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Une épave

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a wreck

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Scander

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to chant

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Prendre les devants

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to take action

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Éprouvante

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demanding

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Une usine à gaz

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white elephant (something unnecessarily complicated)

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Flouter

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to blur out

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Détente

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relaxation

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Écarter

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to sideline, rule out

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Prôner

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to advocate (for)

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Escamotage

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Pilfering

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Survenir

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to occur

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Purger une peine

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To serve out a sentence

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Survivre à

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To survive

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Un cas d’école

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A textbook case

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Découler de

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To stem from

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Façonner

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To shape

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Narguer

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To taunt

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Renier

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To disown, renounce

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Concitoyen(ne)

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Fellow citizens

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Monter d’un cran

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To take it up a notch

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Un fil conducteur

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Common thread

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Se tailler qqch

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To carve out sth for yourself

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Tenir tête à

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To go up against

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Un enjeu

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An issue/concern or a prize/stakes

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Un quart de travail
a (work) shift
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Engendrer
to produce / cause
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Par le biais de
By way/means of
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Remanier
To reshuffle / reorganize
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De fond en comble
from top to bottom
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Une tronçonneuse
a chainsaw
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Une mise à pied
A layoff (Can.)
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À l'emporte-pièce
snap/sweeping
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À défaut de
in the absence of
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Poindre
to appear (lit)
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Çà et là
here and there
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Un serment
an oath
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Jusqu'à nouvel ordre
until further notice
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Un bon
a voucher / coupon
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Une bourde
a blunder
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Dresser des parallèles
To draw parallels
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À l'issue de
At the end of
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D'outre-mer
Overseas
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S'appuyer sur
To rely on
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Les 29 et 30 septembre
The 29th and 30th of September
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Amadouer
To coax
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Se faire à l'idée
To get used to the idea
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Alors
Then (at the time)
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Indéniablement
Undeniably
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À tout prix
At all costs
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Redoutable
Formidable
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Tant bien que mal
In some way
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La vétusté
Disrepair, dilapidation
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Détenir
To possess
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Adhésion
Membership
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Etre en mesure de
To be in a position to
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Houleux
Rough, stormy
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S'effriter
To crumble
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Silicium
Silicon
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En coulisses
Behind the scenes
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Tendre le rameau d'olivier
To extend an olive branch
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Sous peu
Shortly