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1
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Peser le pour et le contre

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To weigh the pros and cons

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Un manque de respect

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A lack of respect

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Jouer des coudes

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To elbow one’s way

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Rester sur le terrain des faits

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To stick to the facts

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Plaider en faveur de / contre

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To make plea for / to plead for/against

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Avancer des arguments irréfutables en faveur de

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To make a compelling case for/ against

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Défendre une cause perdue

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To support a lost cause/ an opinion

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Porter une accusation contre

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To level an accusation against

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9
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Être à côté de la question

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To be besides the point

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10
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Établir un lien entre

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To set up a connexion between

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Mettre en évidence

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To bring to the fore

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Hors de danger

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Out of arm’s way

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13
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Se maintenir à flots, maintenir sa tête hors de l’eau

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To keep one’s head above water

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14
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Avoir une approche critique

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To take a critical stand on

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Défendre un autre point de vue

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To advocate a different approach

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16
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Esquiver une question

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To evade a question

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17
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Avoir un point de vue optimiste sur

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To have an optimistic outlook on

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18
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Faire allusion à

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To hint at an issue

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19
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Rester campe sur ses positions

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To stand one’s ground

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Donner un aperçu, une idée de

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To give someone an insight into

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21
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Minimiser l’importance

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To play down / to minimize

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22
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S’en tenir aux faits

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To stick to the facts

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23
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D’autant plus que

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All the + comparatif de supériorité

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24
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Être sur un pied d’estale

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To be on an equal footing with

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25
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Bien élevé (4)

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Well behaved
Well mannered
Well raised
Well bred

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26
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Auberge de jeunesse

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Hostel

27
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1e plan, dernier plan

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Foreground, background

28
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Dizaines de milliers (2)

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Tens of thousands
Dozens of thousands
(Sans articles)

29
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Etudiant : 5 graduations

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1- freshman 
2- sophomore 
3- junior 
4- senior 
5- super senior
30
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Augmenter 2 fois, 3 fois, 10 fois

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To increase twofold, threefold, tenfold

31
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Graduer/ gradué(adj) / gradué (PP)

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Graduate / graduate / graduated

32
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Depuis début septembre

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Since early September

33
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Crédit immobilier

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A mortgage

34
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Avoir aucune idée de (2)

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1- to have no clue how/ what…

2- to be clueless

35
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Commerce équitable

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Fair trade

36
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Blonde

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Fair-haired

37
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Offre et demande

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Supply and demand

38
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Fatigue

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Exhaustion

39
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Presse à scandales (3)

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Tabloids
2- scandal press
3- yellow press

40
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Caniveaux

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Gutter

41
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Chaque moindre détail (3)

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1- every single detail
2- every minute detail
3- every mere detail

42
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De cette façon

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In such a way

43
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Être satisfait de

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To be satisfied WITH + nom / ing

44
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Être tiré par les cheveux

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To be far-fetched

45
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Prendre de mauvaises habitudes

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To get into bad habits

46
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Prendre qch pour acquis

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To take sth for granted

47
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Ailleurs

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Elsewhere

48
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A l’aube

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Dawn

49
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Tenir sa promesse / sa parole

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To keep one’s promise/word

50
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Les restes

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Leftovers

51
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Un chien/ chat abandonné

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A stray dog/cat

52
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Errer dans la rue

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To roam in the streets

53
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Une devise

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A motto

54
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Mettre qn au courant de

Sensibiliser qn au sujet de

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To make sb aware of sth

To sensitive sb about sth

55
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Doux (au toucher)

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Soft/ smooth

56
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Adorable

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Lovely

57
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Une source

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A spring / a fountainhead

58
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Entre autres (choses)

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Among others / other things

59
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Dans le monde entier (x4)

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  • worldwide
  • all over the world
  • around the world
  • across the world
60
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Travailleurs (euses) / ouvriers

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  • workers (Hommes + femmes)

- female workers (femmes)

61
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A ce rythme (x2)

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At this rate

At this pace

62
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Plus loin (propre et figuré)

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Farther (distance)

Further (abstrait)

63
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Une pomme de discorde

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A bone of contention

64
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Largement inférieur

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Well bellow

Anglais (7 decks)

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