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Expressions Courantes 04 Flashcards

1
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Gardez la monnaie

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Keep the change

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2
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Au volant

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Behind the wheel / at the wheel

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3
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Faire demi-tour

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To turn around / to turn back / to make a U-turn

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4
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Étroitement / de près / en étroite collaboration

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Closely

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5
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Fill de fer barbelé

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Barbed wire

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6
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C’est un peu tard

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It’s kind of late

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7
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Un panneau défense d’entrer

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A no trepassing sign

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8
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Mettre en boite (emballer dans des cartons)

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To box

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9
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Etre sur le point de faire…

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To be about To do… / to make…

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10
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Poisson cru / viande crue

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Raw fish / raw meat

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11
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Et si … / et pourquoi pas … / que diriez-vous de …

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How about

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12
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Renoncer à une dette /effacer une créance

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To forgive a debt

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13
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Un coup de chaleur / une insolation

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A heat stroke

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14
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Un coup de soleil

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A sunburn

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15
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Arrêté pour conduite en état d’ivresse

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Arrested for driving drunk

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16
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Tourner autour du pôt

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To talk in circle

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17
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Empocher / Mettre dans sa poche

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To pocket

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18
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Aucune idée

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No idea / no clue / not a clue

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19
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Restez debout

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Stay standing

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20
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Brûler un feu rouge / griller un stop

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To run a traffic light / to roll a stop sign

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21
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Le siège passager avant

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The front passenger seat

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22
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Un trajet en train / un voyage en train

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A train ride

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23
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Misère urbaine / délabrement urbain

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Urban blight

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24
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Trinquer

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To make a toast

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25
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Inciter / pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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To prompt someone to do something

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26
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Dépasser les bornes / franchir la ligne

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To cross the line

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27
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Capricieux

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Freakish

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28
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C’est important

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It’s a big thing / it’s important

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29
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Passons les préliminaires

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Let’s skip the foreplay

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30
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Quand tu veux

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Whenever you want / Whenever you like / when you want to.

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31
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Sans engagement

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Non-binding / without commitment

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32
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C’est un peu bizarre

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It’s kind of weird

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33
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Au cours de la seule semaine dernière

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In the past week alone

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34
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Appartement meublé

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A furnished apartment

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35
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Guerre ouverte

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All-out war

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36
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Y a quelqu’un ?

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Anyone home ?

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37
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La tête la première

38
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Hors de portée

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Out of reach

39
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Laisser faire les choses

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Let things run their course

40
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Rencontrer (par hasard), tomber sur…

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To encounter

41
Q

Dénué de sens, qui n’a aucun sens

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Meaningless

42
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Porter la culpabilité

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To carry the guilt

43
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Il m’a été bien utile

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It served me well

44
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A vrai dire

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Truth be told

45
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D’affilée / sans interruption

46
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Une branche pourrie

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A decayed branch

47
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Comme tu veux / fais ce que tu veux (tant pis pour toi)

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Suit yourself

48
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S’abonner à un magazine

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To subscribe to a magazine

49
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Futur mari

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Husband to be / soon to be husband

50
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Dans les environs

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Nearby / in the surroundings / in the vicinity / in the area

51
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Une augmentation de salaire

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A pay rise

52
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Avoir du pain sur la planche

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To have work ahead

53
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Allumer (un four, un barbecue, un moteur…)

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To fire up

54
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Une cour de récréation

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A play ground

55
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Grand ouvert

56
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Grogner, fulminer, parler d’un ton hargneux

57
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Rouspéteur / rouspéteuse

58
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Gravir les échelons

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To move up the ladder

59
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En jeu

60
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Content de soi / suffisant

61
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Changer de ton / changer de discours

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To change your tune

62
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Un sous-groupe / un sous-ensemble

63
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Électeurs indécis

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Swing voters / swing electorate

64
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Travailler debout , manger debout …

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To work standing up, to eat standing up …

65
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Faire boule de neige

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To snowball

66
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Un champ de vision

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A field of vision

67
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Vous pouvez / n’hésitez pas / ne vous gênez pas

68
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Avoir quelque chose sous la main

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To have something on hand.

69
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Repousser / éconduire

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To turn someone down

70
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Rejeter / décliner / refuser quelque chose

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To turn down something

71
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Surmonter un problème

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To overcome a problem

72
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Inculquer une habitude

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To instill an habit in someone

73
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Se débrouiller / s’en sortir / joindre les deux bouts

74
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Remets toi vite.

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Get better soon / get well soon

75
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Pour des raisons de sécurité

A

Because of safety concerns

76
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En laisse

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On a leash

77
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Hésiter, rechigner à …

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To be reluctant to …

78
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A contre-coeur

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Reluctantly

79
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Admettre, reconnaître

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To acknowledge

80
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Prendre quelqu’un à part

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To take someone aside

81
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Etre bon en tout

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To be a good all-rounder

82
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S’extasier sur quelque chose

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To rave about something

83
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Avec humour

A

Humorously

84
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Goûter

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To taste / to sample

85
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L’emporter sur … / prévaloir

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To outweight

86
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Épargner quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To save someone from something

87
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Battre le fer quand il est chaud

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To strike while the iron’s hot.

88
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L’apparente coïncidence

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The seeming coincidence

89
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S’appuyer sur une canne

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To lean on a cane

90
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Mettre le pied à l’étrier / faire la courte échelle

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To give someone a leg up

91
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Souffler les bougies

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To blow out candles

92
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Lancer l’idée / emettre l’idée

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To float the idea

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