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1
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Caresser

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Strock

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Taper des pieds

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To bang your fête

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Les routiers

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Truck drivers

Lorry drivers

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Permis à points

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Penalty point licence

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Autoroutes

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Motorways

Highways

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Occidental

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Western

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Réduire

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To cut down

To reduce

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Coûts de main-d’œuvre

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Labour costs

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Radicalement

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Dramatically

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10
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Cela ne sert à rien

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It’s no use + ing
There is not point in + ing
Tins no worth + ing

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Un cessez-le-feu

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A cease-fire

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Les occidentaux

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Westerners

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Politiser

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Turning

Politicizing

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14
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S’étonner de

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Wonder at

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Les coûts de production

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Production costs

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16
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Précautions

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Precautions

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17
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J’ai hâte de voir…

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I’m looking forward to +ing

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18
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Héros malgré lui

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Accidental hero

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19
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Ce film sort à Londres

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This movie is released in London

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20
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Malgré

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In spite

Despite

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21
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Bombardements

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Bombings

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Se retirer

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To retire

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23
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Un mandat

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A mandate

A term

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Main d’œuvre

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Workforce

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Un citoyen moyen

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An average citizen

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Détourner

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To embezzle

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27
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Fonds publics

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Public funds

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28
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Afin que

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So that

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29
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Changer

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Change
Modify
Alter

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30
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Il y a de grandes chances que

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You are bound to

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Si il devait être … ça serait …

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If he was to be… it would be …

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32
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Respecter une déchéance

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To meet a deadline

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Il est regrettable

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It is regrettable
It’s a pity
It’s a shame

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34
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Juger bon

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To see fit

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35
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La météo nationale

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The Met office

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36
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Des avis de coups de vent

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Warnings of gales

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37
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Fin d’après-midi

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Late afternoon

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38
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Début de soirée

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Early evening

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39
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Suffisante/ adéquate

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Adequate

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40
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Organiser

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To stage

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41
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Réclamer

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To claim

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42
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Pas nécessaire

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Unnecessary

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43
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Pas acceptable

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Unacceptable

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44
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Chômage

A

Joblessness

Unemployement

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45
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L’ordination

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Ordination

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46
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Rapprochement

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Rapprochement

47
Q

Poursuivis en justice pour

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Brought to Court for

48
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Interdir

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To ban

49
Q

Diffuser

A

To Broadcast

50
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Massacre

A

Massacre

51
Q

Je regrette que

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I wish + ed/would + bv

52
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Lutte/combat

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Struggle

53
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Un fonds de solidarité

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A solidarity fund

54
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Être indemnisé

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To be compensated

55
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Une enquête

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An inquiry

56
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Déterminer

A

To determine

57
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Vive la reine !

A

Long live the Queen !

58
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C’est intolérable

A

It’s unacceptable/intolerable

59
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La Croix Rouge

A

Red Cross

60
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Des convois humanitaires

A

Relief convoys

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Un quart

A

One fourth

A quarter

62
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Émeutes

A

Riots

63
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Non respectés

A

Flouted

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Descendance européenne

A

European descent

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Il serait temps

A

It’s about time

Tins high time

66
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Regagner la confiance

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To regain/ won back the confidence

67
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Il est regrettable

A

It’s regrettable

68
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Un revers

A

A set-back

69
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Sondages d’opinions

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Opinion polls

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Les Danois

A

The Danish

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Préféreraient

A

Had rather

72
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Ils ont eu beau faire …

A

Try as they might…

73
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Le flot de lave

A

The flow of lava

74
Q

Temporairement

A

temporarily

75
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Annuler

A

Cancel/call off

76
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Accord

A

Agreement

77
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Coalition

A

Coalition

78
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Avortement

A

Abortion

79
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Inadmissible

A

Unacceptable

80
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Politisé

A

Politicized

81
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A ce point

A

To such a degree/an extent

82
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Être désavoué

A

To be disowned

83
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Complices

A

Accomplices

84
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Renforcer

A

Reinforce

85
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De peur

A

Lest

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Perpétuer

A

Perpetrate

87
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Éclater

A

Break out/erupt

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Intervenir militairement

A

To intervene militarily

89
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Ne pas signer

A

To opt out

90
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Asile

A

Asylum

91
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Ont été multipliés par 10

A

Have increased tenfold

92
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Mandat

A

Term/mandate

93
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Licencier

A

Make redundant/ lay off

94
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Dès

A

As early as

95
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Sportif

A

Sporting

96
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Levé

A

Lifted

97
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Sauver

A

To rescue

98
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Fécondation in-vitro

A

In-vitro fertilisation

99
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Pratiqué

A

Carried out

100
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Les dégâts

A

Damage

101
Q

Évalué

A

Assessed

102
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Plus facilement

A

More freely

103
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Temps partiel

A

Short time/part-time

104
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Entrer en vigueur

A

To take effect

105
Q

Le démantèlement

A

The dismantling

106
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PDG

A

GDP/chairman

107
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Entrer en fonction

A

To take office

108
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Ce n’est pas pour autant

A

That is no guarantee that

109
Q

Révisé

A

Reviewed

110
Q

Interdiction de vol

A

No-fly zone

111
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Renforcement des contrôles

A

Closer control

112
Q

Le stockage

A

Storing

113
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Manutention

A

Handling

114
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Remonté

A

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