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1
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s’attarder, traîner

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to linger

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un souvenir persistant

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a lingering memory

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des doutes qui persistent

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lingering doubts

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un faible espoir

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a lingering hope

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un test décisif

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a litmus test

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un prêt, un emprunt

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a loan

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détester, avoir en horreur

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to loathe

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traîner

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to loiter, to loaf, to idle

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une faille, une lacune, un défaut

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a loophole

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piller

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to loot, to plundle

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un pillage

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a looting

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un pilleur

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a looter

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un loubard, un voyou

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a lout

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un voyou qui se saoule à la bière

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a lager lout

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15
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ridicule, risible

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ludicrous

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un gros morceau/une masse

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a lump

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17
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avoir la gorge serrée

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to have a lump in one’s throat

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18
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un morceau de sucre

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a lump of sugar

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19
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fou, dément, aliéné

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lunatic

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20
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un asile d’aliénés

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a lunatic asylum

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21
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attirer par la ruse

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to lure

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22
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l’attrait de la gloire

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the lure of fame

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23
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attirer dans un piège

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to lure into a trap

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24
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le voyage inaugural (pour un bateau)

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the maiden-voyage

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25
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de fortune

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makeshift

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26
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un centre commercial

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a mall

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27
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fumier

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manure

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28
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manipuler, truquer les chiffres

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to massage figures

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29
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un chef d’oeuvre

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a masterpiece

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30
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un dissident, un non-conformiste

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a maverick

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31
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pagaille, désordre

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mayhem

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32
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la miséricorde

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mercy

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33
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clément

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merciful

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34
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impitoyable

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merciless

35
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hypnotiser, fasciner

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to mesmerize

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sans valeur (adj)

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mickey mouse

37
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de la monnaie de singe

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mickey mouse money

38
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doux

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mild

39
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un temps doux

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a mild weather

40
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un sourire doux

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a mild smile

41
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un mélange hétéroclite, un pêle-mêle

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a miscellany, a medley

42
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des. gens variés

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miscellaneous people

43
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hétéroclite

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a miscellaneous collection

motley (pej)

44
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un tant soit peu

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a modicum (of common sense for ex)

45
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agresser physiquement (voire sexuellement)

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to molest

46
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travailler au noir

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to moonlight

47
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hypothéquer

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to mortgage

48
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une hypothèque

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a mortgage

49
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quelle belle équipe (ir)

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what a motley crew

50
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banal, terre à terre

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mundane (faux-ami)

51
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trouble, sombre

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murky

52
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les musulmans

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Muslims, Moslems

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ressembler

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to muster (courage or money for ex)

54
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zéro

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naught

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échouer

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to come to naught

56
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faire peu de cas de

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to care naught for

57
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angoissant

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nerve-racking

58
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un surnom

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a nickname

59
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persistant, qui vous ronge

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niggling (feeling, doubt)

60
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tuer dans l’oeuf, faire avorter

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to nip smtg in the bud

61
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faire un signe affirmatif de la tête

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to nod

62
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où tous les coups sont permis

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no-holds-barred (adj)

63
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un noeud coulant

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a noose

64
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se jeter dans la gueule du loup (fig)

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to put one’s head in the noose

65
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resserrer l’étau (fig)

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to tighten the noose

66
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marquer une victoire

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to notch up a victory

67
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une encoche, une entaille

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a notch

68
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notoire

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notorious

69
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odieux, détestable

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obnoxious

70
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les heures creuses

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off-peak hours ≠ the rush hours

71
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une plateforme offshore

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an offshore platform

72
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des investissements extra territoriaux

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offshore investments

73
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la progéniture

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offspring

74
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un médiateur

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an ombudsman

75
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présage, augure

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an omen

76
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de bon augure

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of good omen

77
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de mauvais augure

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ominous

78
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la responsabilité

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the onus

79
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se montrer plus rusé que

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to outsmart, to outfox, to outwit

80
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un paquet

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a pack (of cigarettes)

81
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une bande (péj)

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a pack of hoioigans

82
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un tissu de mensonges

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a pack of lies

83
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une meute de oup

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a pack of wolves

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