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Mots Anglais Lambda Flashcards

1
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Une panne

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A breakdown

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Faire attendre qqun

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Keep sb waiting

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Réparer qch

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To Fix sth

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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Littéraire

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Literally

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Compenser

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To make up for

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Convoiter

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To covert

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Le monde des affaires

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The corporate world

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Douane

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CustomS

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Union douanière

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CustomS Union

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Devise faible

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Soft Currency

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Devise forte

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Hard Currency

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Tout bien considéré

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All in all

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Dans si peu d’endroits

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In so few places

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Condamner une pratique

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To condemn a practice

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Euthanasie

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Assisted suicide

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Turbulence

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Turmoil

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Risques à la baisse

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Downsight risks

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Flux de capitaux

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Capital flows

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Flux

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Flows

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21
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Produits finis

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Manufactured products

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22
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Matières premières

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Raw materials

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23
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De ceci à cela en passant par

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From…through… to

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24
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Une note officielle

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A memorandum

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25
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Bien que

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For

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26
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Manifestement

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Obviously

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27
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Tu parles

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You bet !

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28
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Accuser de faire qch

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To accuse of V-ing

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29
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Projet de resolution de

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A resolution draft

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30
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Se rafraîchir

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To cool oneself

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31
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Députés américains

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Congressman / Representatives

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ALENA

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NAFTA

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Faute de

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Because of a lack of

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un atout

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an asset

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35
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Répondre aux besoins de

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Meet the needs of

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36
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Les grévistes

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The Strikers

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37
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Démolir un bâtiment

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To knock down a building

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38
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Etre loin d’être …

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To be still far from being V-ed

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39
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Jusqu’à présent (fin de phrase)

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So far

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40
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Se diriger vers

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To make for

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41
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Passer sa main sur son front

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To run his hand across its forehead

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42
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Classement général

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Overall ranking

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43
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Information (sing)

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Datum

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44
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Information (plur)

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Data

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45
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Pour la x-ème année consécutive

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For the x year in a row / running / straight year

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Prendre la peine de faire qch

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To bother V-ing / to do

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47
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Mesures / Critères / Paramètres

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The metrics

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48
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Rivaliser pour / dans

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To compete for

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49
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Voire même pas du tout

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If at all

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50
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En vue

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Prominent

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51
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Un bon en avant

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A leap forward

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52
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Une maîtrise de

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A command of

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53
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Congrès

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Congress

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54
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S’enrhumer

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to catch cold

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55
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Une ONG

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A Non-Governmental Organisation

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56
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En apprenant que

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On learning that

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57
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Au programme

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On the syllabus

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58
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Chaque fois que

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Whenever that

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Deux fois moins

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Half as many

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60
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Baffouer

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to flout

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61
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Courses aux armements

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Arms race

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Une excursion en bus

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A bus sight-seeing

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Connaître ch dans les moindres recoins

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To know sth of every nook and cranny

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Rythmes / pas

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Pace

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Itinéraire

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Route

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Londoniens

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Londoners

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Débarquement

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Landing

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Dictionnaire

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Dictionary

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Aucune

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None

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70
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Aller chercher

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To go and get

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71
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Un visa

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A visa

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72
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Entraîner

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To retail

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73
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Sonner minuit

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To strike Midnight

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74
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Coup de fil

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A phone call

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75
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Apprendre la nouvelle

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To learn the new

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Un exemplaire

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A copy

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77
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Désormais

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From now

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A consommer avant

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best before

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79
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Ministre des finances anglais

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

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Plus ferme

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Firmer

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Un devoir (contrôle)

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A paper

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Huile (voiture)

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Oil

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Engager (une somme d’argent)

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To earmark

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84
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Abuser de son pouvoir

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To abuse one’s power

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85
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En un rien de temps

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In next to no time

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Une part de marché

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A share of market

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Les Pays-Bas

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The Netherlands (is)

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88
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Etre “de loin” …

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To be “by a long way”

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Pays voisins

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Neighbouring countries

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Dire du mal de

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To speak ill of

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91
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Une réforme

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A reform

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92
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Electeurs

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electors

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93
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Les hommes politiques

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The politicians

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94
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Se contenter de

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To content oneself with

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95
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En aussi peu de temps

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In such a little time

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96
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Renoncer à un projet

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To give up a project

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97
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Aller chez le coiffeur

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To go to the barber’s

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98
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Prendre rendez-vous

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To make an appointment

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99
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Nous savons encore peu de choses

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As yet we know little …

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100
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Déshonneur

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Dishonour

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101
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Vivre aux crochets de l’Etat

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To live on the State

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102
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Compte tenu de la situation

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In view of the situation

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Ils demandèrent que des mesures plus sévères soient prises

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They demanded that more severe measures be taken

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Ressources énergétiques

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Energy resources

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105
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Produit intérieur Brut

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Gross National Product

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106
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Carte à puce

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Smart card

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107
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Tout riche que vous soyez… ( peu importe à quel point vous êtes riches…)

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However rich you are

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108
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Mauvaise gestion

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Mismanagement

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109
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Etre le fruit de

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Be the fruit of

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110
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Eclater (une guerre)

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To break out

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111
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Situation financière

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Financial situation

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112
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Pays sous-développés

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Underdevelopped countries

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113
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Moins de la moitié de

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Fewer than half the …

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114
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Etre aussi bien … que

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To be … as well as a …

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115
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Des petits pois

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Peas

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116
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Resister à

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To withstand RIEN

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117
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Héberger qqun

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To put sb up

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118
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Résoudre, éclaircir un prbl

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To puzzle out a problem

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119
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Déranger qqun

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To put sb out

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120
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Embarras, dilemme, situation difficile

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Quandary

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Etouffer, réprimer (peurs, doutes, rebellions)

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To Quell

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122
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Remettre à plus tard

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to put off

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Essayer, d’obtenir, exiger

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To push for

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124
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Promettre, s’engager à

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To pledge to

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125
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Une promesse

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A pledge

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126
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Combler le déficit

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To plug up the deficit

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127
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Insister sur qch

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To make a point of sth

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128
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Situation difficile, fâcheuse

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A predicament

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129
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Faire pression sur qqn pour qu’il fasse qch

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To pressure sb into doing sth

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Avoir recours à

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To resort to

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131
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Une pension

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A pension

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132
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Une maigre pension

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A small pension

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133
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Licencier une partie du personnel

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To lay off some of the staff

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134
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Amiral

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Admiral

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135
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Perdre la vie

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Lose one’s life

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Envahir

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Invade

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137
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Bataille

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Battle

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138
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Jamais ceux qui … ont V

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Never have … V-peterit

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139
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Centre des villes

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Town centres

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Mesures drastiques

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Drastic measures

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141
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En général

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As a rule

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142
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Déchirer / Se déchirer

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To tear apart

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143
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Partir en vacances

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To go (away) on holiday

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144
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A Pâques

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For Easter

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145
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A la Pentecôte

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For Whitsun

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146
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Aller chez des amis

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To go at some friends’

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147
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Trains à grande vitesse

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High speed trains

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148
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Un mode de transport

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A means of transport

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149
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Facture énergétique

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Energy bill

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150
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Gagner sa vie

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To earn one’s living

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151
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Subvention

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Subsidy

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152
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Canard boiteux

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Lame duck

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153
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La fermeture (d’une usine)

A

The closing down

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154
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L’électronique (en général)

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Eletronics

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155
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Ere de l’informatique

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Computer age

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156
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Informatique

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Information technology / Computer science

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157
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Sida

A

Aids

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158
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Tenir sa langue

A

To hold one’s tongue

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159
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Etre à l’hôpital

A

To be in hospital

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160
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Etre d’autant plus … que V

A

To be all the (superlatif) for V-ing / as … autres cas

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161
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Porter ses fruits

A

To bear fruit

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162
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Quel dommage

A

What a pity ! What a shame !

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163
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Dépendre de

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To be reliant upon

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164
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Opprimé

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Down-trodden

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165
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Flagrant

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blatant

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166
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Candidat sortant

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Incumbent

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167
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Une embassade

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An embassy

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168
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Un télégramme

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A cable

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169
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Entrer en défonçant la porte

A

To break open

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170
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Mettre au secret

A

To hold in secret / Detain in secret

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171
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Prendre d’assaut

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To storm

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172
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Concevoir, produire

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To devise

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173
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Spontanément

A

Spontaneously

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174
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Ils ….. comme la loi l’autorise

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……as is now allowed by legislation

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175
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Prendre le volant

A

To take the wheel

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176
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Escence (UK)

A

Petrol

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177
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C’est après que …

A

It is only after that

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178
Q

Faire le plein

A

To refuel / To fuel up

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179
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Un plein (fuel)

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A fulltank

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180
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La Tombée de la nuit

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Nightfall / At dusk

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181
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Maussade (le temps )

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Gloomy / Dismal

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182
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Des passants

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Passers by

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183
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Transport en commun

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Public transport

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184
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Un disque

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A record

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185
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Etre a l’heure

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To be on time

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186
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D’autant plus que ( début de phrase )

A

The more so as that

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187
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Tôt ou tard

A

Sooner or later

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188
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Etre bourgeois

A

To be middle-class

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189
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Avoir quelque chose à soi

A

To have something of one’s own

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190
Q

Une jupe

A

A skirt

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191
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Frais de scolarité

A

Tuition fees

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192
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Des fûts de déchets industriels

A

Barrels of industrial waste

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193
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Les Ecossais

A

The Scots

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194
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Avare

A

Avaricious

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195
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C’est de la calomnie

A

It is slander

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196
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En aucun cas

A

On no account

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197
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Au préalable / A l’avance / Avant

A

Beforehand

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198
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Etre source de vive tension

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To be a source of sharp tension

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199
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Obtenir de quelqu’un qu’il fasse qch (demander à M.Dupont si marche tout le temps)

A

To get someone to do sth

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200
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Mal se comporter

A

To misbehave

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201
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La CEI

A

The CIS

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202
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Comptabilité

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Book-keeping

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203
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Trésorerie

A

Cash flow

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204
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Esprit de compétition

A

Competiveness

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205
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Dynamisme

A

Drive

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206
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Profits / Bénéfices

A

Earnings

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207
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Chiffres / Statistiques

A

Figures

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208
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Débutant / Une jeune entreprise

A

A fledgling business

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209
Q

Economie de marché

A

Free enterprise economy

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210
Q

Un affaire risquée

A

A gamble

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211
Q

Prendre des risques

A

To gamble

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212
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Une hausse

A

A hike

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213
Q

Humungous

A

Enorme

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214
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Incitation fiscale

A

Tax incentive

215
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Un investisseur

A

An investor

216
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Des placements / investissements

A

Investment

217
Q

Prêter ($$)

A

To lend to

218
Q

Prêt modeste

A

Microloan

219
Q

Un brevet

A

A patent

220
Q

Breveté

A

Patentee

221
Q

Recettes / Rentrées

A

Receipts

222
Q

Rivaliser pour qch

A

Vie for sth

223
Q

Maussade

A

Gloomy / Dismal

224
Q

Des pasants

A

Passers by

225
Q

Dès que

A

As soon as

226
Q

Les dirigeants (nos supérieurs)

A

Rulers

227
Q

Je n’ai jamais … Sujet non plus (Ex: Je n’ai jamais été là-bas, Leo non plus)

A

I have never… Never have S (–> I have never been down there, never have Leo)

228
Q

Pluie acide

A

Acid rain

229
Q

Effet de serre

A

Greenhouse effect

230
Q

Entre… et …

A

What with

231
Q

Punir

A

To punish

232
Q

Des expériences

A

Experiments

233
Q

Etre détourné (un vol)

A

To be highjacked

234
Q

Entre sans argent

A

To be penniless

235
Q

Mettre quelqu’un au défi de faire qch

A

To dare sb to do sth

236
Q

Trouver une recette miracle

A

To find the magic solution

237
Q

Un recensement

A

A census

238
Q

Les chômeurs

A

The unemployed

239
Q

Etre moins nombreux

A

To be less numerous

240
Q

Encourager la croissance

A

To boost growth

241
Q

Fraude fiscal

A

Tax evasion

242
Q

Etre inculpé de

A

To be charged with

243
Q

Bibliothèque

A

Library

244
Q

Un Ouragan

A

A hurricane

245
Q

Une priode de sécheresse

A

A period of drought

246
Q

Un match

A

A match

247
Q

A la télé

A

On tv

248
Q

Etre d’autant plus … que

A

To be all tohe superlatif as

249
Q

En mettant les choses au pires (on sait jamais :p )

A

If the worst came to the worst

250
Q

Le trou de serrure

A

The keyhole

251
Q

Une serrure

A

A lock

252
Q

Avoir de l’emprise sur qqun

A

To hold sway over sb

253
Q

recroquevillé / rassemblé / regroupé / entassé

A

Huddled

254
Q

Pêle-mêle

A

Higgedly-piggedly

255
Q

Sordide

A

Squalid

256
Q

Récuré / Nettoyer à fond

A

Scrubbed

257
Q

Le seuil de la porte / Le pas de la porte

A

The doorstep

258
Q

Ruelle

A

Alleyways

259
Q

Rues pavées

A

Cobbled streets

260
Q

Casserole

A

(Cooking) Pots

261
Q

Théière

A

A tea pot

262
Q

Marmitte

A

A pot

263
Q

Une pelle

A

A spade

264
Q

Un pantalon en velours côtelé

A

Corduroy trousers

265
Q

Je n’irai pas jusqu’à V …

A

I would not go so far as to V

266
Q

Ne pas avoir la moindre chance de

A

Not to have the slightest chance of

267
Q

Pouvoir tout aussi bien V

A

Can just as well V

268
Q

Echouer

A

To fail

269
Q

Reprocher à quelqu’un qch

A

Criticize RIEN sb for

270
Q

Fournir de l’emploi

A

to create job

271
Q

Les secteurs les plus touchés

A

The sectors hardest hit

272
Q

Les antilles

A

The West Indies

273
Q

A la tonne

A

By the ton

274
Q

Emprunter à la bibi

A

To borrow from the library

275
Q

Echouer

A

To fail

276
Q

Un voleur

A

A thief

277
Q

Des voleurs

A

Thieves

278
Q

Faire arrêter qqun

A

to have sb arrested

279
Q

Un journalier

A

A labourer

280
Q

Reprendre la production

A

To resume production

281
Q

Etre en situation irrégulière

A

To be in an illegal situation

282
Q

Pour le moment

A

For the time being

283
Q

A quoi bon insister ?

A

What is the use of insisting

284
Q

Emu

A

Upset

285
Q

J’avais beau

A

However hard I

286
Q

Dès le début de

A

As early as the begining of

287
Q

Chaque fois que

A

Whenever

288
Q

J’ai envie de

A

I feel like V-ing

289
Q

Assister, être témoin

A

To witness

290
Q

Demander en mariage

A

To propose

291
Q

De cette manière

A

In such a way

292
Q

Arrière-grand-père (le résultat est analogue pour la femme)

A

Great-grandfather

293
Q

Camarade

A

Comrade

294
Q

Un luxe

A

A luxury

295
Q

Un enjeu

A

A stake

296
Q

Maux (mal au plurier pour les intimes)

A

Evils

297
Q

Il est vraisemblable que S (il semblerait que)

A

S is likely to

298
Q

Une absurdité

A

A nonsense

299
Q

Féroce

A

Fierce

300
Q

Privation du droit électoral

A

Disenfranchisement

301
Q

Droit de naissance à la citoyenneté

A

Birthright citizenship

302
Q

Esclavage

A

Slavery

303
Q

Totalement

A

Utterly

304
Q

Marée

A

Tide

305
Q

Banlieue

A

Suburbs

306
Q

Persistant

A

Lingering

307
Q

Féroce

A

Fierce

308
Q

Privation du droit électoral

A

Disenfranchisement

309
Q

Droit de naissance à la citoyenneté

A

Birthright citizenship

310
Q

Esclavage

A

Slavery

311
Q

Totalement

A

Utterly

312
Q

Marée

A

Tide

313
Q

Banlieue

A

Suburbs

314
Q

Persistant

A

Lingering

315
Q

Donner une amande

A

To fine

316
Q

Les réparations

A

The repairs

317
Q

Etre résolu / Décidé à faire qch

A

To be intent on V-ing

318
Q

On ne peut pas savoir ce que …

A

There is no knowing what

319
Q

Renverser un gouvernement

A

To bring down a gvt

320
Q

Que vous le vouliez ou non..

A

Whether you like it or not..

321
Q

Le désenclavement

A

The opening up

322
Q

Une autoroute à 4 voies

A

A four-lane motorway

323
Q

Etre proposé (dans un débat)

A

To be put forward

324
Q

Aisé

A

Well-to-do

325
Q

Les contribuables

A

The tax-payers

326
Q

Contre toutes attentes

A

Contrary to all expectations

327
Q

L’essentiel est de

A

The crux of the matter is

328
Q

On ne sait pas qui ça peut être

A

you never know who it may be

329
Q

Depuis quelques temps déjà

A

For some time already

330
Q

Tourner au ralenti (économie)

A

To run idle

331
Q

Baisser le taux du crédit

A

To lower the rate of credit

332
Q

Un jour sur deux

A

Every other day

333
Q

Suspendre un permis de conduire

A

To suspend a driving licence

334
Q

Faire les frais de

A

To bear the brunt of

335
Q

Exercer un pouvoir

A

To weild a power

336
Q

Se faire comprendre

A

To make oneself understood

337
Q

Une dictature

A

A dictatorship

338
Q

Une bulle immobilière

A

A property bubble

339
Q

Ouvrir la voie à / Etre les 1ers pas vers

A

To pave the way to

340
Q

Je V-condi … et eux aussi

A

I … And so would they

341
Q

Toute une série de

A

A whole set of

342
Q

La fraude

A

Fraud

343
Q

On devrait donner la priorité à N

A

N should be given a priority

344
Q

Etre multiplié par x

A

TO increase xfold

345
Q

Il a beau + VB + (complément)

A

However much + V (+ Complément)

346
Q

Il a beau + VB + ADJ

A

However + Adj

347
Q

Avec constance / Régulièrement / Progressivement

A

Steadily

348
Q

Un haussement d’épaule

A

A shrug

349
Q

Dépensier

A

Spendthrift

350
Q

Lent / Mou / Stagnant

A

Sluggish

351
Q

Fractionnement / Morcellement

A

A carve-up

352
Q

Se fonder / S’appuyer sur

A

To build on

353
Q

To eschew

A

éviter

354
Q

To live up to

A

Respecter (normes )

355
Q

La conquête de l’espace

A

The conquest of space

356
Q

Un chemisier

A

A blouse

357
Q

Une mine

A

A mine

358
Q

Une chemise

A

A shirt

359
Q

Une grève sauvage

A

A wildcat strike

360
Q

Une caisse

A

A check-out

361
Q

Les handicapés

A

The handicapped

362
Q

Un bagage à main (indénombrable)

A

A hand luggage

363
Q

Monter à bord de

A

To board

364
Q

Etre rétabli(e)(s) (des taxes, impôts)

A

To be re-imposed

365
Q

Des droits de douanes

A

Custom duties

366
Q

Inexpérimenté

A

Inexperienced

367
Q

C’est la première fois qu’il V-imparfait

A

It was the first time that he V (Past Perfect)

368
Q

Une filature de coton

A

A cotton-mill

369
Q

Une caisse d’épargne

A

A savings-bank

370
Q

Un rendement

A

A yield

371
Q

Et si S + V-imparfait (Ex : Et si elle mangeait ..)

A

What about Him / Her ( –> What about her eating..)

372
Q

Des obligations

A

Bonds

373
Q

Une perte de production

A

A loss IN production

374
Q

Faire des heures supplémentaires

A

To work overtime

375
Q

Une économie parallèle

A

A black economy

376
Q

On peut s’attendre à ce que

A

We may expect that

377
Q

Contourner

A

To drive around

378
Q

La mairie

A

The town hall

379
Q

Des décombres

A

Rubbles

380
Q

Continuer à rouler

A

To drive on

381
Q

Le produit de (une vente etc..)

A

The proceeds of

382
Q

A qui avez vous acheté cette voiture ?

A

Who did you buy this car from ?

383
Q

Etre porteur (de virus)

A

To be infected with

384
Q

Des critiques

A

Criticisms

385
Q

Il est peu surprenant que

A

It is little surprising that

386
Q

Une lettre de licenciement

A

A pink slip

387
Q

Un anniversaire de mariage

A

A Wedding anniversary

388
Q

Etre attribué (une découverte)

A

To be ascribed to

389
Q

Un espagnol

A

A spaniard

390
Q

Convenir

A

To suit

391
Q

Etre tué à bout portant

A

To be shot at point-blank range

392
Q

A Bigwig

A

Une personne importante

393
Q

Copinage (politique)

A

Cronyism

394
Q

Un fonctionnaire

A

A civil servant

395
Q

En béton / A toutes épreuves (Ajd)

A

Cast-iron

396
Q

Maquignonnage (commerce secret, illicite)

A

Horse-trading

397
Q

A de multiples reprises

A

Time and again

398
Q

Une grève du zèle

A

A work-to-rule strike

399
Q

Une correspondance

A

A connecting flight (ou train etc..)

400
Q

Une matière (Anglais par ex)

A

A subject

401
Q

Parler à qqn d’un projet

A

To tell sb about a project

402
Q

Vague (pas précis)

A

Vague

403
Q

Un taux de fécondité

A

A fertility rate

404
Q

Les Israëliens

A

The Israelis

405
Q

N est assez Adj pour V (Ex: Parler assez fort pour qu’il l’entende)

A

And enough Ajd for him / her / them to V (Loud enough for him to hear her)

406
Q

Ces temps-ci

A

Lately

407
Q

Se souvenir d’avoir V

A

To remember V-ing

408
Q

La vente par correspondance

A

Mail order selling

409
Q

L’incitation

A

The Incentive

410
Q

Persister (dans le sens de rester présent)

A

To remain

411
Q

Un gouffre

A

A gulf

412
Q

Un industriel

A

A manufacturer

413
Q

Une augmentation de salaire

A

A pay rise

414
Q

Etre condamné en bloc

A

To be condemned outright

415
Q

Recommander

A

To recommend

416
Q

Dévaluer

A

To devalue

417
Q

Prendre ses fonctions

A

To take office

418
Q

Une production excédentaire

A

An excess production

419
Q

Un monde sans pitié

A

A ruthless world

420
Q

Si nous … S … et eux aussi

A

Should we … S … and so would they

421
Q

Etre confronté à

A

To be confronted with

422
Q

Une croissance importante de

A

A significant growth in

423
Q

La demande de pétrole

A

Demand for oil

424
Q

Dire toute la vérité

A

To tell the whole truth

425
Q

Tonne(s) équivalent pétrole

A

Ton(s) oil equivalent

426
Q

Etre d’avis de

A

To be of the opinion that

427
Q

Nucléaire ( en général)

A

Nuclear power

428
Q

Traîner des pieds

A

To dawdle

429
Q

Ne pas tenir compte de / Mettre de côté

A

To leave out

430
Q

L’étendue

A

The scope

431
Q

Traîner pour faire qch

A

To dawdle over doing sth

432
Q

Un médecin généraliste

A

A physician

433
Q

Un chimiste

A

A Chemist

434
Q

Un mécanicien

A

A mechanic

435
Q

Répliquer / Répondre

A

To retort

436
Q

La mécanique

A

Mechanics

437
Q

Adieu

A

Farewell

438
Q

Mal à l’aise

A

Self conscious

439
Q

Démodé

A

Old-fashioned

440
Q

Un usurpateur

A

A Usurper

441
Q

Faire des grimaces

A

To make faces

442
Q

Fasciné

A

To be enthralled

443
Q

Etre fasciné par

A

To be entranced by sth

444
Q

Un outil de négociation politique

A

Political bargaining tool

445
Q

Un Obstacle

A

An obstacle

446
Q

Une lueur d’espoir

A

A glimmer of hope

447
Q

Une action ($$)

A

A share

448
Q

Secrétaire général

A

A secretary general

449
Q

Payer un impôt sur

A

To pay a tax on

450
Q

Pain cuit

A

Baked-bread

451
Q

Etre une nécessité absolue

A

To be a must

452
Q

La haine

A

The hatred

453
Q

Une poile à fifre

A

Frying pan

454
Q

L’entrée (hall)

A

The entrance

455
Q

Examiner / Etudier qch

A

To look into something

456
Q

Casser sur

A

To break over

457
Q

De mauvaise qualité

A

Shoddy

458
Q

Un crâne

A

Skull

459
Q

Dur (matière)

A

Though

460
Q

Plein à craquer

A

Chock full

461
Q

Un bijoux

A

A gem

462
Q

Un bombardement

A

A bombardment

463
Q

Déterminant (indéfini)

A

This

464
Q

Déterminant (défini)

A

That

465
Q

Lunettes

A

Spectacles

466
Q

Enlever ses lunettes

A

To take off one’s spectacles

467
Q

Essayer un vêtement

A

To try on

468
Q

Une rayure

A

A stripe

469
Q

Bleu clair

A

Light blue

470
Q

La monnaie (le change)

A

The change

471
Q

Jamais nous n’aurions …

A

Never could we have …

472
Q

Etre couvert de dettes

A

To be overburdened by debts

473
Q

Faire un Appel d’offre

A

A call for tender

474
Q

Avoir des nouvelles de qqun

A

To hear from him/her

475
Q

L’équilibre

A

A balance

476
Q

Perturber

A

To upset

477
Q

Une émission

A

A broadcast

478
Q

Cela vous ennuierai-il de V ?

A

Would you mind V-Ing

479
Q

Élever (impôts)

A

To levy tax

480
Q

Obligatoire

A

Mandatory

481
Q

Stupéfiant

A

Staggering

482
Q

Une norme

A

A standard

483
Q

Faire grimper qch en flèche

A

To send something ballooning

484
Q

Démentir

A

To bely

485
Q

Mettre de côté, économiser

A

To stash

486
Q

Pourtant

A

YET

487
Q

Elections Congrès US

A

Tous les 2 ans

488
Q

Mandat US

A

4 ans

489
Q

Impôts sur les entreprises

A

Corporate tax

490
Q

Les actifs

A

Assets

491
Q

Impôt sur le revenu

A

Income tax

492
Q

Une allocation

A

An allowance

493
Q

TVA

A

Tax-value added

494
Q

Entreprendre une démarche

A

To take a step

495
Q

Stupide

A

Foolish

496
Q

Etre bien-intentionné

A

To be well-meaning

497
Q

Le moins qu’on puisse dire

A

The least that can be said

498
Q

Harceler

A

To nug

499
Q

Billes

A

Marbles

500
Q

Concierge

A

Cairtaker

501
Q

Comme si …

A

As if + Décalage temporel

502
Q

Dissuader qqn de faire ch

A

To talk sb out of doing sth (vérifier)

503
Q

Fort, lourd, massif

A

Hefty

504
Q

Numérique

A

Digital

505
Q

Greffer

A

To graft

506
Q

Ils ont les yeux plus gros que le ventre

A

They bit more than they can chew

507
Q

Congé maladie

A

Sick-leave

508
Q

Une estimation

A

An estimate

509
Q

Mettre fin à

A

To check

510
Q

Volontairement

A

Deliberately

511
Q

Important (quantité)

A

Sizable

512
Q

Une vente

A

A sale

513
Q

Témoigner

A

To testify

514
Q

Une fusillade

A

A shooting

515
Q

Préférer / Favoriser

A

To favor

516
Q

Codage

A

Encryption

517
Q

Bricoler / Bidouiller

A

To tinker with

518
Q

Venir de –> Temps ?

A

Present perfect

519
Q

Les géants de la technologie

A

High tech giants

520
Q

Il avait à peine … que ..

A

No sooner had he V … than

521
Q

Il y avait x moins de

A

There were x times fewer …

522
Q

Personne pour les US

A

3 ème singulier

523
Q

Dans une certaine mesure / Quelques part

A

Somewhat

524
Q

Un signe / Symbole

A

A token

525
Q

Pourri

A

Rotten

526
Q

La compassion

A

Sympathy

527
Q

La Jordanie

A

Jordan

528
Q

Le liban

A

Lebanon

529
Q

Décapitation

A

Beheading

530
Q

Birmanie

A

Myanmar / Burma

531
Q

Bugbear

A

Epouvantail / Cauchemars / Bête noire

532
Q

Craquer / S’effilocher

A

To fray

533
Q

To chafe

A

Frictionner

534
Q

Acute

A

Aigu / Sagace / Perspicace

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