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1
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Epargner

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To save: to spare (money or life)

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The homeless

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Les sans abri

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Busy and in a hurry

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Presse

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Full

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Plein de

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To better

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Ameliorer

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Traffic jam

Bottle neck

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Un embouteillage

Think head of bouteille

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A shuttle

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Une navette

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Schedule

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Les horaires

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A shelter

Homeless

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Un abri

Un sans abri

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A slum

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Un bidonville

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A citizen

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Un citoyen

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The costs

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Les frais

Les frais d’admission, d’entre

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To save , saving

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Epargner, l’epargne

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To tArget, a target

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Cibler; une cible

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The lack of resources

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Le manque de … ressources

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Un moyen

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One way

A way

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An average

On averGe

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Une moyenne

En moyenne

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A growth

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Une croissance

Growing - un risque cRoissant
Linsecurite croissante

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A growth

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Une augmentation

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Etre en panne

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To be broken = mechanic

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Une recette

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A reduction

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Fondre

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To melt

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Panels

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Panneau

solaires

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A helmet

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Un casque

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A network

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Un reseau

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A panel

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Un panneau

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A subscription

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Un abonnement

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Seat belt

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Une ceinture de securite

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A bike path

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Une piste cycable

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Un camion

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A truck

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A delivery or to deliver

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Une livraison and livrer

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A fine

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Une amende

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33
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The half

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La moitie

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The growth

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La croissance

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Growing

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Croissant

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36
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The fall

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La baisse

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37
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To fall

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Baisser

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38
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Out of order

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En panne

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39
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Barrier

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Barrage
De police
Hydroelectric

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40
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A drawing
Draw
The drawer

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Un dessin
Dessiner
Un dessinateur

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Je me demande

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I wonder

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42
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A suit

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Un costume

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A suit for a woman

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Un tailleur

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44
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Relier

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To link

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Menacer; une menace

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To threaten; a threat

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En meme temps

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At the same time

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47
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Convenient

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Practique

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48
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l’achat

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the purchase

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49
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a map

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une carte routiere

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50
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a big problem

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un fleau

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51
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efficient

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efficace

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affordable

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abordable

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53
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to be on strike

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en grave

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54
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public transportation

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les transports en commun

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a pied a velo a chevel

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when you are on top of the transport

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en bus, en train, en avion

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when you are inside the transport

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57
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Insecurity

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La precarite

Une situation precaire

Opposite would be situation sur, securise, stable

Vivre dans la precarite

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58
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Rebel

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La bete noire

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59
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I am relieved

It is a great relief

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Je suis solage

Cest un grand soulagement

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60
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To save

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Sauver

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61
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Les sdf

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Sans domicile fixe

Homeless

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62
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Double edged sword

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Une epee a doble tranchant

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63
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In favor

Not in favor

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En faveur de

En devaveur de

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Whisteblower

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Un lanceur d’alerte

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65
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Une couverture maladie

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Health insurance

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66
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To prevent

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Empecher

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67
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Un surcroit

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A growth

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68
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Une stagiaire / un stagiaire

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Intern

Internship —- un stage

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69
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Un fait divers

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Headline story

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70
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Ex pats

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Ressortissants francais/americans

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71
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Wardens

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Chefs d’ilots

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72
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Les magouilles

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Illegal actions with a precise objective

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73
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They escaped their country

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Ils ont fui leur pays

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74
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Refugees

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Refugies

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75
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Fishermen

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Les pecheurs

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76
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The sinner who commits many sins

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Le pecheur a commis beacoup de peches (both with accents to indicate not fish)

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77
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A gap

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Un decalage

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78
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La grande moutier

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The majority

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79
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Tenure

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La titularisation

Devenir titulaire

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80
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At first glance

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A priori

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81
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Illegal immigrants

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Les sans papiers
Les clandestins, les illegaux
Les immigres en sitation irreguliere

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Sans quoi

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Without which

Il vois faut un visa, san quoi (lequel) vous ne pourrez pas entrer dans le pays

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83
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Etre licencie

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To be fired
To fire people — licencier le personnel

Same as i have my degree in “je suis licencie en droit”

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84
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In this context of crisis

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Dans ce contexte de crise

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85
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Bitter

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Amer / amere

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86
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It is a heart breaking situation

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Cette situation est un creve couer

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87
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Abortion

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Ivg
L’interruption volontaire de grossesse
Avortement

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88
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Catch off guard

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Prendre au depourvu

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89
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To be a hit

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Faire un tabac

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90
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Notably

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Notamment

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91
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Avoir la guele de bois

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Hungover

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92
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La habilitation de securite

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Security clearance

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93
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The goal

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Le but

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94
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Amongst

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Parmi

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95
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The lack of benefits

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Le manque d’advantage

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96
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Le secteur primaire — l’agriculture et les matieres premieres

Le secteur secondaire - les industries

Le secteur tertaire - les services

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For pres on economy

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97
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Work force

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La main d’oeuvre

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98
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Resoudre
Je resous
Tu resous
Il resout

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Resolve

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99
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Nato

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L’otan

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100
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Failed state

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Les etAts faillis

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101
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Megacities

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Megalopoles

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102
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Faire plier

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To make someone do something, to fold

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103
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Un pays limitrophe

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Neighboring country

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104
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Immigrants

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Les migrants

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105
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American land

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Le sol americain

106
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Je suis accro

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I am addicted

107
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La situation humanitaire

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Humanitarian situation

108
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Next ten years

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Dix prochaime annees

109
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Love is blind

A

Lamour est aveugle ahhhhvuuugllll

110
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Blindly

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Aveuglement

111
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Intelligence

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Le renseignement

112
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Au temps pour moi…cest vous qui avez raison

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My mistake… you are right

113
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Je le connais seulement d’apres ce que j’ai lu dans la presse

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I only know what ive read in the press

114
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A shortage

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Une penurie

115
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Engrained

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Engraine

116
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Bafoues

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Trampled

117
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Ca veut la peine d’essayer

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Thats worth the shot

118
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Rich

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Aise or nanti

119
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Poor

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Defavorise demuni

120
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You can see it as a strength or a weakness

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On peux le voir comme une force ou une fablesse

121
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Melting pot

Mix

A

Le creuset ethnique
Le melting pot

Melange

122
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La devise americain (e pluribus unum)

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De plusiers; un

123
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Les transferts dargent des emirgres

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Remittances

124
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Invasion of privacy

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Atteinte a la vie privie

125
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Les bavures policieres

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Police brutality

126
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Revendiquer un droit

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Demand a right

127
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Suivre La bien pensance

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Follow The majority

128
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Promouvoir

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To promote

129
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Faire la lumiere sur

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To shed light

130
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To be harassed

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Etre harcelees

131
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To hit on

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La draguee

They were hit on - elles ont draguees

132
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Fancy restaurant

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Un restaurant haut de gamme

Un restaurant huppe

133
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Update

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Mis a jour

134
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Its only just the beginning

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Cest n’est que le commencement

135
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Width and length

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La largeur la longeur

136
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Laziness

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La paresse

137
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Seperation of church and state

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La laicite

138
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Le materiel

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Supply

139
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Elle veux les beurres et l’argent de buerre

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Want your cake and eat it too

140
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Controversy

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Une polemique

141
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To snack

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Grignoter

142
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Aware

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Au courant

143
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Taquiner

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To tease

144
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Le berceau de l’avaition

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Birthplace of… flying

145
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A l’egard de

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Towards
Vis a vis
Envers

146
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Mains dans la main

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Hand in hand

Le gov doit travailler mains dans la main avec les ong

147
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Behind closed doors

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A huis clos

Ils parlent a huis clos

148
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Faire taire quelqu’un

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Silence someone

149
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Attenuer le mauvais

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Mitigate the bad

150
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Met en cause

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Blame

151
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En dessus du seuil de pauvrete

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To live below the poverty line

152
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Mieux vaut

A

Its better to…

Mieux vieux manager les legumes

153
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Mieux vaut ne faire de vagues

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Bette not to mAke waves

154
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A mortgage

A

Une hypotheque

155
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Garlic

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L’ail (eye)

156
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Serre

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Greenhouse

157
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Etre pris en defaut de mensonge

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To be caught lying

158
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Mythomane

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Pathological liar

159
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To shorten

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Raccourcir

160
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A short cut

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Un racourci

161
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Le depouille mortelle

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Remains

162
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Les poils de chien

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Fur of dog

163
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Il doit cease de tourne autour de pou

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Must stop talking in circles

164
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If you let me

A

Si je puis me permettre

165
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Mieux vaut prevenir que guerir

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Its better to prevent than to cure

166
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Magical wand

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Baguette magique

Il n ya pas dun baguette maguette

167
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Faire un voeu

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Make a wish

168
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License plate

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Plaque de mineralogique

169
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Benefits

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Acquis

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Break the glass

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Briser la glace

171
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Another word for baisser

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Decroitre , diminuer

172
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Another word for augmenter

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Accroitre

173
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The rise

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La hausse

174
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The economic crash

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Le krach economique

175
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As for me

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Quant a moi

Selon moi

176
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Its not my thing

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Ce nest pas mon truc

177
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Le Bras droit

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Right hand man

178
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X is no longer the prerogative of the usa

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X nest plus l’apanage des nations riches/the usa

La malbouffe
L’obesite

179
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Autrefois

A

In the past Formerly historically

180
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Etre radin

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To be greedy

181
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Widespread

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Repandu

182
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Gonfler

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Inflate

Il est gonfle — big headed

183
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Le rever de la medaille

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The other side of the coin

184
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To the best of my knowledge

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A ma connaissance

185
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Hurricane

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Ouragan

186
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Pour autant

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However

187
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Green house effect

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L’effet de serre

188
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What suits them

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Ce qui les arrange

189
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Unmentionable

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Inavouables

190
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Species

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Une espece

191
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Myth/fake news/dummy

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Un factice

192
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Officially complain

A

Porter plainte

Porter plainte a la cour supreme

193
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To complain normally

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Se plaindre de quelque chose

194
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Testify

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Temoigner

Tea moin yay

Grace au temoignage d’un ancien chauffeur

Faire un temoignage

195
Q

To go bankrupt

A

Faire faillite

Faire banqueroute

196
Q

Failed state

A

Un etat failli

Un etat qui a echoue

197
Q

Attendre jusqu’a la derniere minute

A

What until the last minute

198
Q

To be attached to

A

Tenir a quelque chose

199
Q

Tenir a + infinitif

A

Would like to +

200
Q

He is all over all the place

A

Il est a hue et a dia

“Who et de ah”

201
Q

Enfantin

A

Childish

202
Q

Announce la couleur

A

Start successfully - set the tone

203
Q

Set the stage

A

Plante le decor

204
Q

Un fardeau

A

A burden

205
Q

Un gout de l’eau dans la mer

A

A drop in the ocean

206
Q

To do it on purpose

A

Faire expres

207
Q

Un carence

A

A lack of / deficiency

208
Q

Si jai $ j’irai en france
Si j’avais , j’irais
Si j’avais eu , je serais allee

A

Three forms

209
Q

Not on track — what is track

A

La voie

210
Q

But

A

Neanmoins

211
Q

Davantage de

A

Plus de ; le pays a besoin de davantage de migrants

212
Q

Les bailleurs de fonds - les donnateurs

A

Donators - ngos usaid

213
Q

Seulement La partie emergee de l’iceberg

A

Just the tip of the iceberg

214
Q

Les combines

A

Illegal practices

215
Q

Sourcil

A

Eyebrow

216
Q

Costaud

A

Buff

217
Q

Appartenir a quelqu’un

A

To belong to someome

218
Q

L’assainissement

A

Sanitation

219
Q

To implement project

A

Le fonctionnaire va faire appliquer un project

220
Q

Il vaut miuex enseigner a qq’n a pecher au lieu de lui donner du poisson

A

Better to teach man to fish

221
Q

Ou en est le congo en terme (en ce que concerne) de development aujourdhi / les droits

A

Question for interview

222
Q

Mettre en exergue (ek zerg)

A

Highlight something

223
Q

To add

A

En outre
En plus
De plus
Par ailleurs

224
Q

To draw attention

A

En particular

Notament

225
Q

To reinforce

A

D’ailleurs

En effet

226
Q

To illustrate

A

Par example

Ainsi

227
Q

Nothing is free

A

Rien n’est gratuit

228
Q

Il marche sur terrain mine
Il est en terrain mine (me nay)
Il est en terrain sensible

A

Walking a fine line - mindfield

229
Q

Qui suis je pour juger

A

Who am I the judge.

230
Q

Prendre les choses en main

Prendre le taureau par les cornes

A

Take control

231
Q

La pierre angulaire

A

Cornerstone

232
Q

Crowds

A

Des foules

233
Q

Make someone stop actinglike a child

A

Remonter les bretelles

234
Q

Inamovibles

A

Irremovable

235
Q

Creer la zizaine

A

Creat division chaos

236
Q

Etre tetanize par la peur

A

To be completely take by fear

237
Q

Un secret de polichinelle

A

A secret everyone knows

238
Q

Chercher des poux

A

To look for anything wrong with someone

239
Q

Etre sur le qui vive

A

To be constantly on guard

240
Q

Etre sur le meme pied que

A

To be on the same foot - equal

241
Q

Usurpation d’identite

A

Take on someone elses identity

242
Q

Jeter un sort a quelqu’un

A

Put a curse on someone

243
Q

To bet

A

Parier (par ree ay)

Je vous pari que…

244
Q

Evil eye

A

Le mauvaise oeuil

245
Q

Slippery slope

A

Un terrain glissant

La degrengolade

246
Q

Wrong place wrong time

A

Mauvais moment; mauvais endroit

247
Q

Un repoussoir

A

Foil

248
Q

Peu ou prou

A

Mas o menos

249
Q

I am full

A

Je suis ra za zee yay

Je suis repu (re poo)

250
Q

Crazy = makes no sense

A

Ubuesque

251
Q

Blablater

A

To blah blah

252
Q

La poudre de perlimpinpin

A

Magic powder from a wand — used to describe nonsense spoken that is fancy at first but means nothing — empty words

253
Q

Au pied du mur

A

Cornered

254
Q

An open war - chronic war

A

La gueguerre

255
Q

Against her will

A

Elle a ete amenee contre son gre

Vs
De son plein gre (willingly)

256
Q

Brainwashing

A

Le matraquage

257
Q

Mieux vaut rire que pleurer (plu ray)

A

Better to laugh than cry

258
Q

To speak fluently

A

Parler couramment

259
Q

Un cendrier vide

A

Empty ashtray

260
Q

Mettre quelqun au parfum

A

To kind of foreshawow— set the stage

261
Q

To reach

A

Atteindre

Lola French Flashcards (2 decks)

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