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Aborder un problème

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To tackle a problem

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2
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À première vue

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At first sight

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Dès l’abord/dès le départ

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From the outset

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4
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Réfléchissons d’abord à…

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Let us first consider

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5
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Il s’agit d’abord de se demander

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We must first ask ourselves

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6
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La première question qui se pose est de savoir

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The first question is…

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7
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Dans le fond

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Basically

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Préalablement

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Beforehand

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9
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Au premier abord/de prime abord

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At first sight

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10
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Partons au principe que…

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Let us take as a basic principle that

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11
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Quant à…

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As for…

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12
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En ce qui concerne…

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As far as…is concerned

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13
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Passer en trombe

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To pass like a whirlwind

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14
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Coûte que coûte

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At all costs

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15
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Search warrant

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Un mandat de perquisition

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16
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Une égratignure

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A scratch

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17
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Ça ne m’emballe pas

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It doesn’t appeal to me

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18
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Passer à travers

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To overlook

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19
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Hargneux

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Aggressive

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20
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En ser lee ressort

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As a last resort

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21
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Racler les fonds de tiroir

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To scrape together every last penny

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22
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Du reste
Au reste

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Besides; moreover

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23
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Partir sans demander son reste

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To leave without further ado

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24
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Une tuile

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A tile (of a roof)

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C’est du kif
It’s the same
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À l’occasion
On occasions Sometimes
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Pallier
To make up for To compensate
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Les tenants et les aboutissants
The ins and outs
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Renouer les lacets
To tie shoelaces
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Se brouiller
To become blurred/confused
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La crise
The crisis
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En crise
In a state of crisis
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A worrying state of affairs
Une situation inquiétante Avoir du mal à Avoir de la peine à Éprouver des difficultés à
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Une question épineuse
A thorny questions
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Un problème incontournable
A problem that cannot be ignored
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Le fond du problème
The basis of the problem
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La principale difficulté porte sur
The main difficulty involves
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Toute la difficulté réside en
The main difficulty is in
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Le souci prédominant
Main problem
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Un obstacle insurmontable
An insurmountable obstacle
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Un accident conjoncturel
Conspiracy of circumstances
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L’entrave
A hindrance
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La pierre d’achoppement
Stumbling block
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Des obstacles subsistent encore
Some obstacles remain
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Le terrain est miné
It’s a minefield
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Une crise qui couve
A brewing crisis
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Difficilement maîtrisable
Hard to bring under control
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Le bilan est globalement négatif
On the whole things are not good
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Les choses prennent une mauvaise tournure
Things are going wrong
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Un avant-goût de ce qui pourrait survenir
A foretaste of what might occur
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Plus inquiétant encore
What is even more more worrying…
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La situation se complique
The situation is getting more complicated
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Une autre difficulté est venue s’ajouter
A further difficulty has cropped up
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Une nouvelle donne
A new state of play
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Une série de catastrophes
A succession of disasters
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La situation empire de jour en jour
The situation is getting worse every day
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La situation s’accentue avec le temps
The situation is getting worse as time passes
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La situation tourne à la catastrophe
The situation is becoming disastrous
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La situation atteint un niveau critique
The situation is reaching a critical level
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La situation atteint la cote d’alerte
The dizzying is a flash point
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La situation menace de s’ éterniser
The situation threatens to go on forever
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D'autres facteurs contribuent à aggraver la crise
other factors are helping to worsen the crisis
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le phénomène s'accroit
the phenomenon is on the increase
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la tendance s'accentue
the tendency is becoming more noticeable
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le problème se banalise
the problem is getting more common
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le problème a pris une telle ampleur que
the problem has taken o such proportions that
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mettre le feu aux poudres
to bring things to a head
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pour comble de malheur
to capi it all
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une crise sévit
a crisis is raging
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surmonter
overcome
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remédier à
to cure
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venir à bout de
to get through
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la solution est loin d'être évidente
the solution is far from obvious
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la question est de savoir comment s'y prendre pour
it is a matter of knowing how to go about
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il existe de nombres moyens de
there are many ways of
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la solution qui s'impose, c'est
the obvious solution is
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l'essential du travail consiste à
the main job is to
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examiner au cas par cas le problème
to examine each incidence of the problem
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saisir la question à bras-le-corps
to get to grips with an issue
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élaborer une strategie
to draw up a plan of action
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mieux vaut...que de...
it ie beter to...than to...
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comment éviter que (+ subjonctif)
how can one avoid (+ verb)

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