Foire 1 Flashcards

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Tres rapide et dangereux

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Breakneck

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Faire des aller-retours

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Back an forth

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3
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Avoir peur par manque de courage

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Etre un Coward

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Parachutisme

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Skydiving

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5
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Etre sans voix

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Speechless

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6
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Énorme bruit après un choc

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A thud

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7
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Injouable ou impraticable

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Unworkable

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8
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Sans problèmes

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Smoothly

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9
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Pousser qqn à faire qqch

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To push

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10
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Qui continue

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Ongoing

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11
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Devoir (tu me dois 2 capotes)

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To owe

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12
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Qui fait attention a sa tune etc..

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Thrifty

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13
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Un mec sal ou désordonné ou fainéant

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A slob

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14
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Surproduction pétrolière

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Oil glut

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15
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Une fuite

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A leak

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16
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Recycler

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To reprocess

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17
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Centrale nucléaire

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Nuclear power plant

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18
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Barrage

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Dam

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19
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Interrupteur

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Light-switch

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20
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Amiante

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Asbestos

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21
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Canicule

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Hit-wave

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22
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Fuire qqch

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Head away from sth

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23
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Impressionnante

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Whopping=impressive

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24
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Prêt immobilier

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A mortgage

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25
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La gare

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Railway station

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26
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Resserrer l’écart

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To bridge the gap

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27
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Un licenciement

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A lay off/ redundancy

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28
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Le smic

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Minimum wages

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29
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Baissier, languissant ..

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Sluggish=bearish

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30
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Une action en bourse

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A share

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31
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Un opérateur boursier

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A trader

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32
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Chuter à la verticale

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To plummet

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33
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Monter en flèche

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To soar/ skyrocket

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34
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Au coude à coude

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In a close contest

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35
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Qui se prolonge/ s’éternise

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Prolonged=protracted

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36
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Délétère

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Bad-tempered

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37
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Les grands électeurs

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Wider elector

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38
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Suivre la ligne (politique)

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To toe the Line

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39
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Un coup bas

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Unfair attack against

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40
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Traitre

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Treator

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41
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…, lui, …

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As for him, …

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42
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Amateurs

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Advocaters-enthusiasts

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43
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Réduire une debt

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To write off a debt

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44
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Réduire l’écart

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To bridge the gap

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45
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Pour clore le debat

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To end the controversy

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46
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Basculer (tournant décisif, partir en vrille)

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To go into tailspin

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47
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Du jour au lendemain

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Over night

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48
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Ouvrir la voix a

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To pave the way of

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49
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Une série de

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A stream of
A string of
A séries of

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50
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Etre juger coupable

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To be convicted with

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51
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Bankrout frauduleuse

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Frodulent banckruptcy

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52
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Etre passible de

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To Risk

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53
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Prononcer une sentence

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To issue à sentence

54
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Etre la conséquence de

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To be subsequent To

55
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La criminalité d’entreprise

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Corporate crime

56
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Etre médiatisé

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To get média coverage

57
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Il a été l’un des plus médiatisé

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It got the biggest média coverage

58
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Y compris

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Exiger

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Exigeant

61
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Manipuler les comptes

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To cook an account

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Frères et sœur

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Sans-enfants

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Énervé, mécontent

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Mouvementé
Tres agité
Frénétique

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Mère au foyer

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Stay-at-home woman

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Revendication

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Nuancer

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To moderate

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Accomplissements

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Accomplishment

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Se rendre compte

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To realise

71
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Prendre soin des enfants

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To Mind child

72
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S’occuper des enfants

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Child-minding

73
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Une filiale

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A subsidiary

74
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Une succursale

75
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Un atelier

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A workshop

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Être à la pointe de la technologie

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To be on the cutting-edge

77
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PDG

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Chairman(Gb)

CEO (us)

78
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Comptable

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Accountant

79
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Une travailleur manuel / intellectuel

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A blue-color job

A white-color job

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Grève sauvage

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A wildecat strike

81
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Main-d’œuvre

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Manpower

Labour

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Production

83
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Rentable

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Cost-efficient

84
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Travail au black

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Moonlighting

85
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L’économie est en boom-déprécions

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The economy is booming-depreced

86
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Expulsion d’un domicile

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An eviction

87
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Pour commencer, …

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To start with ..

88
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Il s’en suit que ..

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It follows that

89
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De plus

90
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Même si

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Even though

91
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Un beau garçons

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A good looking Man

92
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Me fait de discuter de sujet bidon comme la météo

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To make small talk

93
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On ne peut pas tout recycler

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Not everything can be recycled

94
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Il se peut qu’il y est un accident

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There might be an accident

95
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Sage

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Dissimuler

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To conceal

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Actes

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Personne d’action/ moteur

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Une flopée de

Une tonne de ..

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A bunch of ..

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Donner Son point de vue

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To weight in

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Lâchement

102
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La montée de l’extrême droite

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The rise of right-wing extremism

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Plongeant

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Énervant

Irritant

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Sincère

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Éviter

Esquiver

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Douloureuse vérité

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A paintful truth

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Se lamenter

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Être inondé de

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To be awash in

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Douteux

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Le mal

Le préjudice

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Ils ont à cœur

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They hold dear

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Respectueux de la loi

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Law-abiding

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Envenimer

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Un indice

Une piste

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Abasourdi

Ahuri

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Stunned with

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Chagrin

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Angoisse

Anxiété

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Finir par devenir la routine

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Enfin up beeing routine

120
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Par la suite

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In The aftermath

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Engourdi

Insensible

122
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Être produit en grande quantité

En quantité industrielle

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To be crank out

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A Peu près

Grossièrement

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S’avérer vrai

125
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Réaliser

Confectionner

126
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Avoir le droit à l’erreur

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Have room of error

127
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Faire la somme de ..

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To Tally up

128
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De plein droit

Légitimement

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Rightfully

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Ceinture de sécurité

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Évoquer

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Tu bring sth up

131
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En vue de ..

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With an eye To..

In préparation To

132
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Pour le moment

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For the Time being