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Qui ne cède pas, implacable

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Unyielding

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En dépit de

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Inspite of / despite

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Un dealer

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A drug-peddler

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Un stratagème

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A ploy

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Se faufiler

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To sneak

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En douce, en cachette

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On the sly

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Une débandade

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A scurry

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Une décharge

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A dump

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Un fugueur

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A runaway

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Une arnaque

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A rip-off

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Tout en foufelle

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Randy

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Un chaud lapin

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Randy devil

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Mal parler de

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To speak ill of

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Dénigrer

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To disparage

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Faire un tabac

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To break big

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Les indécis

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The don’t knows

Floating voters

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Une explosion/ une vague de

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An outburst

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Une poudrière

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A powder keg

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Dégénérer

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To get out of hand

To spin out of control

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Prendre en compte

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To take into account

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Toucher le fond

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To reach the dephs

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Décence

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Decency

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S’en mettre plein les poches

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To make a packet

To line somebody’s pocket

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Se vendre à x exemplaires

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To rack up x sellers

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Se vendre comme des petits pains

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To sell like hot cakes

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Ivoire

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Ivoiry

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Aborder un pb

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To Touch on an issue

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Profiter de

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To profite by

To take advantage of

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Profiter de (comme un parasite)

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To cash in on

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À l’apogée

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At the climax

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Alcool

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Booze

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Faire des dégâts

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To take one’s toll

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Pur

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Sheer

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Aller de mal en pis

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To go from bad to worse

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Terre à terre

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Down to Earth

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Une exposition

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An exhibition

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Couler à flot

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To flow freely

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An contre coeur

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Grudgingly

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Rare

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Scarce

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Un pot-de-vin

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A bribery

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Les intellectuels

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High brows

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Dans le sillage

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In the wake of

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On sait peu de chose sur

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Very little is known about

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Avoir le dessus

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To have the upper hand

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Un procès

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A trial

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Homicide involontaire

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Involuntary manslaughter

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Avec préméditation

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With malice aforethought

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Libre circulation des armes

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Accessiblity of arm