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éclairer

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shed light on

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un moyen de transport

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a mean of transport

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participer à un rassemblement

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to attend a rally

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raviver/attiser (le feu)

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to stoke the fire

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ouragan

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hurricane

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s’accrocher a qqchose/qqun

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cling to smth

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faire appel à

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to call on

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Je suis obsédé par l’argent

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I’m obsessed with money

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Elle n’avait rien d’une personne romantique

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She was not much of a romantic person

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provoquer des troubles

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spark unrest

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Se sentir mal à l’aise

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To feel ill-at-ease / awkward

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analphabétisme

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illiteracy

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sans pitié

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ruthless

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Envoyer un colis a qqun

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Send somebody a parcel

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régler le problème des arrangements

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to sort out the arrangements

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tenir quelqu’un pour responsable

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hold someone to account

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Tu aurais intérêt à accepter cette proposition

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You would be well advised to accept that offer.

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un soulèvement

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an uprising

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Une tête brûlée

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A hot head

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certes/d’accord..

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granted

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mariage pour tous

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marriage equality

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des adolescents bloqués/coincés

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stranded teens

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élevage de sélection

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selective breeding

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faire un parallèle

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to draw a parallel

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incessant
unremitting
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être exclu
To be dismissed
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j'ai fait des recherches
i made some research (TOUJOURS SINGULIER)
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évènement majeur, point de repère
a landmark
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qui s'emporte facilement
quick-tempered
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discréditer/briser/tordre le cou à
debunk a myth
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faire une analogie
to draw an analogy
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projet, engagement
undertaking
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OS convivial
user-friendly OS
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pencher/déformer un avis
skew people's opinion
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enthousiasme
eagerness
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être supprimé au montage
to be edited out
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donner/prêter de l'autorité a leur voix
to lend authority to their voices
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Identity politics
Also called identitarian politics Refers to political positions based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify.
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une tentative, un raid
a foray
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susciter de la compassion
to arouse sympathy
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dérouter
baffle (it baffles me)
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un bon côté
a silver lining
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Ils ne sont ni bons ni mauvais
They are neither good nor bad
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un caprice
a tantrum
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une pente glissante
a slippery slope
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Surpasser quelqu'un
To trump someone
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refuser un visa a qqun
deny sb a visa
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un marginal
a maverick
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un émeutier
a rioter
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s'accrocher au pouvoir
to cling to power
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décerner un prix a qqun
award somebody a prize
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travail/labeur
toil
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S'il avait vécu
Had he lived
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humide
damp
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former la moitié de la population
make up half of the population
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visiter qqn
pay a visit
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jeter un coup d'oeil
have a glance
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faire la une
to grab headlines
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totalitaire
totalitarian
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sélectionner méticuleusement de arguments
cherry-picked arguments
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sensible
sensitive
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un excès de colère
a fit of anger
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transgénique
transgenic
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Se méfier de tout
Distrust everything
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un actionnaire
a shareholder
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cynisme
cynicism
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freiner, ralentir un processus
to hamper a process
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émacié (maigre)
emaciated
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un génie
a mastermind
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avoir l'intention de
to intend to
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renverser un dictateur
to overthrow a dictator
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conférer, accorder
bestowing
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Président de la cour suprême
Chief Justice
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une crise
an outburst
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Tarif d'un moyen de transport
Fare ( GER : fahren = voyager)
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s'emparer du pouvoir
to seize power
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Avoir un coeur de pierre
To be cold hearted
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cul de sac
dead end
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mettre en pièce
unpick
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Main d'œuvre
Labour force/workforce
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rassembler des évidences irréfutables
to round up compelling evidences
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un tableur
a spreadsheet
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mal diriger/gérer
to misrule/mismanage
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représenter (au sens de proportion)
account for
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la plus grande valeur/atout/avantage
toe most valuable asset
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être content d'une situation
to be happy with one situation
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représenter une femme
depict a woman
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inégalité des sexes
gender disparity
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un atout
A trump (card)
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position/point de vue
stance
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une action (bourse)
a share
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plein d'esprit
witty
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la censure
censorship
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un renseignement
a piece of information
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un pot-de-vin
a bribe
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pencher en faveur de
skew in favour of

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