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1
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Electronics

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L’électronique

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A magnet

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Un aimant

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The voltage

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La tension

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A test tube

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Une éprouvette

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The growth

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La croissance

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A cell

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Une cellule

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Genetics

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La génétique

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A cross-over

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Un croisement

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A bacterium, bacteria

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Une bactérie, des bactéries

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Biotechnologies

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Biotechnologies

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A subject, a guinea-pig

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Un sujet d’expérience, un cobaye

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STEM

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Science, Technologie, Ingénierie et Maths

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A sun flare

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Une éruption solaire

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A space probe

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Une sonde spatiale

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An inch

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Un pouce (2,5 cm)

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A yard

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Un yard (0,9 m)

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A lens

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Une lentille

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The radio-waves

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Les ondes radio

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A space shuttle

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Une navette spatiale

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The International Space Station

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La station spatiale internationale

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A spacesuit

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Une combinaison spatiale

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A light-off / a take-off

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Un décollage

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Weightlessness

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L’apesanteur

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A weather satellite

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Un satellite météo

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Space tourism

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Tourisme spatial

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The electric field, the magnetic field

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Un champ électrique, magnétique

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The current

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Le courant

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Chemistry

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La chimie

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A sample

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Un échantillon

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A living organism

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Un organisme vivant

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A gene

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Un gêne

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The theory of evolution

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La théorie de l’évolution

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Darwin’s law

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Les lois de Darwin

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A phenomenon, phenomena

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Un phénomène, des phénomènes

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A cover glass

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Une lamelle

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A layer

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Une couche

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37
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Space

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L’espace

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A black hole

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Un trou noir

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The orbit

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L’orbite

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A foot

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Un pied (30 cm)

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A mile

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Un mile (1,6 km)

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The North star / the pole star

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L’étoile polaire

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Astronautics

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L’exploration spatiale

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A spaceship = a spacecraft

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Un vaisseau spatial

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A rocket

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Une fusée

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The countdown

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Le compte à rebours

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A landing

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Un atterrissage

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A breakdown

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Une panne

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An Unindentified Flying Object

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Un Objet Volant Non Identifié

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Motion

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Le mouvement

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51
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Research

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La recherche

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A thesis statement

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Une problématique

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A breakthrough

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Une avancée majeure

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54
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A stroke of genius

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Un éclair de génie

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55
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A patent

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Un brevet

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Cutbacks

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Les restrictions budgétaires

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57
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Engineering

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L’ingénierie

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58
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A process

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Un processus / procédé

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The digital revolution

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La révolution numérique

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60
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Data-mining

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L’exploitation / extraction des données

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61
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Commonsense

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Le bon sens

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A driverless car

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Une voiture autonome

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63
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A désigner baby

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Un bébé sur mesure

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The precautionary principle

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Le principe de précaution

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Abortion

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L’avortement

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Life support

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Un respirateur artificiel

L’assistance respiratoire

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67
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Organ donation

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Don d’organe

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Recreational drug use

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Usage récréatif de stupéfiants

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Stem cell research

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La recherche sur les cellules souches

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70
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Transhumanism

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Transhumanisme

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A safeguard

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Un garde-fou

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72
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Therapeutic fury

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L’acharnement thérapeutique

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73
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A pro-life campaigner

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Un anti IVG

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74
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A hypothesis

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Une hypothèse

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75
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An advance

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Un progrès

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A milestone

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Une étape importante

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A stroke of luck

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Un coup de chance

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Funds / subsidies

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Le financement / des subventions

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Sponsoring

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Le parrainage

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A tool

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Un outil

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Civil-engineering

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Le génie civil

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A know-how

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Un savoir-faire

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Artificial intelligence

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L’intelligence artificielle

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The big data

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L’avalanche de données

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Consciousness

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La conscience

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A DNA strand

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Un brin d’ADN

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The crossing-over

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Un croisement

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A genetic disease

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Une maladie génétique

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Genetic screening

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Le dépistage génétique

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Eugenics

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L’eugénisme

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Overtreatment

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Le surmédication

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Organ transplant

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Greffe d’organe

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Sex reassignment surgery

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Chirurgie de changement de sexe

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Surrogacy

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La GPA, les mères porteuses

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A heated debate

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Un débat enflammé

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A concern

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Une préoccupation

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Euthanasia

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L’euthanasie

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The pill

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La pilule contraceptive

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A pro-choice activist

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Un militant pour le droit à l’avortement

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Manned

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Habité

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Random

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Aléatoire, au hasard

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Ubiquitous

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Omniprésent

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Malevolent

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Malveillant

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Sensitive

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Sensible

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Ever-increasing

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En constante augmentation

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Therapeutic

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Thérapeutique

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Unethical

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Contraire à l’éthique

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Bedridden

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Grabataire, alité

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Unmanned

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Inhabité

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Empirical

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Empirique

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Questionable

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Contestable

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Friendly

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Bienveillant

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Sensible

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Sensé

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Faulty

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Défectueux

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Reproductive

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Reproducteur

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Divisive

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Qui divise l’opinion

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Motherhood

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La maternité

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To insulate

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Isoler

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To rotate

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Tourner sur soi-même

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To launch

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Lancer

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To retrieve

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Récupérer

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To propel

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Propulser

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To postpone

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Reporter à plus tard

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To probe space

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Sonder l’espace

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To colonize

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Coloniser

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To wander

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Errer

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To go past

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Dépasser quelque chose

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To head for

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Se diriger vers

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To come again

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Revenir

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To cross

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Traverser

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To gather momentum

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S’accélérer

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To linger (on)

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S’attarder, stagner

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To shift

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Changer quelque chose de place

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To lean against

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Appuyer contre

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To put away

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Ranger, retirer quelque chose

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To prove

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Prouver

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To check

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Vérifier

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To subsidise

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Subventionner

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To design

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Concevoir

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To dissect

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Disséquer

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To revolve around

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Tourner autour de

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To orbit a satellite

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Placer un satellite en orbite

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To fly a mission

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Participer à une mission spatiale

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To abort

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Interrompre

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To cancel

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Annuler

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To sample

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Prendre des échantillons

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To turn around

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Faire demi-tour

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To pass

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Passer devant

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To approach = to draw near

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Approcher de

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To reach

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Atteindre

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To solve

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Résoudre

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To come across

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Croiser par hasard

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To dash = to haste

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Se précipiter

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To remove

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Enlever quelque chose

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To pile up

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Empiler

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To withdraw from

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Retirer quelque chose de

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To carry out an experiment

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Mener une expérience

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To disprove

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Réfuter

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To foster science

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Promouvoir la science

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To fund

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Financer

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To maintain

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Entretenir

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To manufacture

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Fabriquer

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To theorise

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Émettre une théorie

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To be DNA-swabbed

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Subir un prélèvement d’ADN

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To tamper with

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Manipuler

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To spark a debate

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Provoquer un débat

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To cause public outrage

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Scandaliser l’opinion

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To ensure

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Garantir

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To switch off

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Débrancher

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To alleviate pain

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Soulager la douleur

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To have the final say

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Être la personne qui décide

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To implement

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Mettre en application

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To set goals

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Déterminer, fixer des objectifs

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To raise ethical issues

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Poser des problèmes d’éthique

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To misuse

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Détourner

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To cause an uproar

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Provoquer une tempête de protestations

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To decriminalize

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Dépénaliser

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To long for death

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Aspirer à mourir

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To ease somebody’s suffering

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Soulager les souffrances de quelqu’un

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To conceive

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Concevoir

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To patent

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Breveter

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Once in a blue moon

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Rarement, de temps en temps

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To be over the moon

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Être aux anges

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Out of this world

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Exceptionnel

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To reach for the stars

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Vouloir décrocher la lune

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To see stars

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Voir trente-six chandelles

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The sky is the limit

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Le potential est illimité

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To know every inch of something

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Connaître quelque chose comme sa poche

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To see the light

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Commencer à comprendre

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Many hands make light work

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L’union fait la force

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It runs in the family

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C’est héréditaire

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To nurse hopes

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Nourrir des espoirs

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No pain no gain

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Qui ne risque rien n’a rien

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To fin (it) a bitter pill to swallow

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