

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dubious

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contestable

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contestable

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demander, revendiquer

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to claim

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une affirmation, une déclaration

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a claim

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affirmer, déclarer

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to assert

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dépasser, surpasser

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outstrip sth/sb

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bénéfice

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profit

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séparation [décalage], déconnexion

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disjuncture, separation, disconnection

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décalage

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difference, gap

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différence, divergence

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discrepancy

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un sujet, une histoire, une affaire

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a matter

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nommer

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to appoint

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recruter

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employ, hire, recruit, take sb on

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entreprendre

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undertake

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loger, accueillir, héberger

s’adapter à, tenir compte de

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to accommodate

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réticence

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reluctance

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distribuer

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to hand out (aussi “accorder”), give out, distribute

144
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constamment, sans cesse, systématiquement

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consistently

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rose

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pink, rosy

146
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désigner, montrer du doigt, se référer à

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to point to sth

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rattraper, combler son retard

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to catch up

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prévoir, anticiper

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foresee sth / that

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présager

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predict, presage sth

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predire

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to foretell sth, predict sth

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être diplômé

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to graduate