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donner son avis

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to speak one’s mind

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une occasion

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a chance

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connaître, être habitué à

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to be familiar with

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trouver, apporter de nouvelles idées

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to come up with new ideas

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aller, convenir

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to suit

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traverser la rue

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to cross the street

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venir voir

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to come and see

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avoir hâte de faire qqch

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to look forward to doing sthg

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l’arbitre

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the referee

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faire qqch par qqn

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to have sthg done by someone

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passer un examen

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to take an exam

to sit for an exam

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se disputer

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to argue
to have an argument
to have a row

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convaincre qqn de faire qqch

dissuader qqn de faire qqch

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to talk sb into doing sthg

to talk sb out of doing sthg

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rire bêtement, ricaner

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to giggle

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bégayer

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to stammer

to stuttle

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un orthophoniste

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a speech-therapist

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chercher ses mots

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to look for one’s words

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faire un discours

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to make a speech

to deliver -

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aller doit au fait/au but

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to go straight to the point

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cela ne me dérange pas

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I don’t mind

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mourir d’une mort violente

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to die a violent death

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c’est une affaire/une question de…

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it’s a matter of…

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en cas de

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in the event of

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être un peu idiot

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to be a bit of a fool

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le pétrole
the oil
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l'essence
petrol
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tu n'as pas le droit de refuser
I won't take no for an answer
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faire honneur à sa réputation
to live up to one's reputation
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surprendre qqn
to come to sb as much of a surprise
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exercer/faire un métier
to do sthg for a living?
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soudain (adj)
sudden
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retrouver qqch (sa descendance)
to trace sthg back to
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être fier de qqch
to take pride in sthg
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une époque
an age
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rester
to remain
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mal élevé
ill-mannered
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un retraité
a pensioner
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une récolte
a crop
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finir par faire qqch
to end up doing sthg
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le bureau des objets trouvés
the Lost Property Office
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un sous-produit
a by-product
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l'empreinte carbone
the carbon footprint
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les émissions de gaz à effet de serre
the greenhouse gases emissions
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le changement climatique
the climate change
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être déterminé à faire qqch
to be dead-set on doing smthg
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de simples exmples
mere examples
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daltonien | pas raciste
colorblind
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la bruine | il bruine
the drizzle | it's drizzling
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un pneu
a tyre
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un cours magistral | une conférence
a lecture
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l'avant-dernier
the penultimate
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le taux de mortalité infantile/des enfants
the infant /child mortality rate
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l'espérance de vie
life expectancy
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mettre en oeuvre
to implement
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les premiers et les derniers (qd on fait référence à des gens/choses dont on a parlé avant)
the former and the latter
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retirer, se retirer
to withdraw
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un verger
an orchard
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s'enquérir
to enquire
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vivement
crisply
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un scélérat
a scoundrel
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doubler qqn
to two-time someone
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s'initier à qqch
to introduce sb to sthg
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la plongée (sous-marine)
scuba diving
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en vouloir à qqn
to blame someone
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être flatté
to be flattered
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le personnel
the staff
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dépasser, surpasser
to outstrip
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au cours de qqch
in the course of sthg
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le postulat
the premise
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douteux
dubious
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différentes chose
various things
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ceux
those
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un camping
a campsite
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peu d'espoir (indénombrable) | peu de + dénombrable
little hope | few
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sous couvert d'anonymat
anonymously
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pourquoi ne pas... + INF
why not V-ing
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décider de ne pas faire qqch
to decide against doing sthg
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les secours
the relief
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acheminé par avion/aéroporté
airborne
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qu'est-ce que c'est agréable de ne plus rien avoir à faire
how pleasant it is not to have to do anything anymore
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être touché par
to be affected by | to be hit by
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le fléau
the plague
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appliquer (une mesure)
to implement | to enforce
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paradoxalement
paradoxically
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à chaque fois que
whenever
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se produire
to take place | to occur
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remettre en question
to challenge | to question
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estimer
to reckon
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contenir
to curb
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s'effondrer, chuter
to plummet to drop to collapse
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la bienveillance
benevolence | favorable views
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envisager de faire qqch
to contemplate doing sthg
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en prévision de
in expectation of | in anticipation of
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aussi paradoxal que cela puisse paraître
paradoxical though it may seem | however paradoxical it may seem
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monter en flèche
to soar | to skyrocket
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étant donné que
considering that | given that
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avoir pour effet
to result in to bring about to trigger off
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une augmentation de...
an increase IN
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un mois exceptionnel
a banner month
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une collecte de fonds
a fundraising

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