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Slum

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Bidonvilles

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Shelter

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Abri
Refuge
We need to seek a shelter before the storm arrives

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Banlieue

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Suburb

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To hail from

Who hails from the north

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Venir de

Etre originaire de

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A takeover

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Un rachat (of company)
Une reprise
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To undergo

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Subir
Éprouver
Endurer

To endure

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To acknowledge

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Admettre
Reconnaitre

I acknowledge that I could have made better decisions = j’admets que j’aurais pu prendre de meilleurs decisions

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Une grève

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A strike

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Une escale (quand tu voyages en avion par exemple)

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A layover

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Aspirateur

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Vacuum

Vacuum cleaner

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Tricky

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Difficile
Délicat
Épineux

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Stint

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Période

Période de travail

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Barely

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À peine

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Colère

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Anger
Ire
Rage

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Un pansement

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Un apósito

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Soar

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Monter en flèche

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Argue that

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Affirmer. Soutenir

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Blackmail

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Faire du chantage

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Wrist

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Poignet

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Steadily

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Constantly

Régulièrement

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Is colour an issue ?

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Issue : problème

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Gloomy

Greece’s gloomy future is Ireland’s past

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Gloomy : morose (perspective)

Gloomy : couvert, maussade (temps)

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Sweetener

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Edulcorant

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Upbeat

Upbeat assessment

Upbeat comments

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Optimiste

Évaluation optimiste

Commentaires optimistes

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Rainbow

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Arc-en-ciel

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To avert

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Eviter

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Lawmaker

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Législateur

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In the wake of

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A la suite de

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He was found bleeding

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En sang

Qui saigne

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The bill has triggered opposition from

The assassination of the archduke triggered the war

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A provoqué

A déclenché

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The culprit

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Le coupable

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The alleged would-be terrorist

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Le présumé aspirant terroriste

Alleged = présumé

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To boast

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Se vanter
Se fanfaronner
Se la raconter

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To drown

People drowned

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Se noyer

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To enhance

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Améliorer

=improve

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The burden

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La charge
Le fardeau
Le poids

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A whale

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Une baleine

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To entice

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To attract

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Hopelessly

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Désespérément

Avec désespoir

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To drop

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Baisser
Diminuer
Chuter

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To plummet

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To soar

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Monter en flèche

Augmenter

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To rise

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Word-of-mouth

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Bouche à oreille

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To shrink

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Réduire 
Diminuer
Rétrécir 
Qui devient plus petit 
To become smaller
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A borough

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District
Quartier
arrondissement
Municipalité

Every borough of N-Y is growing

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To collapse

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S’effondrer

The building collapsed after the fire

The collapse: l’effondrement

47
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A pilgrim

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Un pèlerin

Pilgrimage = pèlerinage

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The rubble

The wreckage

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Les décombres

People are trapped beneath the rubble

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A shelf

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Une étagère

Pluriel : shelves

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To oversee

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Superviser

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To tighten

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Renforcer
Resserrer

Brazil has tightened controls on corruption

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To dive

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Plonger (dans une piscine)

Ho to dive correctly into a swimming pool ?

53
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A sailor

54
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A tire

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Pneu

How to change a car tire ?

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A wheel

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Une roue (ex d’une voiture)

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Le volant (d’une voiture)

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A runway

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Piste d’un aéroport

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To kick out

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Renvoyer
Exclure

I was kicked out of class for refusing to turn off my ipod

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A handful of

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Une poignée de

A handful of corporations

A handful of companies

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To cope

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Surmonter
S’en sortir
Lutter

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To lambaste

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To criticise

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Uneven

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Inegal

The uneven distribution of the tax

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Long-haul flight

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Vol long courrier

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Heels

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Chaussures à talons

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The plight of

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La situation difficile (=désespéré)

The plight of refugees in Pakistan

Refugees’ plight in Australia

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To dismiss

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To fire

Licencier

Ne pas prendre en compte

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A ghost

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Un fantôme

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To skip

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Ne pas aller
Sauter
Sécher

I skipped the meeting because I was too busy

He skipped three chapters of the book

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On the verge of

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Sur le point de

70
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A sentence

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Une condamnation

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To sentence

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To harass

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Harceler

Persécuter

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A windfall

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Une rentrée d’argent imprévue

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Drug smuggling

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Traffic de drogue

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To convict sb of

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Reconnaitre coupable

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Classy

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Élégant
Chic
Classe

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A helmet

A

Un casque (de moto)

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A landscape

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Un paysage

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To be worn out

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Etre epuisé

We were worn out after all the hard work

I am too worn out to….

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To last

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Durer

The first world war lasted five years

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To take up

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Se mettre à

John decided to take up golf on weekends

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The sink

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L’evier
Le lavabo

Put the dirty dishes in the sink and I will clean them later

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To attend

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Assister à

We must attend the annual board meeting tomorrow

84
Q

Do you go out ONCE IN A WHILE on weekends ?

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Once in a while = de temps en temps

85
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For the time being

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Pour l’instant

My car fell apart so I’m using my bicycle for the time being

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To go for a walk

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Faire une promenade

My parents often go for a walk after dinner

87
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A mouth guard

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Un protège-dents

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To chair

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To hike

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To raise sharply

Augmenter brusquement

The central bank hikes interest rates

90
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To pass away

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Décéder

His wife passed away last night

His father passed away after a five year struggle with cancer

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Neighbourhood

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To put (sth) up for auction

A

Vendre aux enchères

We put our house up for auction

To put the building up for auction

93
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Outskirts

A

Périphérie
Banlieue

On the outskirts of Chicago

94
Q

At noon

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To be in charge

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Etre responsable

I am trying to find out who is in charge here

My assistant John will be in charge in my absence

96
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To vow

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To pledge

Promettre

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To deepen

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Intensifier

Accroître

98
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To lampoon (sb/sth)

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Ridiculiser
Tourner en dérision

Charlie Hebdo had lampooned islam

99
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To surrender

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Abandonner

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