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tout de suite

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right away, immediately

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se trouver en train de..

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to happen to..

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s’avérer cher

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to prove to be expensive
to prove expensive
to turn out to be expensive

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rarement

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rarely, seldom

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risquer de perdre qqch

avoir des chances de gagner qqch

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to stand to lose

to stand to win

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avancer une idée

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to suggest / tu put forward an idea

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gérer

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to manage

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gêner

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to bother, to trouble, to hamper

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dépasser les attentes

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to surpass expectations

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dépasser une limite, outrepasser

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to overstep

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dépasser un budget

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to exceed a budget

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dépasser/doubler, submerger

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to overtake

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jusqu’à présent

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so far, up until now

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majorité absolue

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overall majority

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global/général/d’ensemble

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overall

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proposer une idée

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to come up with an idea

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en revanche

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by contrast

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exagérer

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to overstate

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un euphémisme, une sous-estimation

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an understatement

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en finir avec

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to get over with

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se débarrasser de

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to get rid of

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rétorquer

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to retort

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être synonyme de

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to be synonymous with

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dans la mesure où / pour autant que

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insofar as

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parer/repousser/tenir à l’écart (une menace)

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to ward off (a threat)

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agacer

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to annoy, rile, irritate

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faire sa part

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to do one’s share / bit

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tout à coup

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suddenly, all of a sudden

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primordial

d’une importance capitale

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paramount

of paramount importance

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éternel

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perennial, ever-lasting

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quand à lui

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for his part / as for him

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douter de qqch
émettre des doutes sur
avoir des doutes sur

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to doubt Ø sth
to cast doubt on
to have doubts about

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réfléchir à, s’interroger sur

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to ponder sth / to ponder over sth

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reprocher à qqn de

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to reproach sb for (+ing)

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être inquiet/préoccupé au sujet de qqch

être concerné/intéressé

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to be concerned about sth

to be concerned with sth

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bénéficier à qqn

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to benefit Ø sb

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tenir ses promesses

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to hold promises

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se résumer à

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to come down to

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occuper le devant de la scène

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to take centre stage

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jeter un regard

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to cast a glance at

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attiré par

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attracted to

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atténuer

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to mitigate, to alleviate

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valoir

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to be worth

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il en va de même pour

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the same

applies to / holds true for / goes for

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il ferait bien de

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he would do well to

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s’en remettre à

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to leave it up to / to rely on

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s’en déférer à

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to defer to

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avoir vécu / connu qqch

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to have
enjoyed / experienced / been through / lived through / undergone
sth

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quoique / bien que

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although, albeit, even though …

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fermer les yeux sur

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to condone sth

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se mettre à la place de qqn

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to put oneself in the shoes of

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à condition que

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on condition that
Ø provided that
with the proviso that

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prendre exemple sur

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to model oneself on

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répandu

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rife, wide-spead

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être en proie à

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to be rife with

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aller de … à …

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to range from .. to ..

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condamner (projet)

condamner (personne)

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to doom

to sentence

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peser sur

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to weigh on