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1
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to wrangle

A

se disputer/quereller

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2
Q

to account for

A

expliquer (les causes)

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3
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to infringe on/upon (pr concept abstrait) / to trample

A

empiéter sur

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4
Q

to quench (one’s thirst)

A

étancher (la soif)

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5
Q

to shirk

A

tirer au flan

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6
Q

to cast (cast - cast)

A

jeter (fig)

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7
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to capsize

A

chavirer (un bateau)

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8
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to seize

A

saisir/s’emparer/s’empoigner de

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9
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to attend to

A

s’occuper de

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10
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to pit … against

A

opposer qqn a qqn d’autre

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11
Q

to discard (smt)

A

jeter/se debarrasser de

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12
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to boast /to brag about

A

se vanter / fanfaronner

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13
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to stigmatise = to denounce publicly

A

stigmatiser

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14
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to foresee

A

anticiper/voir d’avance

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15
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to trawl (social networks)

A

arpenter (les reseaux sociaux)

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16
Q

to draw up

A

dresser (une liste par ex)

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17
Q

to crave

A

bruler d’envie de

18
Q

to downplay

A

dédramatiser/minimiser l’impt de

19
Q

to draft

A

rédiger/esquisser

20
Q

to phase out

A

eliminer/supprimer progressivement

21
Q

to draw down

A

prélever (eco)

22
Q

to ripple

A

rider/faire onduler

23
Q

to laud

A

faire les louanges/glorifier

24
Q

to guard

A

garder

25
Q

to brace itself for = get ready for

A

s’appreter à

26
Q

to be endowed with

A

etre doté de

27
Q

to be good / ill at ease

A

etre à l’aise/mal à l’aise

28
Q

to bypass

A

contourner

29
Q

to astonish

A

etonner/stupefier

30
Q

to level off

A

stabilier

31
Q

to roil

A

tourbilloner

32
Q

to disrupt

A

perturber

33
Q

to spur sb to smt

A

inciter qqn a faire qch

34
Q

to stem from

A

decouler de

35
Q

to drill

A

forer/percer (pétrole)

36
Q

to balk at

A

rechigner a

37
Q

to square

A

faire concorder/concilier

38
Q

to feud over

A

se disputer qqn

39
Q

to lack smt

A

manquer de

40
Q

to kindle = to rouse = to start

A

eveiller/demarrer