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1
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aborder un problème

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to tackle a problem

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3
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à première vue

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at first sight

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4
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dès l’abord / le départ

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from the ouset

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5
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réfléchissons d’abord à …

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let us first consider

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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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7
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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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8
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dans le fond

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basically

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9
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préalablement

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beforehand

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10
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au premier abord/de prime abord

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at first sight

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11
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partons du principe que…

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let us take as a basic principle that…

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12
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il s’agit de…

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as for…

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13
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quant à…

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as for

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14
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en ce qui concerne…

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as far as… is concerrned

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14
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de quoi s’agit il -en fait?

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what in fact is the issue?

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ce qui est en cause, c’est…

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what is at issue is…

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16
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la controverse porte sur…

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the argument involves

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17
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faire une mise au point de la situation

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to clarify the position

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18
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donner quelques précisions

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to clarify a few details

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19
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définir ce qu’on entend par…

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to define what one understands by…

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20
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analyser quelques enjeux

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to analyse a few issues

21
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à l’ordre du jour

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on the agenda

22
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les tenants et les aboutissants

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the ins and outs

23
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faire le point sur l’affaire

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to summarise the issue

24
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chercher un point de repère

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to seeke a point of reference

25
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tirer l’affaire au clair

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to shed light on the matter

26
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cerner le problème essentiel

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to define the main problem

27
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saisir le fond des enjeux

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to grasp what is basically at stake

28
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la crise

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crisis

29
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en crise

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in a state of crisis

30
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une situation inquiétante

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a worrying state of affairs

31
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avoir du mal à (+ infin.)/avoir de la peine à/éprouver des difficultés à

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to have difficulty in (doing, etc.)

32
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une question épineuse

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an issue fraught with difficulty

33
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un problème incontournable

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a problem which cannot be ignored

34
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le fond du problème

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the basis of the problem

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la principale difficulté porte sur…

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the main difficulty involves…

36
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toute la difficulté est de (+ infin)

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the main difficulting is to…

37
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toute la difficulté réside en (+ noun)

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the main difficulty is in…

38
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le souci prédominant

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main worry

39
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un obstacle insurmontable

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an insurmountable obstacle

40
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un accident conjocturel

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conspiracy of circumstances

41
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l’entrave (f)

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hindrance

42
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la pierre d’achoppement

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stumbling block

43
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des obstacles subsistent encoure

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some obstacles remain

44
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le terrain est miné

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it is a minefiled

45
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une crise qui couve

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a brewing crisis

46
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difficilement maîtrisable

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hard to bring under control

47
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le bilan est globalement négatif

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on the whole things are not good

48
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les choses prennent une mauvaise tournure

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things are going wrong

49
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un avant-goût de ce qui pourrait survenir

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a foretaste of what might occur

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