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1
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tout et n’importe quoi

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everything and anything

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la chaire

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pulprit

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général/complet

assurance tous risques

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comprehensive

comprehensive insurance

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se contenter, s’accommoder de

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to content with, to settle for

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couverture / total (adj)

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blanket

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être inquiet de

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to fret about

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la colonne vertébrale

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backbone

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assommer

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to knock out

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tenir compagnie

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to keep company

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faire entrer qqn

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to show sb into

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épargne

un panier percé

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thrift

a spendthrift

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farouche, robuste, rude

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rugged

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autonomie

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self-reliance

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balançoire

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swing > swing voters

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les professions libérales

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professions

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la crèche/garderie

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day care

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manifester un intérêt de pure forme, accepter du bout des lèvres

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to pay lip service

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la politique de l’enfant unique

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the one-child policy

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prendre rdv
prévoir un rdv (amis)
avoir un rdv chez

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to make an appointment with
to arrange to meet/see ..
to have an appointment at

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donner une image de

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to project an image of

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abroger une loi

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to repeal a law

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le taux d’abandon

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the dropout rate

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faire des études supérieures

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to go on to higher education

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les caisses de l’Etat

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the State’s coffers

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une orientation politique

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a political leaning

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tenir à ce que..

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to insist that..

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flageller

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to flog

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un coup de fouet

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a lash / a whiplash

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une vitrine

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a showcase for

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corruption

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corruption / bribery

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un pot de vin

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a kickback

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théoriquement

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nominally, theoretically

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le sous titre / sous rubrique

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sub-heading

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fredonner

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to hum

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affiner, perfectionner

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to hone

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ternir

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to tarnish

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à court d’argent

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short of / pinch for money

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d’importance secondaire

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incidental

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gouffre financier / projet inutile et couteux

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white elephant

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descendre dans la rue

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to take the streets

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en douce, en cachette

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on the sly

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chambouler

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shake up

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libéralisme

libéraux

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free-market economy

free marketeers

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récolter les fruits de

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to reap the benefits of

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payer le prix fort

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to bear the brunt of

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avoir un rôle important

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to play a key role

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un répertoire

un annuaire

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a contact list / an address book

a phone book

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épargner

temps libre

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to spare

spare time

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grave

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serious/ severe

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confiance en qqn

confiance en général

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trust

confidence

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être au conseil d’administration

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to be on the board

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caresser un animal

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to stroke a pet

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un une personne sondée

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a polled, a respondent

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une étiquette

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a label

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supprimer l’intermédiaire

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to cut out the middleman

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se populariser

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to go mainstream / viral / to popularize

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collectivités locales

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local authorities

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le cours du blé
le cours de l’action
le cours du dollar

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wheat prices
the stock/share price
the value / the exchange rate of dollar

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sournois

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sneaky

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en deux mots

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in a couple of words

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hésiter, vaciller, faiblir

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to waver

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hésiter, se tâter

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to dither

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hésiter (une voix, une démarche), faiblir, vaciller

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to falter

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sur le siège arrière
à l’arrière de la voiture
dans une voiure

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in the backseat
in the rear of the car
in a car

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dans un train/avion/bus

à l’avant / à l’arrière

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on a train/plane/bus

at the front / rear

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un wagon

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a carriage

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alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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food health scare

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nuire, faire mal

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to harm

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bio

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organic

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dans une certaine mesure

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to some extent

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un parti marginal

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a fringe party

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attentionné / pensif

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thoughtful

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bouchon en liège
bouchon
bouchon (voitures)

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a cork
a stopper, a cap
a hold-up / a traffic jam / congestion

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un drame

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a tragedy

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tituber

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to stagger

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mourir étouffé

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to choke to death

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un râle, grognement (bruit du cochon)

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a groan

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cracher

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to spit (out)

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pleurnicher

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to pule

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s’accroupir

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to squat

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une bande

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a strip

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volumineux

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bulky

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le résultat d’une élection

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the outcome of an election

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perdre au profit de

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to lose to

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une forte douleur

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a severe pain

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une brèche

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a breach

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un sous fifre, subordonné (pej)

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an underling

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des progrès

un progrès

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Ø progress

a step forward, an advance

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une corvée

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a chore

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le ménage

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housework

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(tout) nettoyer

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to clean up

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passer voir qqn

rendre visite

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to call on sb / to drop in/by on sb

to pay a visit

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un mastodonte

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a behemoth

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des volants, des chichis

sans fioritures / réduit au minimum

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frills

no-frills

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voyage inaugural

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maiden voyage/flight

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marquer le début d’une nouvelle époque

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to usher a new era in

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pencher

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to tilt, to lean

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invité d’honneur

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guest of honour

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conflictuel

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confrontational

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tarification dynamique

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dynamic pricing

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défendre la cause de

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to champion

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satisfaire la demande

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to meet/fulfill demand

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fixer un prix

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to set a price

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la chute du mur de berlin

l’effondrement de l’URSS

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the fall of the Berlin Wall

the collapse of communism

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les données

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Ø data

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tomber sur qqn

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to run / bump into sb

to come across sb

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forger

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to foster

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culture / récolte

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crop

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récolter / moissonner

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to harvest

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aller chercher à pied

aller chercher en voiture

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to meet

to pick up

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accueillir les JO

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to host the OG

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être accueilli par des cris

saluer/ accueillir

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to be greeted with shouts

to greet

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crèche + maternelle

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child care

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niche fiscale

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loophole

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stage en entreprise

stage/formation

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work placement/internship

training course

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superviser

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to oversee

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délocalisation
externalisation
sous-traitance
relocaliser

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relocation
outsourcing
subcontracting
to reshore

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fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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pneu

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tyre

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entrer par effraction

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to break into

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enfoncer une porte ouverte

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to state the obvious

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juge à la cour suprême

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Chief Justice

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une scène / une étape

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a stage

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éducation des enfants

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child rearing

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sentiment d’appartenance

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sense of belonging

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la plus âgée des mes deux soeurs
la plus âgée de mes trois soeurs
ma soeur ainée

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the elder …
the eldest…
my elder sister

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un ascenseur / une cargaison

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a lift

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soulever/remonter/dresser

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to lift

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user de représailles

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to retaliate

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un rempart contre

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a bulwark against

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mettre en application / faire respecter

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to enforce

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une série

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a series

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être licencié pour raison économique

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to be made redundant

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apaiser/calmer

soulager sa conscience

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assuage

assuage one’s guilt

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s’immiscer, se mêler

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to meddle

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entrave

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hindrance

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refuser quelque chose à qqn

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to withhold sth from sb

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taire une information

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to withhold an information

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retenir/refuser le paiement

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to withhold payment

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rendement

A

yield

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une obligation (bourse)

A

a bond

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142
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falsifier/truquer les comptes

A

to cook the books

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résultat opérationnel / bénéfice d’exploitation

A

operating profit

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faucon

A

hawk

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145
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une atteinte à

A

a blow to

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146
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vente en gros

grossiste

A

wholesale

wholesaler

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vente en vrac

A

bulk sale

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chavirer

A

to capsize

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149
Q

(se) noyer

A

to drawn

150
Q

fulminer contre

A

to rail against

151
Q

reprise, recommencement

A

resumption

152
Q

l’atout

A

asset / trump card

153
Q

l’atout

A

asset / trump card

154
Q

submerger

A

to overwhelm, to submerge

155
Q

se vautrer sur / s’affaler

A

to sprawl on

156
Q

détourner, s’approprier

A

to hijack

157
Q

se chamailler

A

to bicker

158
Q

une enclave

A

an exclave

159
Q

une enclave

A

an exclave

160
Q

être nommé/assermenté à

A

to be sworn into

161
Q

se chamailler (à propos de)

A

to bicker (over)

162
Q

être nommé/assermenté à

A

to be sworn into

163
Q

un dégel / dégeler

A

a thaw (in relations), to thaw

164
Q

un dégel / dégeler

A

a thaw (in relations), to thaw

165
Q

orage

A

thunderstorm

166
Q

orage

A

thunderstorm

167
Q

soutenir

A

to pledge, to endorse

168
Q

to gear up

A

se préparer

169
Q

se travestir

A

to cross-dress

a cross dresser

170
Q

traitre

A

traitor / betrayer

171
Q

belliciste

A

warmonger

172
Q

mauvaise langue

A

gossip / scandalmonger

173
Q

peser sur

A

to weigh (in) on

174
Q

révérer

A

to revere

175
Q

attraper un rhume

A

to catch a cold

176
Q

c’est uniquement de sa faute / il en est totalement responsable

A

it’s on his own making

177
Q

à mon chevet

A

at my bedside

178
Q

comme par miracle

A

as if by miracle / by some miracle

179
Q

avoir comme intention de..

A

to mean to

180
Q

diagnostiquer

A

to diagnose

181
Q

malgré tout

A

for all that / even so

182
Q

une indigestion

A

a case of indigestion / ø indigestion

183
Q

enfance / première années / années déterminantes

A

formative years

184
Q

être perdant

A

to lose out

185
Q

et pourtant

A

yet more

186
Q

retarder, repousser, remettre à plus tard

A

to put off / to postpone

187
Q

faire irruption sur / dans

A

to burst onto / into

188
Q

étonnamment

A

startlingly

189
Q

dans les limbes

A

in limbo

190
Q

au chômage (familier)

A

on the dole

191
Q

un délit

A

a crime

192
Q

un crime / la criminalité

A

a violent crime / Ø violent crime

193
Q

susciter, déclencher

A

to ignite

194
Q

fléau / peste

en proie à, assailli par, criblé de

A

plague

plagued by

195
Q

et encore moins / et sans compter / sans parler de

A

let alone

196
Q

l’intrusion dans la vie privée

A

the invasion of privacy

197
Q

le contenu

A

the contents

198
Q

libertés individuelles

A

civil liberties

199
Q

enfreindre / porter atteinte à

A

to infringe

200
Q

un cafard

A

a bug

201
Q

un câble

être connecté

A

a wire

to be wired

202
Q

“les gens privilégiés/qui ont de bons contacts” (expression)

A

“the well connected”

203
Q

se diriger vers

A

to head for

204
Q

large majorité

A

substantial majority

205
Q

une vingtaine

des dizaines

A

a score

scores

206
Q

tromperie, duperie

A

deception

207
Q

vouloir trop en faire
viser trop haut
une exagération

A

to overreach oneself
to overreach
an overreach

208
Q

programme informatique

programme en général

A

a program

a programme

209
Q

la cave

le sous sol aménagé

A

the cellar

the basement

210
Q

un abri de jardin

A

a garden shed

211
Q

tenir une promesse

A

to keep a promise

212
Q

organiser un référendum

A

to hold a referendum

213
Q

right wing MPs of Cameron’s party

A

backbenchers

214
Q

approuver
encourager
une expression du visage, mine, air, visage..

A

to countenance
to give countenance
a countenance

215
Q

la bureaucratie

A

red tape

216
Q

le revers de la pièce

A

the other side of the coin

217
Q

une rupture de contrat

A

a breach of contract

218
Q

faire une liposuccion

A

to remove fat by liposuccion

219
Q

en avance sur

A

ahead of

220
Q

quand même

A

still, all the same

221
Q

être sur le point de (3)

A

to be poised to
to be about to
to be on the point of

222
Q

à peine

A

hardly

223
Q

avoir du mal à (3)

A

to find it hard to
to have trouble +ing
to have difficulty +ing

224
Q

un ambitieux

A

a go getter

225
Q

un fonceur

A

a go-ahead

226
Q

les morts

A

the dead

227
Q

je dois / il faudrait que je / il serait normal que je

A

I ought to

228
Q

un moteur

A

un engine

229
Q

inconscient (médical)
inconscient (pas au courant)
inconscient (freud)
inconscient (stupide)

A

unconscious
unaware
subconscious
headless / thoughtless

230
Q

décontraction

A

relaxed state

231
Q

un argument qui tient la route

A

arg that holds water/stands up against

232
Q

trouver la mort

A

to meet one’s death

233
Q

truc, machin, engin..

A

a contraption

234
Q

à cet instant précis

A

at that very moment

235
Q

terrible (3)

A

terrible, awful, dreadful

236
Q

l’effroi

redouter de

A

ø dread

to dread of

237
Q

la terreur

A

awe

238
Q

placer (3)

A

to plant (a bomb), to put, to place

239
Q

une secte

A

a cult

240
Q

préconiser

A

advocate

241
Q

considéré comme (2)

A

regarded as / considered to be

242
Q

le moindre

A

the slightest

243
Q

un garagiste

A

a mechanic

244
Q

modeste

A

humble

245
Q

un fauteuil roulant

A

a wheelchair

246
Q

un réveil-matin

A

an alarm-clock

247
Q

prendre connaissance de / faire connaissance avec
avoir connaissance de
mettre au courant quelqu’un de qqch

A

to get acquainted with
to be acquainted with
to acquaint sb with sth

248
Q

sans doute

A

probably, undoubtedly, no doubt that.

249
Q

se retrouver quelque part

A

to find oneself somewhere

250
Q

tissu (3)

A

fabric, cloth, material

251
Q

un couturier

A

a tailor

252
Q

être posé quelque part (objet)

A

to lie (lay lain) / to be lying on / to rest / to sit

253
Q

poser qqch

A

to lay (laid laid)

254
Q

mentir

A

to lie (lied lied)

255
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un escalier (intérieur)
un escalier (extérieur)
des escaliers
A

a staircase
a stairway
stairs

256
Q

une tape sur l’épaule (3)

A

a tap/clap/smack on the shoulder

257
Q

de la pâte (substance moelleuse en générale)
de la pâte à pain
de la pâte à tarte (feuilletée / brisée)

A

ø paste
ø dough
ø paff / shortcrust pastry

258
Q

four

A

oven

259
Q 
une boite (2)
bombonne/cartouche/bouteille de gaz
A

box / canister

gas canister

260
Q 
un ustensile (cuisine)
mettre en oeuvre / en pratique / en exécution
A

an implement

to implement

261
Q

en état de marche

A

in working order

262
Q

tablier

A

apron

263
Q

sordide (2)

A

squalid, sordid

264
Q

un torchon

A

a dishcloth

265
Q

un évier (bouché)

A

a (stopped up) sink

266
Q

robinet

A

tap

267
Q

hotel de ville

A

town hall

268
Q

scotcher

du scotch

A 
to tape (up)
(scotch) tape
269
Q

déballer

A

to unwrap

270
Q

essuyer
effacer
éradiquer

A

to wipe
to wipe out / off / away
to wipe out (terrorism, poverty..)

271
Q

décrocher / raccrocher le téléphone

A

to pick up / put down (the phone)

272
Q

par la fenêtre

A

out of the window

273
Q

s’en tirer

avoir de bons résultats

A 
to fare (/ to get away)
to fare well
274
Q

le lierre

A

ivy

275
Q

compléter (2)

A

to complete

to top up

276
Q

aire de recrutement

A

catchment area

277
Q

peser plus lourd que

A

to outweigh sth

278
Q

gagner du terrain

A

to gain ground

279
Q

c’est à dire

A

that is to say

280
Q

en retour de (2)

A

in return / in exchange for

281
Q

forcer, contraindre (2)

A

to force, to compel

282
Q

dès lors, / d’où

A

hence,

283
Q

à l’inverse

A

conversely

284
Q

faire en sorte que

A

to ensure that

285
Q

grille (portail)

grille

A

gate

railings

286
Q

taquiner

A

to tease

287
Q

“tu m’as fait peur”

A

“you gave me a fright”

288
Q

ces derniers temps

A

lately (+ PP)

289
Q

un canular

A

a hoax

290
Q

un fondamentaliste / fanatique

A

a zealot

291
Q

la cause principale/ de base

A

the root cause

292
Q

haleine

à court d’haleine

A

breath

short of breath

293
Q

un lien proche

A

a close bond

294
Q

créer des liens affectifs

A

to foster emotional bonding

295
Q

inné

A

innate

296
Q

allaiter

A

to breastfeed

297
Q

donner du lait maternisé

A

to do formula feeding

298
Q

un séjour

A

a stay

299
Q

, à savoir :

A

that is

300
Q

de choses et d’autres (2)

A

this and that / one thing and another

301
Q

la vie qui l’attend

A

the life awaiting him

302
Q

critère/mesure/étalon

A

a yardstick

303
Q

loisirs (2)

A

leisure / entertainment

304
Q

un voyage (long ou en bateau)
un voyage
le voyage

A

a journey
a trip
ø travel

305
Q

prolonger (2)

A

to prolong, to extend

306
Q

une forte pression

A

high pressure (uncountable)

307
Q

la conduite en état d’ébriété

A

drink driving

308
Q

tôt ou tard

A

sooner or later

309
Q

freiner brusquement

A

to slam on the brakes

310
Q

nappe phréatique (2)

A

groundwater sheet / water table

311
Q

schiste

A

shale

312
Q

forer, un forage

A

to drill, drilling

313
Q

rentable

A

profitable

314
Q

hydrocarbures

A

hydrocarbons

315
Q

un progrès

A

un advance, a step forward

316
Q

paradoxalement

A

paradoxically

317
Q

donner le feu vert

A

to give the green light / the go ahead

318
Q

à ce jour

A

to date / up to now

319
Q

un puits

A

a well

320
Q

en fr : NIMBYsm

A

contestation locale

321
Q

s’estomper, disparaitre progressivement

A

to fade

322
Q

prix très hauts / très bas

A

sky high / rock bottom prices

323
Q

étang

A

pond

324
Q

une faille / échappatoire / vide juridique

A

a loophole

325
Q

malhonnête, tordu

courber, recourber

A

crook

to crook

326
Q

médiathèque

A

media centre

327
Q

manoeuvrer

A

to maneuver

328
Q

heureux hasard

A

serendipity

329
Q

opportuniste

A

opportunistic

330
Q

ramer

une rame

A

to roll

an oar

331
Q

une miette

A

a crumb

332
Q

sens de l’orientation

A

sense of direction

333
Q

un porc

monopoliser, s’accaparer

A

a hog

to hog

334
Q

une agrafe/attache/barrête

A

a clip

335
Q

se pomponner

A

to primp

336
Q

parler à quelqu’un de haut

A

to talk down to sb

337
Q

pompette, un peu ivre

A

tipsy

338
Q

tirer la chasse

A

to flush the toilet

339
Q

avoir mal au coeur, être nauséeux

A

to feel queasy / nauseous

340
Q

lampadaire

A

a lamppost

341
Q

astuce, ruse, tour

A

a trick

342
Q

tremper

A

to soak

343
Q

grincheux, grognon (2)

A

crabby, grumpy

344
Q

d’humeur changeante, maussade

A

moody

345
Q

audacieux (3)

A

audacious, daring, bold

346
Q

flatter

A

to flatter

347
Q

fredonner

A

to hum

348
Q

désastreux, grave, terrible

A

dire

349
Q

être dégoûté

A

tu be gutted

350
Q

proliférer / se dvp très rapidement

A

to proliferate, to mushroom

351
Q

se monter la tête

A

to get worked up

352
Q

envergure, période

durée de vie

A

span

life span

353
Q

dilapider, gaspiller

A

to squander

354
Q

exploiter à ciel ouvert

A

to strip mine

355
Q

puer

A

to stink

356
Q

mélanger, touiller

A

to stir

357
Q

piloter, diriger

A

to steer

358
Q

barrer qqch

A

to cross

359
Q

sauvetage/renflouement/remise à flot

un plan de sauvetage

A

bailout

a bailout plan

360
Q

déposer une caution

A

to post bail

361
Q

succomber / céder à

A

to give in to

362
Q

un tour
faire tourner
jouer à pile ou face
essorer du linge

A

a spin
to spin (span-spun)
to spin a coin
to spin clothes

363
Q

s’insinuer dans

A

to sneak into

364
Q

rusé (3)

en douce, en catimini

A

cunning, crafty, sly (like a fox)

on the sly

365
Q

un tiret

A

a dash

366
Q

frelon

A

hornet

367
Q

très triste, malheureux

misérable (2)

A

miserable

pitiful, wretched

368
Q

le volant (voiture)

A

steering wheel

369
Q

tâches de rousseur

A

freckles

370
Q

nain

A

dwarf, midget, little person

371
Q

chaise à bascule

A

rocking chair

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