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reprocher à qqun qqch

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reproach sby FOR something

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être résponsable de qqch

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be responsible FOR something

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être en droit de faire qqch

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to be entitled to do something

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égaliser A avec B

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to equate A with B

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rimer avec qqch

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to rime with something

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croire en qqch

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to have belief / confidence/ faith IN something

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bénéficier de qqch

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to benefit FROM something

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sortir qqun de qqch

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to lift sby out of something

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trouver la solution

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to come up with the solution

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les fruits du progès

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the fruit of progress

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des allocations chômage

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unemployement benefits/ allowances

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entendre parler de qqun

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to hear about sby

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je préferais faire qqch

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I would rather do something

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des avancées / découvertes scientifiques

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/!\ advances / breakthroughs in science

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la plupart des français que je connais (définit)

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most OF THE french that I know

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la plupart des français (indéfini)

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most french people

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digne de confiance

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trustworthy

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faire confiance à qqcn

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to trust in sby

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une question écononique

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an economic issue /!\ pas economical

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une voiture qui consomme peu

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an economical car

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demandeur d’emploi

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job seeker

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Voici / Voila une bonne application

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Here is a good app

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S’éloigner de quelque chose

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To move away from smth

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Faire passer/ transmettre

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To convey

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La force motrice

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The driving force

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Inciter

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encourage / To act as an incentive

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S’engager à

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To be committed to / to pledge to

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L’ambivalence/ des réponses paradoxale

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The ambivalence of / Paradoxical responses

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Aller à l’encontre de qqch

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To be at odds with sth

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être édifiant (ex qui redonne le moral)

def: Qui édifie, porte à la vertu, à la piété.

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To be uplifting

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Le désir / L’empressement / l’entousiasme

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The eagerness

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Dissuader

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To deter

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Être en guerre

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To be at war

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Faire la guerre

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To wage war

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Mettre un terme à

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To halt sth

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beaucoup couvert/diffusé/annoncé/publié

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Much covered/ broadcasted / advertised / published

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être prêt à faire qqch

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to be willing to do something

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se donner la peine de faire qqch

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to bother to do / doing something

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indépendement de

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regardless OF

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ceder qqch à qqun

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to relinquish sth to sby

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rigoureux (adj)

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rigorous

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dans l’ensemble, …

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overall, …

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une demande exponentielle

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a soaring demand

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être rétissant

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to be reluctant

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se sevrer de quelque chose

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to wean oneself from something

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se debattre avec

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to struggle with

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47
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se debarasser de

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to get rid of

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se tourner vers

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to turn to

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améliorer les conditions de vie

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to impove living conditions

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arreter d’investir dans qqch / un desinvestissement

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to divest in something / a divestment

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aller au delà de qqch

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to get/ move/ go beyond something

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en avoir vraiment aucune idée

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to haven’t got the least idea

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prendre l’habitude de qqch

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to make a habit of something

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annoncer la nouvelle

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to break the news

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deplorer qqch

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to deplore something

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se lamenter sur qqch

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to lament over something

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un doigt humain levé

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a raised < human finger

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un enfant aux yeux noir

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a dark-eyed child

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rappeller qqch à qqun

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to remind sby OF something

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en marche

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on the march

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ça a été multipliée par deux

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it has increased two fold

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une courbe montante/ descendante/ en forme de cloche

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a upward / downward / bell-shaped curve

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être viré / licencié

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be fired /to be laid off/ to be made redundant

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s’assurer que

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to ensure

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prospérer

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to thrive

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un sentiment de culpabilité / malaise

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a feeling of guilt / unease

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un enfant de 3 ans

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a 3 year /!\ old child

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se mettre facilement en colère / s’emporter

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to fly into a rage

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Ses colères

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Attention émotions indénombrables, a fits / bounds of anger

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éviter qqch

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to avoid / shun / shirk something

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suivre l’évolution / l’allure / le rythme de

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to keep up pace with

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enseigner qqch à qqun

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to teach someone something

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en vue de faire

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with a view to do

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si bien qu’il soit en retard

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so that he is late

conséquence SO THAT + INDICATIF

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afin qu’ils fassent

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so that they should do

But: SO THAT + MODAL

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améliorer

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to enhance

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des informations supplémentaires

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further information

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elle s’est levée et a dit que lorsqu’elle viendrait …. elle ferait

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she rose and said that when she came …. she would do

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cela dure / durait depuis plus de 4 ans

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It has / had been going on for 4 years

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se préparer à

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to brace for

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déterminer / comprendre / résoudre

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to figure sth/ sby out

82
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arriver à Toulon

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to arrive in Toulon

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avoir un peu d’argent

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to have A LITTLE money

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parler de quelque chose

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spoke of /talked about

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le plus souvent

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more often than not

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avoir envie de faire qqch

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to desire to do something

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s’attacher à qqun

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to grow fond of sby

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Ce qui ne me dérangait pas vraiment

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which I didn’t really mind

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Pourquoi diable m’auraient-elles aimées, moi, Louise petite créature timide et maigrichonne ?

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why on earth should /would they have loved me, shy and lanky Louise?

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En fait il s’agissait surtout de ne pas me faire remarquer

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Actually keeping a low profile/ going unnoticed was my main concern

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Etre à l’etranager

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to be abroad

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Je n’ai pas encore fini

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I have not finished yet

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Pourtant,

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Yet

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Quoi qu’il en soit

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Anyway

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Monter des escaliers

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to walk up stairs

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savoir au préalable

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to know before hand

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faire partie de qqch

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be part of

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valoir la peine de faire qqch

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to be worth doing something

99
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on dit que

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It is said

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considérer qqch comme acquis

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take sth for granted

101
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on leur dit d’être gentils

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they are told to be nice

102
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on dit d’eux qu’ils sont gentils

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they are said to be nice

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jouer à qqch

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play something

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dans quelques jours

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in few days’time

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dans le cadre de

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in the framework of

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fournir qqch à qqun

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provide sby with something

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à savoir

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namely

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effectuer qqch

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carry something out

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par le biais / par l’intermédiare

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through

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en fonction de

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depending on

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justifier / garantir / cautionner

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warrant

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à la fois A et B

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both A and B

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garder à l’esprit que

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bear in mind that

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aller à l’encontre de

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to go against

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prévoir

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to provide for

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à condition que

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provided that

117
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gagner de l’argent

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make money

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saisir l’opportunité

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to seize the opportunity

119
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une cotisation un abonnement hebdomadaire

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weekly subscription

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nettoyer qqch

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to clean up something

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sans faire qqh

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without doing something

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une nouvelle

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a piece of news

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se réjouir / être satisfait de qqch

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to be pleased with something

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saluer qqun comme

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to hail sby as

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sans doute

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no doubt

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ouvrant la porte à

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openning the door to

127
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passer du temps à faire qqch

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spend time doing something

128
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faire appel aux tribunaux

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To appeal to the courts

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C’est une bataille qui vaut la peine d’être menée jusqu’au bout

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it’s one battle worth fighting through to the end

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sourrir à qqun

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to smile at sby

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conseiller qqun

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to advise sby

132
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demander conseil à qqun

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to seek advise from sby

133
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pour être sur de ne pas faire qqch

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to make sure you don’t do sth

134
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il importe peu

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it doesn’t matter

135
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pour transormer qqch en qqch

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to turn sth into sth

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A l’époque,

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At the time,

137
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parvenir / arriver à la conclusion

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to reach / came to the conclusion

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taper contre qqch

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to knock against something

139
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garder qqun éveillé

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to keep sby awake

140
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ne pas savoir faire qqch

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can’t do someting

141
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pendant un certain temps

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for a while

142
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depuis un certain temps

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for some time

143
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Il s’avère que

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it turns out that

144
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provoquer qqch

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to bring about

145
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ce qui compte c’est leur impact

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what matters is their impact

146
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Il n’est non pertinent que

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It’s irrelevant that

147
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être libre de qqch

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to be free from smth

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viser / chercher à faire qqch

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to aim at doing smth

149
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Tout sauf qqch

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Anything but sth

150
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C’est d’autant plus facile que

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It’s all the easier as

151
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Un bon nombre de gens

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a great many people

152
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faire apparaitre qqch

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to conjune up something

153
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exprimer son point de vue / prendre position

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to voice one’s view

154
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accorder qqch à qqun

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to grant someone’s something

155
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perser plus lourd

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to outweigh

156
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bénéficier à qqun / béneficier de qqch

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to benefit someone / to benefit from smth

157
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ruisseler

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to trickle / cascade down

158
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être méfiant

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to be wary

159
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être fondé

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to be grounded

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mettre en oeuvre

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to implement

161
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faire attention à, s’occuper de qqch

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to mind smth

162
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de manière flagrante

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blatantly

163
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couper court

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to cut short

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planer sur qqch

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to loom over sth

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