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affichent

A

display (verb)
afficer

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l’ampleur

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extend of; how big something is

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aquel

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which

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baisse

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decline

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comprend

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to understand or to include

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il faudrait

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it should

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prenant en compte

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taking into (account)

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deces

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deaths

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de tout évidence

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obviously

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pourtant

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nevertheless

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prenant

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taking

Exemples :
travail prenant m—busy workload n
en prenant du recul adv—in hindsight adv
travail très prenant m—busy job n

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presque

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almost; nearly

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situe

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situates

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tendance

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tendency

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parfois

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sometimes

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espoir

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hope (noun; masculin)

plein d’espoir - hopeful
porteur d’espoir - hopeful
perdre espoir- despair

Dans ce tableau, le vert représente l’espoir.

In this painting, green represents hope.

L’existence d’un nouveau médicament donne espoir.

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entre autres

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among other things

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D’ailleurs

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besides

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implacables

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restless (adj)

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piste

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track

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éloignent

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repel

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tendant

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tending

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ensuite

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afterwards

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démarreront

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will start (between the leaders)

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repoussante

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repulsive (adj; participe présent, masculin)

repoussante f sg
repoussants m pl
repoussantes f pl

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donc

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therefore

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vivant

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alive; lively; living (adj; masculin)

Le transport aérien d’animaux vivants est strictement réglementé.

Mon frère est une personne tellement vivante !

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ainsi

A

thus

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ont vu le jour

A

came into being

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encadrer

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regulate

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des systèmes les plus puissants

A

powerful systems (of AI)

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effrayants

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scary
effrayant (verb) to scare; to frighten

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soulagé

A

relieved

soulager (verb)

Je prends des médicaments pour soulager mon mal de tête.

La méditation peut aider à soulager le stress.

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tellement

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so; very (relieved)

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À vrai dire

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to tell the truth

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Cela engloberait

A

this would encompass
englober (verb)

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exigent

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demanding (adj)

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comprenant

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Participe Présent comprenant

comprendre ( verb)
to understand; to include

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réclamé

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claimed (réclamer - verb)

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englober

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to encompass (verb)

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Il est plus que temps

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it is high time

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car

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because

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entière

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entirety; whole

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commencer à se profiler

A

beginning to take shape

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plus légères

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lighter

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retrouvent / retrouver

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retrouver (verb)
to find, meet, regain

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le contraire

A

the opposite

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surtout

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above all

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on sent

A

we feel
sentire (verb) to feel

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primée

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primer (verb) to award

to award (past)

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ni le poids

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or the weight

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tirés au sort

A

randomly picked

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récompense

A

award

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cependant

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however

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Le musée d’art moderne que nous surnommons Beaubourg.

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The modern art museum that we call Beaubourg.

surnommer (verb) nickname

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des travaux

A

the renovations

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Je me souviens d’un temps, pas si éloigné que cela, où les jeunes se donnaient systématiquement rendez-vous à Beaubourg

A

I remember a time, not so long ago, when young people systematically met in Beaubourg

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ruelles

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alleys (féminin)
ruelle étroite - narrow alley
ruelle sombre - dark alley
petite ruelle - small alley

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au moins

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at least (adv)

Nous aurons besoin d’au moins cinq personnes pour le projet. We will need at least five people for the project.

Le mot de passe doit contenir au moins un caractère spécial. The password must contain at least one special character.

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ou flâner

A

or stroll

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c’est presque fini.

A

it’s almost over

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le tuyaux

A

the pipes

[…] récupérer les déjections au moyen d’un collecteur déjà installé dans les tuyaux de façon à réduire encore plus les impacts.

[…] with actual collecting of the waste to even further reduce the impacts through header pipes that are already in the pipes.

Vider le réservoir et purger le réservoir, la rampe et les tuyaux avec de l’eau propre pendant au moins dix minutes.

Drain tank and flush tank, boom and hoses with clean water for a minimum of ten minutes.

Les tuyaux utilisés pour le raccordement du refoulement et de l’aspiration doivent être en métal, ou en plastique avec tresse […]

The pipes used to connect suction and delivery must be metallic, or plastic with metallic braid or plastic with fabric braid with suitable earthing cable.

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grouillant

A

teeming (adj)

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le souci

A

the concern (nom, masculin)

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pire

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worse (adj)

Exemples :
dans le pire des cas adv —at worst adv
dans le pire des cas —if the worst comes to the worst
pire des cas m —worst case n · worst-case scenario n

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à résoudre

A

to be solved