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persister dans, s’obstiner à

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persist in doing

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dissiper, chasser

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to dispel sth

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l’effacement

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dispalling

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une lutte / une épreuve

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a struggle

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avoir du mal, s’efforcer, lutter, se battre

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struggle

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consacrer, dédier

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dedicate sth to sth

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lanceur de mode

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trendsetter

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vaincre, surmonter

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to overcome

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poignant

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poignant

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une riposte, réplique

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a riposte

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une série

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a run / a serie

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domination

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dominance

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isolé, seul

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lone

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de façon autoritaire

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handlely (handle= gérer)

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flasque

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flagging

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à flot, qui flotte

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afloat

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soulever, encourager, élever

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to uplift

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une pédale, une tapette

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a poof

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étreindre, adopter, saisir

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to embrace // tu hug

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une lutte

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a wrestling

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21
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arracher

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to wrest

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ensorceler

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to bewitch

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peu probable

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unlikely

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croyances

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beliefs

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signifier, représenter / tolérer

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to stand for

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en cour

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ongoing

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27
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reléguer / confier

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to relegate

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28
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sous-titre

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subhead

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tableau d’affichage

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a scoreboard

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stocker, faire des réserves

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to stockpile

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voler en éclats, se briser

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to shatter

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têtu, obstiné

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stubborn

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une moquerie

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a mockery

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une parodie

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a parody

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d’affilé

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straight

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argenterie

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silverware

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un homologue

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a counterpart

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se séparer, s’éloigner

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to break away

39
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associer qqch à qqch

une allumette

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to match sth with sth

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dans l’ensemble, en général

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overall

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un compte, registre

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a tally

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stupéfiant, hallucianant

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staggering

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un contexte / une expérience / un fond

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background

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général, global

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all-round

45
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partout

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all around

46
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par ici

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out here

47
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le lys

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lily

48
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le muguet

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lily of the valley

49
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événement, manifestation

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an event

50
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quoi qu’il arrive

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in any event

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en aucun cas

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in no event

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dans ce cas

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in that event

53
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en cas de

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in the event of

54
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presque

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nearly, almost

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une percée, avancée

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a breakthrough

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démentir, nier, refuser d’admettre, s’opposer à

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to deny

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haie

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hurdle

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barrière

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a fence

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balayer, rafler, ramasser

coup de balai

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to sweep

60
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marquer contre son camp

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to score an own goal

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changer les règles / déplacer les buts

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move the goalposts

62
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des règles du jeu équitables

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level playing field

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dans la course

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in the running

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coude à coude

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neck and neck

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tourner autour du pot

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to beat about the bush

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passer avec facilité

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to sail through

67
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parier, jouer

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gamble

68
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ne pas jouer le jeu

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not play by the rules