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Se profile a l’horizon

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Is looming at the horizon

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S’en sortir mieux

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Is faring better than

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D’ici 2040

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By 2040

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Tenir le monde a sa merci

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To have the world over a barrel

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Priorite absolue

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Top priority

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Les gens commencent a comprendre que

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It is beginning to sink in that

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Ne pas connaitre la recession

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To buck the recession

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Peu de moyens d’actions

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Little leverage

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Etre responsables de

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To be blame for

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Contrairement a ce que lnon croit generalement

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Contrary to the conventional wisdom

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Une des priorites

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Is high on the agenda

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Il y a fort a parier que

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Chances are

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La crise n’est pas prete de s’arreter

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The crisis is here to stay

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Sont consideres par certains comme

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Are looked upon by some

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Il a fallu attendre longtemps

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It has been a long wait

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Compte trnu de

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Given

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L’epoque est revelue

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Gone are the days when

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Un adulte sur 6

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One in six adults

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La france s’est rendue compte de

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France has woken up

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Il pense tout en se montrant d’un optimisme prudent que

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He is cautiously optimistic

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Mieux reussir

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To outperform

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Sand doute

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Arguably

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Crise economique

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Economic downturn

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Il n’est pas exagéré de dire que

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It is no exageration to say that

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Faire faillite

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To go belly up

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Intervenir

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To step in

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A la suite de

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Amid, as follows, pursuant

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Va devrnir obligatoire

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Is to be made complusory

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Ouvrir la voie a

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To pave the way for

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Cle de voute

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Centrepiece

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Tenir les promesse

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To keep their pledge

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Dans une certaine mesure

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To a certain extent

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Les repercussions

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The knock-on-effects

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Le moteur

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The powerhouse

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Degringoler 0

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To plumet

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Un tournant

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A watershed

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La Chine s’industrialise a une vitesse effreine

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China is pursuing breakneck industrialisation

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Un exemple frappant

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A stark example

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Le berceau de l’humanite

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The craddle of humanity

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Superficiellement

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On the face of it

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Ils sont considere comme

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They are deemed as

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Decrocher la lune

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To square the circle

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Un pays important

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A core country

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Revetir le manteau de

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To take up the mantle of

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Les des ne sont pas jettes

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The dice is not cast

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Au grand damne de

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Much to the displeasure of

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A force de

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By dint

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Pour reprendre ce que disait

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To borrow what .. Said

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Une situation inextricable

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A catch 22 situation

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Équivaut à

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Is tantamount to

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C’est le cas des

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Cases in point are

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Prétendu

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So-called

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Un second souffle

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New lease of life

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Au sein de

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Within

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En consequence

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Subsequently

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Une source de conflits

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A bone of contention / a conflicted field / a stambling block

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Probleme d’importance capital

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Matter of prime importance / wedge issue, burning issue, hot-potato issue

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Eclatement de la zone euro

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Break-up of the euro zone

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Un pays important

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A core country

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Appartir au passé

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A thing of the past

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Les dés ne sont pas jetés

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The dice is not cast

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D’un point de vue plus geopo

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From a more geopolitical point

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Au grand damne de

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Much to the displeasure of

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Contrairement à

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Unlike

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A force de

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By dint

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Annoncer le declin

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To spell the doom

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Mes gens comment a comprendre que

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It is beginning to sink in that

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Se profiler a l’horizon

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Is looming at the horizon

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Il va sans dire que

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Needless to say that

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