French News

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l’actualité internationale

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international news

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une question embrasement

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a burning issue

see also: un risque d’embrasement régional = a risque of regional conflagration, agitation etc.

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Les mauvais patients

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Ill patients

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Faire payer

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To charge

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To charge someone for something

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Faire payer à quelqu’un pour quelque chose

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Manifestant

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Demonstrator

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Affrontement

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Confrontation

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Clashes between pro-European protesters and police

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affrontements entre les manifestants pro-européens et la police

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Tourner le dos (à qqn)

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To turn one’s back (on someone)

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à louer

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to rent

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Désespoir

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Despair

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To be plunged into despair

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Être plongé dans le désespoir

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rempart

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rampart

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le témoignage

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the testimony

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the testimony of the victim

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le témoignage de la victime

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l’impôt

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tax

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taxes on corporations

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Les impôts sur les sociétés

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The company is suspected of fraud

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Le société est soupçonné de fraude

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En vigueur

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In force, in effect

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Échapper

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To escape

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He escaped the death penalty

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Il a échappé à la peine de mort

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ramener

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to bring back

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Avis d’expulsion

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Eviction notice

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reconnu

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recognised, convicted

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He was convicted at the trial

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Il a été reconnu coupable à son procès

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cotiser

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to contribute

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dépasser

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to exceed

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The rate of unemployment exceeded 10% in 2012

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Le taux de chômage a dépassé les 10% en 2012

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déprime

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depression

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déborder

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to overflow

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boucler son budget

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to balance one's budget

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Épouse

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Spouse

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en garde à vue

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in custody

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He is still in custody

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Il est toujours en garde à vue

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Cotisations sociales

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Social contributions

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piéger

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to trap

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prier

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to request, to pray

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Empêcher

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to prevent

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désormais

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henceforth

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mettre en lumière

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to highlight

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s'affranchir

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to overcome

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au profit de

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in favour of

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lourd héritage

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legacy

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punir

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to punish

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les défaillances criantes

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glaring failures

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This crime highlights the glaring failures in India in preventing sex crimes

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Ce crime met en lumière les défaillances criantes de l'Inde dans la prévention des crimes sexuels

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peiner à se défaire de

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to struggle to get rid of

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India has struggled to rid itself of its archaic traditions

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L'Inde a peiné à se défaire de ses traditions archaïques

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tenir son rang

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to take one's place

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women take second place

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la femme tient une place de second rang

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le retentissement

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the impact

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se diriger à (l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes)

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to move towards (equality between men and women)

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les manifestations de colère

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expressions of anger

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un élan inédit

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unprecedented momentum

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avoir conduit

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to have led

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the events have led to tougher laws against perpetrators

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les evenements a conduire à un durcissement de la loi envers les coupables

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porter plainte au pénal

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to make a criminal complaint against

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à la suite de

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in the wake of

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In the wake of the war in Algeria, colonialism became a burning issue for the French people

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à la suite de la guerre en Algérie, le colonialisme est devenue une question embrasement pour les gens Français

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Quel que soit

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Regardless of / No matter what

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s'apparenter à

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to be similar to / equivalent to

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malvenu

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inopportune / inappropriate

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matières premières

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raw materials

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Australia is rich in raw materials

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Australie est riche en matières premières

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They have shown their willingness to work together to address major global changes

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Ils ont affiché leur volonté d'oeuvrer ensemble à relever les grands défis internationaux

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afficher son volonté

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to show one's willigness

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the presidents have re-confirmed the friendship between Paris and Washington

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Les présidents ont rappelé l'amitié qui unit Paris à Washington

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He stressed that all European countries are equal

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Il a souligné que les pays Européennes sont tous égaux

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entacher

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to mar, to taint

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The episode has tainted the relationship between the two countries

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L'épisode a entaché l'amitié entre les deux pays

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données personnelles

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personal data

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un partenariat étroit

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close partnership

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qu'à ce jour

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to date