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1
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Avoir tort

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Wrong

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Avoir raison

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To be right

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Être débordé

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To be on board

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Metre en oeuvre

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Implement

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Une date d’échéance

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Deadline

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Mis en train

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Start-up (warm up)

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Metre a jour

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To update

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Tiens à

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Anxious to

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Être sans souci

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To be carefree

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Avoir hâte de

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To be anxious to

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Metre a jour

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To update (quelque chose)

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Metre au courant

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To update (a person)

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La présent norme

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The standard

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13
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Le lien de navigation

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The navigation link

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14
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Revenons a vos moutons

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Return to your principal subject

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Doit et avoir

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Debit and credit

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Avoir droit de

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Have the right to

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Établir

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To establish

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Être tenu de

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To be required to

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19
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Ordonner

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To order/decree

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20
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Préciser

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To clarify

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Prévoir

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To stipulate/ make provisions for

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S’appliquer à

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To apply to

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23
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Spécifier

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To specify

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Par ailleurs

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Elsewhere

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25
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enjeu

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Stakes

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Ainsi que

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As well as

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De même que

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Along with

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À l’intérieur de

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Within

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Au sein de

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Within

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30
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Ci-inclus

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Included

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31
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Ci-annexé(e)

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Attached

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32
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Ci-joint(e)

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Enclosed

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33
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Joindre

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To attach

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34
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Mis à part

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To put aside

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35
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Même pas / pas même

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Not even

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36
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Rien que …

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Only

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Juste

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Just

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ne … que

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Only

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39
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D’après ….

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According to

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41
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mise en valeur

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Development

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42
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se concentrer

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To focus

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43
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Sensible

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Sensitive

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44
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Bac en lettres

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Bachelor of literature

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45
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J’ai postulé pour

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I applied for

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46
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Posé ma candidature pour

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Applied for

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47
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Au cours de

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During

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48
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Un maître d’oeuvre

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Main contractor

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49
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Un chef d’oeuvre

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A masterpiece

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50
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D’ici

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By

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51
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Au plus tard

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By the … Latest

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52
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Pas plus tard que

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No later than

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53
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Devancé l’écheance de

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Beat the deadline by

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54
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J’ai un delai de # jours

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I have a # day timeframe

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55
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Délais fixés

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Allotted time

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56
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Un delai

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A delay

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57
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Une tranche

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A slice

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58
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Arriver pile

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To arrive right on time

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59
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À 4 heures tapant

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At 4 o’clock sharp

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60
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Au complet

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In full force

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Dans son ensemble

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On the whole

62
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En entier

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All

63
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Entier

A

The whole thing

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Une tranche de

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A section of

65
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L’extrait

A

Excerpt

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La composante

A

The component

67
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faire parvenir

A

Send

67
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Prendre la fuite

A

Flee

68
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Fuir

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Flee

69
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S’ennuyer de

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Miss

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Se tromper

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To make a mistake

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Se rendre à

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To give in

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s’apercevoir de

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To notice/to become aware

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Il s’agit de

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It is a matter of

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S’apercevoir de

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To notice

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Rendre

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To give back

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s’entendre avec

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To get along with

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Se servir de

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To use something

78
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Grignoter

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To nibble

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Gagner le gros lot

A

Win a jackpot

80
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se taire

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To keep quiet

81
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Faire suivre

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Forward

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Faire parvenir a

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To send

83
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Un portatif

A

A laptop

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emprunter

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To borrow

85
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bijou

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Jewellery

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parure

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Set

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malgré

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Despite

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Mettre en vigueur

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To come into force

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Mettre sur pied

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To set up

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Mettre à l’essai

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To test

91
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Mettre en veilleuse

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To put on the back burner

92
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Mettre de coté

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To put aside

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Mettre de l’avant

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To promote

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Mettre fin à

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To terminate

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Remettre à plus tard

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To postpone

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Confier un projet à quelq’un

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To assign a project to someone

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Retarder

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To delay

98
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Faire le point sur un projet

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To take stock

99
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Clore un contrat

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Close a contract

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au comble de la joie

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Overwhelmed with joy

101
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joindre les deux bouts

A

Ends meet

102
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s’est élancée comme une flèche

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Darted like an arrow

103
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Bien dressé

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Well trained

104
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Avoir le trac (la trouille)

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Stage fright

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Former

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To train

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Confiante

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Confident

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il n’en est pas question

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It does not matter

108
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hors-programme

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Extra-curricular

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il a réussi avec éclat

A

He succeeded brilliantly

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insouciant

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Carefree

111
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fait don

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Donated

112
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sommeil

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Sleep

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Aperçu

A

A Brief outline

114
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prévenir

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To inform (to warn)

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S’en sortir

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To get through

116
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s’est sauvé

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Fled

117
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Cible

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Target

118
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En vertu

A

Under (insured under)

119
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affectations de perfectionnement

A

Career assignment

120
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imputabilité

A

Accountability

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relèvent directement de vous

A

Report directly to you

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un appui

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Support

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concevoir

A

To design

124
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Faire le bilan de

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To Evaluate

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À propos

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By the way

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En passant

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In passing

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Par ailleurs

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Furthermore

128
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Entre parenthèsis

A

Incidentally

129
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Cependant

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However

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D’ailleurs

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Besides

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Quant à moi

A

As for me

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Je disais donc que

A

As I was saying

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Ceci dit

A

Having said that

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parmi

A

Among

135
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sis

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Situated

136
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dorénavant

A

From now on ….

137
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aval

A

Approval/support

138
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admettre

A

To allow / admit

138
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Outres

A

Besides

139
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Parafe

A

Initials

140
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il y a lieu de

A

It is appropriate to

141
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Mis à disposition

A

Available

142
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Animateur

A

Host

143
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ajourner la tenue de

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Postpone the holding of

144
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Être tenu de

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Under obligation to

145
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sans quoi

A

Otherwise

146
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pourtant

A

Even so