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hivernal (adj)

A

of winter, wintry

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suivre son cours (v)

A

poursuivre, continuer

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bordées de neige (nf)

A

chutes de neige très abondantes

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enjeu (nm)

A

stake, issue

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artère (nf)

A

main roads

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voir à qqch (v)

A

s’occuper de qqch

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optimal (adj)

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optimum

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mettre en place (v)

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installer, développer, mettre sur pied

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la flotte de véhicules

A

fleet of vehicles;

ensemble des véhicules de même catégorie

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atteindre (v)

A

reach

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chenillette (nf)

A

tracked vehicle

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souffleuse (nf)

A

snowblower

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déblaiement (nm)

A

clearing [of path or space]

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précipitation (nf)

A

precipitation, rainfall, snowfall

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déclencher (v)

A

release, activate, launch, start

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sur-le-champ (adv)

A

immediately, at once, right away;

immédiatement

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épandage (nm)

A

manuring, manure spreading;

action d’étendre une matière ou un produit au sol en le répartissant régulièrement

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18
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étendre (v)

A

spread out

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répartir (v)

A

distribute, spread

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fondant (nm)

A

material causing melting

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21
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abrasif (nm)

A

abrasive, smoothing substance

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22
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sous-traitance (nf)

A

subcontracting

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sous-traitant (nm)

A

subcontractor

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appel d’offre (nm)

A

invitation to tender/bid

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25
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soumission (nf)

A

submission, tender

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s’échelonner (v)

A

be spread out, be spaced out, be placed at intervals

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procéder à (v)

A

carry out, start

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28
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pose (nf)

A

putting up [=hanging], putting in [-installing]

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29
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couche (nf)

A

layer

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projeter (v)

A

plan, throw out, discharge, eject

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envahissant (adj)

A

intrusive, all-consuming, pervasive, strong

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32
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joueur compulsif (nm)

A

compulsive gambler

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placoter (v)

A

jaser, causer, bavarder

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contredire (v)

A

contradict (v)

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comptant (adv)

A

cash, in cash

36
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rente (nf)

A

pension, allowance, government loan

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cotiser (v)

A

payer une somme par versement pour souscrire à une assurance

38
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prestation (nf)

A

somme d’argent destinée à fournir un revenu de substitution

39
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émission (nf)

A

issue

40
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immatriculation (nf)

A

registration, enrollment

41
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motoneigiste (nmf)

A

snow-bike rider, skidoo rider

42
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éradiquer (v)

A

éliminer, supprimer totalement

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fléau (nm)

A

catastrophe (nf), désastre (nm), grand malheur, calamité (nf)

44
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demi-mesure (nf)

A

half-measure

45
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tabagisme (nm)

A

nicotine addiction, addiction to smoking

46
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grogne (nf)

A

mécontentement (nm)

47
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aux dépens de qqch

A

at the expense of sth

48
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restreindre (v)

A

réduire, se limiter

49
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d’autant plus que

A

parce que, puisque, comme, car

50
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bannir (v)

A

ban;

exiler, exclure, rejeter

51
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porte-parole (nm)

A

spokesperson, spokesman/spokeswoman

52
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plaider (v)

A

plead, speak in favor of

53
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incommoder (v)

A

déranger, causer des malaises

54
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s’abstenir (v)

A

se priver, se dispenser

55
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brimer (v)

A

bully (v), aggravate (v), oppress (v);

opprimer (v)

56
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nuire à qqn (v)

A

harm (v);

causer du tort à qqn

57
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irréductible (nm)

A

hard core, most committed members;

personne qui ne cèdent pas

58
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paria (nm)

A

social outcast, sb who’s been rejected or despised by society or a group, pariah

59
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abolir (v)

A

abolish, do away woth, pu an end to sth especially a law

60
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adhérer à (v)

A

adhere to, stick to, subscribe to

61
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fumoir (nm)

A

smoking room

62
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pelletée de neige (nf)

A

shovel full of snow

63
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serein (adj)

A

confident, calm

64
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buccale (adj)

A

qui se rapporte à la bouche

65
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dentier (nm)

A

dent artificielle

66
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abcès (nm)

A

abscess

67
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gencive (nf)

A

gum

68
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redresser (v)

A

straighten up, put right, rectify, set upright

69
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obturation d’une dent (nf)

A

filling of a tooth

70
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carie dentaire (nf)

A

tooth decay

71
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tartre (nm)

A

scale, tartar [related to teeth];

plaque (nf)

72
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détartrer (v)

A

scale, removing tartar [from teeth]

73
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extraction d’une dent (nf)

A

extraction of or pulling out a tooth

74
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gingivite (nf)

A

gum disease

75
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dépistage (nm)

A

screening, testing, detection

76
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tenter une intervention (v)

A

try/perform an operation

77
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relever de qqch/qqn (v)

A

dépendre de qqch/qqn, être sous l’autorité de qqch/qqn

78
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fécule (nf)

A

starch;

ADJ. féculent

79
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se nourrir [de] (v)

A

eat, feed on, live on

80
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localité (nf)

A

ville (nf)

81
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déficient (adj)

A

deficient, weak, faulty, defective

82
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prépondérant (adj)

A

dominating

83
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teneur en gras/sel/sucre (nf)

A

fat/salt/sugar content

84
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Il est notoire que…

A

It is common/public knowledge that…

85
Q

nocif (adj0

A

harmful

86
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malbouffe (nf)

A

junk food