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faire faillite

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to go bust

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le gaz de schiste

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shale gas

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exploiter des ressources

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to tap into resources

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stagner

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to stagnate

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monter en flèche

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to soar

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tripler

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to increase three-fold

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dépasser (en allure)

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to outpace

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dépasser

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to oustripp

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passer de … à …

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to leap from … to …

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dépasser, surpasser

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to surpass

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constant, régulier

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steady

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prononcée

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steep

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une augmentation DE

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a rise IN

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spectaculaire

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dramatic

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net, vif

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sharp

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une hausse, une augmentation DE

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a hike IN

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the endowment

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la dotation

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réduire de manière drastique

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to axe sth

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un prêt

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a loan

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contracter un prêt

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to take out a loan

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rembourser un prêt

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to repay a loan

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être en ascension sociale

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to be upwardly mobile

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la mobilité sociale

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the upward mobility

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reporter, différer, remettre à plus tard

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to postpone, to put off

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être endetté

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to be indebted

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la réussite, l’atteinte d’un objectif

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the attainment

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une question décentralisée

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a devolved matter

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préserver, conserver qqchose

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to preserve sth

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relever le niveau scolaire

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to raise standards

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sortir du système scolaire

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to drop out of school

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décrocher un diplôme

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to earn a degree

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qqn qui est sorti du système scolaire

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a drop out

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une formation professionnelle

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vocational training

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pourvoir aux besoins de, satisfaire

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to cater for/to

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avoir de bonnes chances de réussir, de décrocher un emploi

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to stand a good chance of landing

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décrocher un emploi

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to land a job

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stagner

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to level out

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rembourser

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to pay off

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39
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nuancer les résultats de

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to qualify the findings of

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une protection contre

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a shield against

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un obstacle, une entrave

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a hindrance

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constituer une menace à

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to pose a threat at

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un barreau

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a rung

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l’échelle sociale

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the social ladder

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les Lumières

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the Enlightenment

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le parabole des talents

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the parable of talents

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être endetté de

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to be endowed with

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la dette handicapante, paralysante

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crippling debt

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être gangréné par

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to be plagued with

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compenser, rattraper

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to make up for

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contrebalancer, compenser

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to offset sth

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faire payer qqn

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to charge sb

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une pente glissante

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the slippery slope

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occuper un poste

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to fill a job

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avoir des conséquences désastreuses sur

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to take a toll on

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former

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to train

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avoir recours à

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to resort to

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obtenir un diplôme

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to earn a degree

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avoir deux emplois

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to work two jobs

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être endetté de …$

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to be in debt of $…

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aller à la fac, faire des études universitaires

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to attend college

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l’alphabétisation

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literacy

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rejoindre la population active

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to join, to proceed into the workforce

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empiler, entasser

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to heap up

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un brevet

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a patent

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répondre aux exigences

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to meet the demands

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une porte pour

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a gateway to

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verser

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to pour

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allouer des fonds

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to allocate funds/money

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se faire concurrence

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to compete for

to vie for

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faire la loi scolaire

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to rule the academic roost

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une vitrine

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a showcase

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être embourbé dans la dette

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to be mired in debt

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accumuler de lourdes dettes

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to run up huge debts

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être plus performant que, faire mieux que

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to outperform

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céder

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to yield

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le rapport qualité-prix

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the value for money

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dépenser de l’argent dans

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to spend money ON

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être mal classé

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to score poorly

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baisser dans les classements internationaux

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to slip in international rankings

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avoir un rendement de

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to yield a return

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les rendements

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yields

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régler un problème

organiser un plan, un voyage

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to sort out

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truqué

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rigged

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attirer les bénéfices de

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to draw the benefits of

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la rareté

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scarcity

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la qualité marchande

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marketability

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commercialisable

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marketable

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vivre par procuration

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to live by proxy

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une conspiration

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a collusion

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la pénurie

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the shortage

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absurde

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preprosterous

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passer un examen

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to sit/take an exam

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le tronc commun

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the core subjects

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orienter l’argent

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to channel money

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fournir des avantages

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to provide incentives

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tailler

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to trim

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rationaliser

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to streamline

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faire sursauter qqn

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to give sb a jolt

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enseignement professionnel

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vocational training

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un plan ambitieux

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a bald plan

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de peur de

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for fear of

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être défavorisé

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to be deprived

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l’insertion professionnelle

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work placement

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le stage

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internship

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stupéfiant, ahurissant, sidérant

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staggering

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être à (chiffres)

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to stand at

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sans discernement

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indiscriminately

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une marge de manoeuvre

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a leeway

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le taux de décrochage scolaire

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the dropouts rate

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tenir les Etats pour responsables

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to hold the States to account

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ne pas être à la hauteur de

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to fall short of

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strict

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stringent

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porter ses fruits

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to deliver

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une charte

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a charter

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juger

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to deem