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General Terms 1 Flashcards

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Scope

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Portée, champ d’application

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Paramount

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Primordial, essentiel, indispensable

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Strand

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Un volet ( 2 volets à cette politiques)

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Fealty

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Fidélité , fidélisation

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Shrewd

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Astucieux, rusé

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Momentum

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Élan, impulsion, dynamique

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To curb

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Freiner, réduire

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To disband

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Démanteler, dissoudre

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Chili pepper

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Piment

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to band together

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se regrouper

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despite

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malgré

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mouthwatering

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alléchant, appétissant

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behind

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derrière

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the backstory

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l’histoire, la trame de fond

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a manhunt

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une chasse à l’homme

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wisdom

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la sagesse

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pepper

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le poivron

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Dough

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de la pâte

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compelling

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convaincant, contraignant

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To pull the string

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Tirer les ficelles

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tasteless

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sans goût, insipide

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to reward

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récompenser

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a reward

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une récompense

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rank-and-file

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un sans grade

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rancid

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rance, rassis

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to break away

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rompre, se détacher

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sour

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sûr

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power brokers

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les agents du pouvoir

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scrumptious

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délicieux, succulent

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bell pepper

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poivron

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to crumble

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s’effriter

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to invest in

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investir dans

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to foster something

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favoriser qqch, encourager qqch

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the opponent remain in power

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l’opposant reste au pouvoir

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straightforward

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simple, franc, direct

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bitter

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amer

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infuriated

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furieux, exaspéré

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butternut squash

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butternut

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a squash

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une courge

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beyond

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au delà

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at dawn

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à l’aube

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to frame

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encadrer, élaborer

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a frame

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un cadre, un chassis

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the framework

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le cadre, la structure

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to get around a problem

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contourner un problème

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complacency

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complaisance, indulgence coupable

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jihadists outfits

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les organisations djihadistes

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bland

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fade

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an advertisement

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une publicité

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to discredit sb/sthg

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discréditer qq1/qqch

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turmoil

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agitation, trouble

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to save

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épargner

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an insight

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un aperçu

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merely

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simplement

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at the dawn of

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à l’aube de

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endeavor

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une tentative, un effort

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the dawn

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l’aube

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constituencies

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les circonscriptions (électorales)

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to put (sth) up

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accrocher

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a witness

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un témoin

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to intertwine

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s’entrecroiser , s’entremêler

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ribbons

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rubans

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braids

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tresses

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stale (food)

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(nourriture) périmée

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to gain momentum

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prendre de l’ampleur

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The supply

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l’offre

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Arabic

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l’arabe

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at this very moment

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à ce moment même

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business

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les affaires

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by this time next week

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la semaine prochaine à cette heure-ci

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bother+ Ving

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s’ennuyer à

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I feel like a cup of coffee

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j’ai envie d’une tasse de café

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shrewd

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astucieux, rusé, avisé

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bodies of literature

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production littéraire

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nasty

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mauvais

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full-blown

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véritable, à part entière

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unwieldy

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peu maniable, encombrant

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congruent

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conforme, en accord

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enmeshed

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enchevêtré

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the backdrop

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la toile de fond, le contexte

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to put on the market

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vendre (ex: maison)

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had better+ inf (Ex: you had better hurry up)

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tu ferais mieux de … (Ex: te dépêcher)

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The fallacy

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l’erreur, le faux raisonnement

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the tinder

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l’amorce

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Mourners

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des personnes en deuil

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a blueprint

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un plan (archi) , un schéma directeur, un plan d’action

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the tide of the war

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le cours de la guerre

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midnight sun

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le soleil de midi

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an abode

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un domicile, une demeure, la résidence

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To quash (a rebellion)

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réprimer, étouffer une rébellion (ou annuler)

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the lead up

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la préparation, la phase préparatoire

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the creed

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la croyance, le crédo

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to revive

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relancer, raviver

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hardliners

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les partisans de la ligne dure

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bullish (person)

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(une personne) optimiste

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a medium

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un moyen de communication

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flawed

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défectueux, imparfait

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to harness

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exploiter

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to broker

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négocier

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a broker

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un intermédiaire, un agent

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the forefather

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le précurseur, l’ancêtre

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The stronghold

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la place forte, la forteresse

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readymade

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prêt à l’emploi (ex: solution)

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landmark

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point de repère - jalon (scientifique, historique), monument

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harsh

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rude, sévère

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suburbs

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les banlieues

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by Tuesday

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d’ici à mardi

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upstairs

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en haut de l’escalier

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splinter groups

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des groupes dissidents

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to sideline sb/sthg

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mettre à l’écart, sur le côté qq1/qqch

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a motorway

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l’autoroute

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out of belief

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par conviction

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a dress rehearsal

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la répétition générale

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embedded

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incorporé, incrusté (pierres), embarqué

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toughness

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ténacité, robustesse

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tough

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difficile, fort, rude

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at the bottom of

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au fond de …, en bas de (la page par ex)

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the tap

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le robinet

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the sink

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l’évier

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the forefront

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l’avant garde, l’avt poste, le premier plan

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averse

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hostile, peu enclin, réticent

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to endorse

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soutenir, approuver, appuyer

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comrades

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camarades, compagnons

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meanwhile

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Pendant ce temps, entre tps

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bucked the authority

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s’est opposé à l’autorité

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The bulk of

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l’essentiel de

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far-flung

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éloigné

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return to the fold

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retourner au bercail

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fault line

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ligne de fracture

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pitfalls

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pièges, écueils , obstacles

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to leverage stgh

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exploiter qqch, mettre à profil qqCh

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to enhance

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améliorer, renforcer

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a liability

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la responsabilité

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dweller

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un habitant

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to lean on sbd

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s’appuyer sur qq1 , se reposer sur qq1

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to demote sbd

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retrograder qq1

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to kick off sigh

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lancer qq1 , démarrer (ex: discussion, économie)

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to cope

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se débrouiller , faire face à , s’en sortir

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the take over

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la prise de contrôle , la reprise

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the smuggling

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la contrebande

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to drop smthg

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laisser tomber qqch/ renoncer à qqch

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To enable

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permettre

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to break down

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s’effondrer, décomposer, briser

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nascent

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naissant (empire Ex)

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reckless

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téméraire, imprudent, inconscient

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bluntly (speaking bluntly)

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sans détour, franchement

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scatter

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disperser

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scattered

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dispersé

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letting bygones by bygones

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faire table rase du passé

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To show stg off

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exhiber qqch, montrer

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against the backdrop

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en toile de fond, dans le contexte

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tenuous

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fragile, précaire, tenu

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paramount

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primordial

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short-lived

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de courte durée (ex rébellion)

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outmatched

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dépassé (ex militairement)

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ventures

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des projets, des aventures, des entreprises

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the drought

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la sécheresse

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the spotlight

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le projecteur

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upheavals

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des boulversements

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half-hearted

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tiède, sans enthousiasme

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to wield

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brandir, manier

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to broke out

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éclaté (ex rébellion)

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a foretaste

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un avant-goût

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the ransom

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la rançon

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to unfold

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se dérouler, se déployer

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amid

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au milieu, parmi

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the offshoot

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la ramification

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rebuffed

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repoussé

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to deny

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nier

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to underscore

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souligner, mettre qqch en évidence

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breadth

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l’ampleur, la largeur

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a sham

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un simulacre, un leurre

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to foreclose

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verrouiller, fermer

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an off-ramp

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une bretelle, une sortie (ex autoroute)

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remnant

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vestige, un reste

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inducement

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incitation, encouragements

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to woo

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courtiser, charmer

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shepherd

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berger, pasteur

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turf

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gazon, secteur

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ammunition

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armes

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clumsy

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maladroit

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herders

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éleveurs

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frog

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grenouille

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ox

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boeuf

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to trigger

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déclencher, provoquer

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to undermine

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miner, saper (Ex agreement)

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savvy (adj)

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perspicace, astucieux

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savvy (nom)

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le savoir-faire

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the rainy season

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la saison des pluies

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an offshoot

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une ramification

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curfew

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le couvre feu

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back and forth

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aller retour, dans les 2 sens

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to settle scores

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régler ses comptes

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staleness

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la stagnation

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