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sournois

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sneaky, insidious, niggling pain

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usine à gaz

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Heath Robinson device, overly complicated machine

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être brute de décoffrage

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be a bit rough & ready / raw & brutal

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conjoncturelle

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short term, temporary, cyclical

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il y a 3 logiques

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there are 3 aspects

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aiguillon

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goad, sting

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valoriser

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leverage value from, recognise the value of, develop, promote

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espace

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platform

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clientélisme

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cronyism, pork-barrel politics

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aménagement du territoire

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territorial development & cohesion

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bidim

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geotextile

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éclaireur

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scout

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aléatoire

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unpredictable, uncertain, random

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gestation pour autrui (GPA)

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surrogate motherhood

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emporte-pièce / à l’emporte pièce

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pastry cutter / snap, sweeping

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potache

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school kid, student

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sourate

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surah

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amalgame

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mixture, jumble, hotch-potch

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strabisme

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squint, strabismus (med.)

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aubaine

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bargain, godsend

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effet d’aubaine

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deadweight effect, windfall effect

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rescrit fiscal

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tax ruling

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MIE

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mécanisme pour l’interconnection européen

CEF

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va-t-en-guerre

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hawkish

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RNB

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revenu national brut

GNI

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liège

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cork

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gueux

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pauper, outcast, bandit (Gueux -Flemish rebel vs. Spanish Catholic power)

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tison

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ember

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Quartier Général

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Army Corps HQ

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décôte

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haircut

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renflouement

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bail-out

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renflouement interne

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bail-in

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trisomique

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Down’s syndrome

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aide juridictionnelle

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legal aid

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tréma

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umlaut

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frondeur

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dissident

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goéland

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seagull

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alternance

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change in power

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chavirer

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capsize, overturn

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trépas

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death

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équarissage

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quartering, cutting up

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ouaille

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flock

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diaphane

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translucent

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lubie

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fancy, whim

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SVT

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Sciences de la Vie et Terre

biology, earth & life sciences

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le bagne

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slavery, penal colony

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grivèlerie

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doing a runner

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à iso

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comparable, similar, equivalent

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rouage

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cog, machinery

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geunille

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rag

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lambeau

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scrap, shred

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rapport de force

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balance of power, power struggle

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écartement

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gauge

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tapis écossais

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patchwork

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envenimer

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infect, aggravate

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(principe du) contradictoire

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right for both parties to be heard, adversarial proceedings

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Lettonie

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Latvia

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être au pied du mur

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be up against it

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RSA -Revenu de solidarité active

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Unemployment benefit / jobseekers’ allowance

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tribunal de première instance

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trial court

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revaloriser

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restore the credibility of, change attitudes regarding…

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ACCIS

assiette commune consolidée pour l’impôt sur les sociétés

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CCCTB

Common consolidated corporate tax base

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fonds de commerce

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condemnation

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porter plainte

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report s/thing to the police, lodge a complaint

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épeautre

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double actif

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part-time farmer

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hermine

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belette

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une cane

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female duck

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une faux

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étayer

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support, back up

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garde à vue

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hold for questioning

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faire la part belle à

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give prominence to

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décrochage

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disengagement

(scolaire) dropping out of school

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ponctionner

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draw off, tap into

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clause d’extinction

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sunset clause

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bêche-de-mer

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sea cucumber

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dépouillement

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extraction, stripping (of assets)

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oriflamme

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banner, banner of war

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ventilation

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vol à la roulotte

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theft of objects from parked cars

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limier

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bloodhound, sleuth

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coup de filet

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a haul (police)

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gendarmerie prévôtale

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Provost Gendarmerie (military police for French forces stationed abroad)

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La Grande Muette

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the (Fr) army

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‘saisir’ la justice

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take to court, have recourse to the law

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coup de force

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power play

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être aux abois

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be at bay, in dire straits, have back to the wall

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se cabrer

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bridle, rear up

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ligueur

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chevet

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forcené

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fanatic, extremist

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chamaillerie

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squabble, quarrel

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litote

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understatement, euphemism

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scrutateur

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divorce pour faute

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divorce for just cause

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abscons

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abstruse, diff to understand

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inculpé

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acarien

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acarid, dust mite

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se compléter

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complement e. oth.

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fraude fiscal

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tax evasion

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évasion fiscale

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tax avoidance

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traire

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onirique

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dreamlike, fantasy

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panachage

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mixing, blending

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être dans les clous

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be right on course, be where we should be

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contre amiral

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rear admiral

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rester sur sa faim

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be disappointed, left wanting

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GEPSA

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French public services operator

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boules Quiès

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(kièsse)

earplugs

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fièvre catarrhale ovine

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blue tongue (catarrhal fever)

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Cnil

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French nat. data protection authority

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appât

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greffier

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law clerk, clerk of the court

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matière gracieuse

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non-contentious matter

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marsouin

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gisement

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deposit, well

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boue d’épurement

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sludge, slurry

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lixiviation

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variole

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rejeton

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co-commissariat

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joint audit

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que chacun prend ses responsabilités

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we need to draw the logical conclusions

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à contre-jour

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collage du vin

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wine bonding

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corsé

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full-bodied

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assemblage

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à l’impossible nul n’est tenu

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you can’t do the impossible, you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

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de détail

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retail (eg investor)

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pendaison de crémaillère

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housewarming

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grelotter

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chanoine

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moue

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être le dindon de la farce

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to be taken for a ride, become a laughing stock

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atone

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lifeless, blank (look)

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Giec

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(Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat)
IPCC

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disposition d’invalidation

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defeat device

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maison d’arrêt

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remand centre

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glycine

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platane

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plane tree

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borgne

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blind in one eye, one-eyed, badly lit

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niche

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opposable

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binding, enforceable

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nuisance

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reconnu d’utilité publique

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officially recognised as promoting the public interest, non-profit orgn

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amorçage

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seed (funding)

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projet de proximité

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community-based project

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seigle

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interpeller

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hold for questioning

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écueil

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pitfall; reef

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établi

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charme

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chêne

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frêne

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