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effectuer

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To perform/carry out

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Le chantage

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Blackmail

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remords

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Remorse

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faible

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Low/weak

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puisque

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Since

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au sein

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Within

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enlèver

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To remove

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lorsqu’il en reçoit

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When he received it

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En tout état de cause

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In any event

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Tracasser

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To bother/worry

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Perturber

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To disrupt/unsettle

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resté sourd

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Remained deaf

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reconduite à la frontière

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Deportation

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Faire escale en France

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To stop over in France

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suscité

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Aroused/caused

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La polémique

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The controversy

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Le renvoi

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The expulsion

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Se dégrader

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Get worse

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décoller

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To take off

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ressortissants

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Nationals

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en milieu d’après-midi

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In mid afternoon

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Le centre de rétention

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Detention centre

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Remettre en liberté

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To release

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la cour d’appel

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The court of appeal

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Au-delà

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Beyond

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Confundu

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Confused

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indignes

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Worthy

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Tenir compte de

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To reflect/consider

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constatant

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Noting

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délivrer

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To issue

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reconduire à la frontière

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To deport

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Tenir lieu de

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Take the place of

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auprès

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From

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le porte-parole

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Spokesperson

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soutien plein et entier

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Full support

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Un coup de poignard

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A stabbing

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néfaste

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Harmful

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appareils électriques

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Household appliances

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courant

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Current/ordinary

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agréé

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Approved

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Se réveiller

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Wake up

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Reprendre

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take back

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Livraison

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Delivery

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il suffit de + inf

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All it takes is

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Préciser

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Specify

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Faire reprendre

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To take back

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Une déchèterie

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A recycling centre

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S’assurer

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To make sure

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Ferraille

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Scrap

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Mousses

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Foams

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Isolantes

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Insulating

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La paroi

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Wall

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En tant que

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As

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L’urne

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Urn

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Le scrutin

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Voting

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Casser

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To break

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Contresigner

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To Countersign

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Se contenter

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Be satisfied with/settle for

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Réclamer

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To require/demand/claim

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Les élus

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The elected

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Plaider

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To plead

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Le concours

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Competition

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décrocher

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Take down/unhook

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D’autant que

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Especially as/as far as

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La fermeté

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Firmness

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dérapages

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Skids/going off the rails

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maladresses

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Clumsy

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infractions

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Breaking a law

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la verbalisation

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The fining

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imprudents

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Careless

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dès lors

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From then

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faire fureur

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To take by storm

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contrevenants

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Tickets (fines)

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Soumettre

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To submit

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Circulation

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Traffic jam

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Avoir le vent en poupe

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To have the wind behind it

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Les deux-roues

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Bikes

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mettre à rude épreuve

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To really put something to the test

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Un atelier

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Workshop

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anodin

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Nothing/dispensable

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stupéfiants

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Drugs

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Prendre d’assaut

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Take by storm

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Un palmarés

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Chart/list

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La conduite à contresens

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Driving the wring way

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accrochages

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Clashes

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Ainsi

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Thus

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recenser

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Identify

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Détracteurs

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Critics

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S’agacer

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To be annoyed

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Commettre

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To commit

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bornes

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Bounds/limits

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baptême

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Baptism

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Les barrages

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Dams

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Un élan

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A push/burst/impulse

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ériger

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Erect

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Prétendre

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To claim

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Utopistes

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Utopians

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Rappeller

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To recall

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Cracher

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To spit

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hiérarchiser

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Prioritise

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La filière électrique nucléaire

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The nuclear power industry

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Déplorer

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To deplore

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Une marge de manoeuvre

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Leeway

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Une marge

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A margin

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Surproduction

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Overproduction

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Peser

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To weigh

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fer

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Iron

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Avoir bonne presse

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Have a good reputation

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Une contestation

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An appeal/question

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Aller en justice

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Go to court

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à revers

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Against

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annulé

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Cancelled

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Se mêler

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Get involved

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à l’encontre

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Against

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Les citadins

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City dwellers

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Se ressourcer

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To recharge/relax

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Consternation

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Consternation/dismay

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S’arracher

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To tear

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être pris de court

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To be caught/surprised

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épouvantés

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Frightened

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Les opposants

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Opponents

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Le bilan

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Balance

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Soit

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This is/ie

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davantage

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More

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discours

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Speech

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axé

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Orientated

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supplémentaire

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Additional/further

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repenser

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To rethink

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Traverser une crise

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To go through a crisis

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tentatives

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Attempts

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Le repli

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The decline

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enrayer

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Stop/block/solve

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entraîne

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Results

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Les supérettes

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Little supermarkets

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provenant de

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Coming from

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L’impression

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Printing

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L’ère

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The era

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Numérique

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Digital

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Bouleverse

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Upsets/shakes

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Le lectorat

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The readership

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Déclanché

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To trigger

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dans le cadre de

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As part of

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convenir à

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To suit

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Gérer

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To manage

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Se faire rémunérer

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To get paid

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débrouiller

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To cope/manage/get along

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Les frais

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The costs

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inscrits

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Registered

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trimestre

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Quarter

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doucement

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Gently/softly

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S’étendre

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Expand

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Les sites marchands

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Commercial sites

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Une clientèle

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A customer

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atteindre

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Reach

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S’appuyer sur

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To rely on

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soucieux

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Concerned

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Constater

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To note

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Au delà de

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Beyond

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Le moteur de recherche

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Search engine

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Instruire

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Instruct/educate