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1
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Etre en bonne santé

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To be healthy

To be in good health

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Avoir une bonne santé

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To enjoy a good health

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3
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Avoir une santé de fer

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To have a cast-iron constitution

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Respirer la santé

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To look the picture of health

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La forme

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Fitness

Shape

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Entretenir sa forme

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To keep fit

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7
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Avoir une bonne hygiène de vie

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To have a healthy lifestyle

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Etre endurant

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To be resilient

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Etre en forme

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To be fit

To be in good shape

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Etre souffrant

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To be unfit
To be unwell
To feel poorly

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Le surmenage

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Overwork
Strain
Stress

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Ne pas se sentir très bien

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Not to feel very well

To feel out of sorts

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13
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Etre atteint de / avoir contracté

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To be affected with

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14
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Négliger sa santé

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To neglect oneself

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15
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Les antécédents

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Past history

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16
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Les anticorps

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The antibodies

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Etre héréditaire

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To run in the family

To be hereditary

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Une maladie héréditaire

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An inherited disease

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Une malformation congenitale

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A birth defect / abnormality

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Une malformation génétique

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A genetic defect / abnormality

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Un handicap

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A handicap

A disability

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Une personne handicapée

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The disabled

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Une blessure (accident)

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An injury

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Une blessure (infligée par quelqu’un)

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A wound

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25
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Un platre

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A plaster

A cast

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Les séquelles / Le contrecoup

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The aftereffects

The repercussions

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Avoir de la fièvre

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To run a fever

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Attraper / Contracter une maladie

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To catch a disease

To contract a disease

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29
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Tomber malade

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To fall ill / sick

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30
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Souffrir de

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To suffer from

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31
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Combattre

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To fight off

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32
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Etre porteur d’un virus

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To carry a virus

To harbor a virus

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33
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Transmettre une maladie / un virus

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To transmit a virus

To pass on a virus

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Une maladie incurable

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An incurable disease / illness

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Une maladie contagieuse

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An infectious illness

A contagious disease

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Une maladie cardiaque

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A coronary disease

An heart condition

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37
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Une crise cardiaque

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A heart failure
A heart attack
A stroke

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38
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Hypertension

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High blood pressure

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39
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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

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40
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Tomber dans le coma

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To fall into a coma

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41
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Etre condamné

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To be past recovery
To be past
To be beyond cure

42
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Un état stationnaire

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A stable condition

43
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Une rechute

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A relapse

44
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Reprendre des forces

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To regain strength

45
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Se rétablir (de)

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To recover (from)
To heal (from)
46
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Se déclarer

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To break out

47
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Le dépistage

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Detection

48
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Le dépistage obligatoire

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Mandatory screening

49
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La vaccination

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Vaccination

Inoculation

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Une campagne d’information

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An information campaign

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Un programme de prévention

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An awareness campaign

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Sensibiliser (sur)

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To make aware of

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Traiter

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To treat

54
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Soulager / apaiser

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To relieve

55
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Guérir / cicatriser

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To heal

56
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Un médicament

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A drug

A medicine

57
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Un remède miracle

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A wonder cure

58
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Une panacée

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A cure-all

A nostrum

59
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Prendre un médicament

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To be on a medicine

60
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L’auto-médication

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Self-medication

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La surmédication

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Overmedication

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Les effets secondaires

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Side effects

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Faire de l’effet

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To take effect

64
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Faire passer une radio

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To X-ray

65
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Etre en observation

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To be under observation

66
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La chimiothérapie

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Chemotherapy

67
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La chirurgie réparatrice

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Reconstructive surgery

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La chirurgie esthétique

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Plastic surgery

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Un chirurgien

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A surgeon

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Opérer un patient

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To operate on a patient

71
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Pratiquer une opération

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To perform an operation

72
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Une greffe

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A graft
A transplant(ation)
73
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Un donneur (d’organe)

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A (organ) donor

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Un receveur

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A recipient

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Vital

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Life saving

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Les dépenses de santé

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Health spending

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Un congé maladie

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A sick leave

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Les soins conventionnés

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Fixed medical costs

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Les soins non conventionnés

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Out-of-pocket health care

80
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Avoir droit à

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To be entitled to

81
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Se faire rembourser

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To get reimbursed

82
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Mettre au point un traitement

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To develop a treatment

To devise a treatment

83
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Découvrir par hasard

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To chance upon

84
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Un exploit

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A feat

85
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Les techniques de fécondation

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Reproductive techniques

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Les cellules-souches

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Stem cells

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Manipuler

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To manipulate

To tamper with

88
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Modifier un gène

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To splice a gene

89
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Faire un usage abusif / impropre de

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To misuse

90
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L’acharnement thérapeutique

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Therapeutic fury

91
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Etre en état de mort cérébrale

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To be brain dead

92
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Etre cliniquement mort

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To be clinically dead

93
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La déontologie médicale

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Medical ethics

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Défendre un principe

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To uphold a principle

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Une directive

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A guideline

96
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Un point faible

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A blind spot

97
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Fermer les yeux sur

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To turn a blind eye to

98
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Faire la sourde oreille à

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To turn a deaf ear to

99
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Dorer la pilule

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To sugar the pill

100
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Nourrir un espoir / une rancune

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To nurse a hope / a grievance

101
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

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Prevention is better than cure

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