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1
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parenté

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kinship

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kin

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nom : (invariable) relative, family members

adj : related

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grandes enquêtes quanti

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surveys

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connotation / sous-entendu

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overtone

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account

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compte / client / récit / explication / valeur / avis

account for smth : expliquer / répondre de / justifier / constituer / causer

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encounter

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verbe : rencontrer / trouver / affronter

nom : rencontre / rdv / confrontation

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expérience / expérimentation

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experience ≠ experiment

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travail de terrain

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fieldwork

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mettre en danger

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endanger

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extrait (extraire)

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excerpt (excerpt smth from smth)

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trompeur / fallacieux

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deceptive

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overturn

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overturn smth : retourner / casser (un jugement) / rejeter / annuler / renverser (un gvt)
overturn : se retourner / capoter

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poursuites judiciaires

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prosecutions

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sous-jacent

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underlying

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bienfaisance / bonté

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beneficence

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point de vue / position privilégiée

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vantage

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dilemme

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dilemma

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prémisse / hypothèse / postulat

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premise

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utilize

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utiliser / se servir de

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confidentialité

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secrecy

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fermement

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firmly

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révélation / divulgation

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disclosure

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boil down

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réduire / laisser réduire
boil smth down : résumer qqch
boil down to smth : se résumer à qqch

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merely

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simplement, seulement, tout juste

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befall somebody

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arriver à qq / survenir à qq

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faire respecter / maintenir / soutenir

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uphold

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titulaire

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tenant

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diffamation (diffamer)

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libel (libel somebody)

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malveillance

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malice

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intrinsèque / propre

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intrinsic vs extrinsic

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en liberté / sans entrave

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unfettered

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fantasque / irréaliste

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fanciful

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sciemment

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knowingly

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contraint / forcé / arrangé

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contrived

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rêveries / réflexions

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musings (muse on smth : réfléchir à)

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controverse

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dispute

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assurer / garantir

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insure

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tied

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entravé

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mangled

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lacéré / mutilé

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à cet égard / en cela

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therein

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dénué de / dépourvu de

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void of

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inconvenance

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impropriety

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miner / saper / ébranler

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undermine

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transitoire / fugace / éphémère

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transient

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emprisonnement

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imprisonment

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dichotomique

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dichotomous

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resctitude / vertu / justesse

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righteousness

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déterminé / résolu / réfléchi

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purposeful

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feinte / détournement de l’attention

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misdirection

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éloges / récompenses / honneurs

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accolades

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tirersome

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pénible, fatiguant

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envahissant / importun / trop voyant

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obtrusive

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aspect / apparence / prétexte

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guise

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prétexte / faux-semblant

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pretense

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repousser / éloigner

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ward off

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dispute / querelle (peut être un verbe)

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quarrel

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57
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pénurie / manque

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paucity

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58
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la raison / la logique

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the rationale

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59
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à venir / prochain

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forthcoming

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60
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écueil / piège / danger

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pitfall

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61
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scepticisme

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skepticism

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din

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vacarme

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63
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bulk

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volume

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64
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participer (prendre part)

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partake (in smth)

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apparatus

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equipment for a lab experiment

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66
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uncertain

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tentative (ex : tentative conclusions)

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67
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variable dépendante

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dependent variable

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68
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relation causale

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cause-and-effect (or causal) relationship

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inexactitude

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inaccuracy

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70
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avoir de l’influence sur

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to have influence on

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provoquer

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provoke

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72
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être initié par / avoir pour origine (cause-effet)

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to be triggered by smth

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inclinaison (sens propre ou figuré, penchant)

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tilt

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74
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to account for

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explain

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75
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synonym of “is the result of”

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springs / stems from smth

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synonyme de causer (contexte médical surtout)

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induce

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inhiber

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inhibit

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78
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l’impact sur qqch

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impact/effect ON smth

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79
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il y a déjà eu des précédents dans la prise d’une telle décision

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there are several precedents FOR taking such a decision

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la raison de

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the reason for (et pas the reason of)

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81
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aucun / pas le moindre

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whatsoever

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82
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amorce (nom)

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trigger

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83
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différencier

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differentiate

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84
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Social research questions the naturalness of social phenomena, their social construction.

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just read

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85
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beyond

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au-delà, derrière

Beyond that, … À part ça,…

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86
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Social life is not a random range/array of occurences.

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just read

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87
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remotely

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(pas) du tout / absolument pas / (pas) le moins du monde
> I’m NOT remotely interested.
Ou : à distance / de loin.

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88
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Corrélation ≠causalité

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correlation ≠ causation

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démêler / faire la part des choses

se dépêtrer de qqch / se dépatouiller

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disentangle (smth)

disentangle oneself from difficulty

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synonyme de misleading

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spurious (fallacieux, faux)

deceptive

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à la suite de

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in the wake of

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To conclude and say if there is a causal relationship we CONTROL (syn?) other possible influences.

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syn : screen out

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research pb ≠research question

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research pb : quite broad

research question : problématique

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tamiser / passer au crible

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to sift (smth)
to sift through : trier
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intuition (slight idea)

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hunch

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matériaux

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materials

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syn : carry out/conduct the research

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proceeding WITH the research

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inattendu, imprévu

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unforeseen

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99
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se débarasser de qqch

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get rid of smth

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100
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supposition / hypothese

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assumption

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des résultats concluants / décisifs

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conclusive results

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déformer / distordre / dénaturer / falsifier / fausser

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distort / skew

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syn : sociological position in society

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location

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syn : detailed (analysis)

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in-depth / thorough analysis

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different types of surveys

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standardised or open-ended questionnaires

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sonder / explorer

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to probe

107
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syn : pilote study

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a trial run

108
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échantillonnage

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sampling

109
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innover

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to pioneer smth

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superficiel

douteux

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shallow

dubious

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finessse, subtilité

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subtlety

112
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moyenne

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average / mean

113
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valeurs extrêmes

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extreme measures / outliers

114
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Attention mean/means

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the mean = la moyenne

the means = les moyens de faire qqch

115
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cadre / objectifs / champ / périmètre / portée / étendue

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scope

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augmenter (vite)

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steep rise / skyrocket / soar / surge / rocket / rocket up / shoot up / escalate / take off

117
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augmenter (pasparticulièrement vite)

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rise / climb / increase / take off

118
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rester constant

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hold steady / remain stable

119
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Attention : rises / raises

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smth rises

s.o. raises smth

120
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diminuer

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decline / decrease / drop

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diminuer d’un coup

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fall off / plunge / plummet / dip / crash / nosedive / fall / slide

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reprendre (une augmentation, un truc qui repart)

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bottom out (vraiment le moment de bascule : sortir d’une baisse, amorcer une reprise)

123
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réaugmenter après une diminution

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recover (down then up) / bounce back (rebondir) / take off / pick up / rally (reprendre) /

124
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amorcer une baisse

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peak out

125
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atteindre un point culminant

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reach a peak

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dépasser (un seuil)

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to top

127
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fluctuer

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fluctuate

128
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une augmentation qui se stabilise

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stabilize / flatten out / level out/off / to plateau / to reach a plateau

129
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soar

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augmenter (d’un coup)

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régulièrement / de façon continue

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steadily

131
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stable / ferme / solide / constant / régulier

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steady

132
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secteur

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sector / industry (larger than the sector of industry in french)

133
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attention “employee”

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employee means we work for s.o. but larger than “employés” in french

134
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to half

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they were halved : they were divided into two

135
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the gender pay gap

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just read

136
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the gender-typing of skills

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some skills are essentialised

137
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women are not paid accordingly

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just read

138
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women participation

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women economic participation (are they active)

139
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gender division of labour

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just read

140
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since + present perfect

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just read

141
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recensement

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census

142
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mettre dans le même sac

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to lump together

143
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être discriminé

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to be discriminated against

144
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l’inverse

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the reverse

145
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secteurs de pointe

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cutting-edge sectors

146
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attention “data”

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dataø même au pluriel

147
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une augmentation/diminution de X%

a augmenté/diminué de X%

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a X% increase/decrease IN (visitors)

increased/decreased BY X%

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vote/ scrutin / élection

OU sondage

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the polls

poll

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bastions / places fortes

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strongholds

150
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participation

–> une forte abstention

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turnout

–> a low turnout

151
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s’abstenir de voter

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to abstain FROM voting

152
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incendie criminel

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arson

153
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voler
vol
voleur

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to steal / to thieve (no object)
a theft / a stealing
a thief
a robbery : vol souvent armé –> robber

154
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chantage

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blackmailing

155
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syn. an assault, sometimes in order to thieve

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mugging

156
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syn. corruption

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bribery / giving a bribe

157
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blanchiement d’argent

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money-laundering

158
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syn. harrasment

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bullying

159
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cambriolage

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burglary

160
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gravité

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seriousness

161
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une amende

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a fine

162
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custodial sentences (with or without parole)

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avec emprisonnement (sursis / liberté conditionnelle)

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travaux d’interet général

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commmmunity work

164
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circonstances atténuantes

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extenuating circumstances

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indulgent / clément / tolérant

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lenient

–> lenency

166
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syn. criminal

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offender

167
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inculper / inculpation

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indict / indictment

168
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13,2 millions de femmes

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13.2 millionØ Ø women

169
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atténuer / réduire

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to mitigate

170
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soulager / calmer

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alleviate

171
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progéniture / descendance

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offspring (plur.offspring)

172
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belle mère

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stepmother : nouvelle conjointe du père

mother-in-law : mère du conjoint

173
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demi-frères

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half brothers

174
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nuclear / extended families

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just read

175
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famille homoparentale

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same-sex family/partnership

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deux poids deux mesures

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double standards

177
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enfant né hors mariage

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out of wedlock

178
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enfant gâté

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a brat

a spoiled child / a spoilt child

179
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sage-femme

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midwife

180
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discourse ≠speech

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discourse : oral or written

speech : for a special occasion, prepared

181
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discouse analysis is composed of …

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  • interpretative context

- thetorical organisation

182
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prénotions

A

preconceptions

183
Q

incohérence

A

inconsistency

184
Q

utile / utilement

A

useful / usefully

185
Q

dans les vapes

A

woozy

186
Q

tiraillements

A

winges

187
Q

syn. glad

A

chuffed

188
Q

syn. lies

A

codswallop

189
Q

syn. become upset/mad

A

to go round the bend

190
Q

réfuter

A

disprove

191
Q

incitation / encouragement

A

inducement

192
Q

inclure / intégrer

A

subsume

–> they are subsumed under …

193
Q

différencier

A

differentiate

194
Q

éloges / louanges / distinction / récompense / honneur

A

accolade

195
Q

derrière les apparences / prétextes

A

under the guise

196
Q

rendez-vous / rencontre / ocnfrontation

A

encounter

197
Q

envahissant / trop voyant

A

obtrusive

198
Q

faux-semblants / prétextes / excuses

A

pretenses

199
Q

repousser / éloignera

A

to ward off

200
Q

dispute / querelle

A

quarrel

201
Q

pénurie / manque

A

paucity

202
Q

raisons / logique

A

rationale

203
Q

prochain / à venir

A

forthcoming

204
Q

scepticisme

A

skepticism

205
Q

indice / piste / astuce / indication

laisser entendre / faire allusion

A

hint (of) / clue

to hint

206
Q

point de vue

A

vantage

207
Q

simplement, seulement, tout juste

A

merely

208
Q

faire respecter / maintenir / confirmer

A

uphold

209
Q

diffamatio

A

libel

210
Q

intrinsèque / extrinsèque

A

intrinsic / extrinsic

211
Q

achèvement

A

completion

212
Q

en liberté, sans entrave

A

unfettered

213
Q

to befall

A

arriver à, survenir à

214
Q

à cet égard, en cela

A

therein

215
Q

manslaughter

A

homocide involontaire

216
Q

persuing ≠ suing

A

persuing : trying to find evidences against s.o.

suing : you have enough evidences to take him in court

217
Q

quasiment / presque / pratiquement

A

virtually

218
Q

comprehensive

A

complet, exhaustif

219
Q

tendency ≠trend

A

tendency of smth to do smth : likelyhood

trend : general dvt or change

220
Q

impliquer de faire qqch

A

yo entail doing smth

221
Q

adroit habile

A

skilful

222
Q

rusé / malin / astucieux

A

artful

223
Q

to compel

A

forcer, contraindre

224
Q

realm

A

domaine / royaume (d’expertise)

225
Q

conventionnel / convenu . banal

A

formulaic

226
Q

formulaic expression

A

formule

227
Q

imminent

A

impending

228
Q

to talk on the subject of / to talk about / to speak to the topic of
to address the topic of

A

just read

–> le dernier est plutôt formel

229
Q

to allow time for questions

A

juste read

230
Q

to give a brief overview of

A

just read

231
Q

plus en détails

A

in greater details

232
Q

syn. to draw conclusions

A

to make inferences

233
Q

altruiste

A

altruistic

234
Q

facteur explicatif

A

contributory factor

235
Q

syn. to examine something very carefully in order to discover information

A

to scrutinise

236
Q

contraignant

A

constraint

237
Q

syn. to involve smth

A

to entail

238
Q

syn. convincing

A

persuasive

239
Q

famille recomposée

A

blended family

240
Q

l’éducation des enfants

A

upbringing/parenting

241
Q

the break-up of family unit

A

la upture de la cellule familiale

242
Q

indirectement

A

indirectly

243
Q

eventually

A

=after some time

244
Q

solely

A

seulement/uniquement ou entièrement/complètement

245
Q

explicite

A

self-explanatory

246
Q

very little attention was devoted to…

A

just read

247
Q

vers le bas / vers le haut

A

downward / upward

248
Q

monter graduellement

A

inch up

249
Q

progressivement

A

steadily

250
Q

culminer

A

peak

251
Q

une forte augmentation / une forte baisse

A

a steep rise / a sharp drop

252
Q

The younger children are when they first use marijuana, the more likely they are to use cocaine.

A

just read

253
Q

d’autant plus (que)

A

all the more… (since/so)

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