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1
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Briser un mythe/illusion

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To debunk a myth/illusion

To bust a myth

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Journaliste de métier

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Journalist by trade

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Bloqué par l’administration

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Hampered by red top

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Évaluer (2 fois)

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To appraise

To assess

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Éloge

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An eulogy (le e se prononce pas)

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Dégraisser

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To streamline

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7
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Conçu pour les enfants

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Tailored for the children

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Inégalité

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Discrepancy

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— bashing

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—- bashing

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Médicaments (2 fois)

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Medecine

Drug

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Matière première

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Raw materials

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Donnée brute

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Raw data

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Ils n’ont pas réussi (3 fois)

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They haven’t managed to
They haven’t suceeded in finding
They have failed to find

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Reconnaître quelqu’un pour quelque chose (2 fois)

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To give somebody credit for something

To credit with

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Apprenti sorcier

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Sorcerer’s apprentice

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16
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Mortel

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Deadly

Lethal

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17
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Éprouvette

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Test tube

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18
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Dangereu

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Dangerous
Harmful
Hazardous

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19
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Une grande découverte (2 fois)

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A major discovery

A breakthrough

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20
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Sur le point de

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On the verge of

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21
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Combler une inégalité

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To bridge/fill a gap

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22
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Homologue

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Counterpart

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23
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Une expérience du laboratoire

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A lab experiment

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24
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Mener une expérience (2 fois)

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To carry out experiments

To experiment

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25
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À peine

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Hardly

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26
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Un progrès

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An advance

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27
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Un bagage

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A piece of luggage

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28
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Une preuve

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A set of evidence

A proof

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29
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Déformer

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To strip out of its true nature

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Mener un sondage

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To conduct a poll

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31
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Aussi petit soit-il (courant et soutenu)

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However small he may be

Small though he may be (sountenu)

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32
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OGM (3 fois)

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Genetically Modifies crops

Transgenic crops

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33
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To raise

To rise

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Rise intrans

Raise trans

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34
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Essayer

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Try their hand

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35
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Premice

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Assumption

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36
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D’où

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Hence

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37
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Être aux antipodes

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To be poles apart

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38
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Réflexion

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Insight

39
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Un loup-garous (2 fois)

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A werewolf

A bogeyman

40
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Un scientifique qui fait de la recherche

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A boffin

41
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Les tenants et aboutissants

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The in and outs

42
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Un brevet

A

A patent

43
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Composé de

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Composed of
Made of
Consist of
Comprise

44
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Le problème de la poule et de l’œuf

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The chicken and the egg problem

45
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Plus lointain (2 fois)

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Farther (concret)

Further (figuré)

46
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Un fonceur

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A go-getter

47
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Commenter

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To comment on

48
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Mot-clé

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A key-word

49
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Une difficulté/un hic

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A snac

50
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Inflent

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Influential

51
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Un gagnant

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An achiever

52
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Un exploit

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A feat

An accomplishment

53
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Un revers

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A setback

54
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Un piege

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A pitfall

55
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Un obstacle

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A hurdle

56
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Un obstacle

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A hurdle

57
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Une impasse

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A stalemate

58
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Une bénédiction

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A boon

59
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Un fléau

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A bane

60
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Bon ou mauvais

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Boon or bane

61
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Gêner, entraver

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To hamper

To hinder

62
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Faire marche arrière

A

To backpedal

63
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Contrecarrer

A

To thwart

64
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Affaiblir

A

To impair

65
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Prendre le train en marche

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To the jump on the banwagon

66
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Gravir les échelons de la société

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To climb the rungs of social ladder

67
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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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To go from rags to riches

68
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Mettre une question en veilleuse

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To put an issue on the back burner

69
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Tout est possible

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The sky’s the limit

70
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Les relations étroites

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The close ties

Intertwined relations

71
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Le symbole même

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The perfect/explicit symbol

72
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Laïc

A

Secular

73
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Sous-entendu

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Undertongue

74
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Foulard/cagoule

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Headscarf

75
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Dans la pierre

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Brick and mortar

Well-established

76
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Atteint un seuil

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Reach such proportion

77
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Société de consommation

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A consumer society

78
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Assister à un déclin

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To experience a decline

79
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Pratique religieuse

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Religious observance

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Une evolution

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An evolution

A trend

81
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attribué

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Attribuated
Ascribe
Put down to

82
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Membre de

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Member of

Affiliated with

83
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Nottament

A

Notably

84
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Exagérer

A

To overestimate

To exaggerate

85
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Prêt à servir

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Fit for duty

86
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Une négociation

A

A bargain

87
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Sécurité enfant

A

Child-proof

Child-friendly

88
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Laver le cerveau

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To brainwash somebody into doing

89
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Menacer quelqu’un pour qu’il fasse quelque chose

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To threaten somebody into doing

90
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Un serpent à sonnette

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A rattle snake

91
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Un rat de bibliothèque

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A bookworm

92
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Chantier naval

A

A shipyard

93
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Le plus vieux

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Oldest (objet)

Eldest (personne)

94
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Love you

A

Sweatheart :)

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