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1
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à égalité avec

A

to be on a par with (par=equality of value)

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2
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liberté conditionnelle

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parole

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3
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être en liberté conditionnelle

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to be on parole

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4
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colporter

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to peddle

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5
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colporter des ragots

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to peddle gossip

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propager des idées

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to peddle ideas

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7
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faire du trafic de drogue

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to peddle drugs

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un colporteur, un camelot

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a peddlar

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9
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un pair

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a peer

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la pression de ses pairs

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peer pressure

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un avantage en nature

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a perk, a non-wage benefit (ex: a car, free airfares)

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12
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un animal familier

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a pet

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13
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mineur, insignifiant

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petty

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14
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des petits boulots

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petty jobs

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15
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un délit mineur

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a petty offense

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16
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la pilule contraceptive

A

the pill

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17
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être sous pilule (contraceptive)

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to be on the pill

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18
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commencer à prendre la pilule

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to go on the pill

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19
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un numéro de code personnel

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a PIN number (Personal Identification Number)

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20
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être en route, être en attente

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to be in a pipeline, to be under way

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21
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un appel

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a plea

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22
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plaider coupable

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to enter a plea of guilty

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23
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une demande de grâce

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a plea for mercy

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24
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un stratagème

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a ploy

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25
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braconner

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to poach

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26
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un braconnier

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a poacher

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27
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étudier de près

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to pore over

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28
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être absorbé par

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to pore over a book

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29
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chic, bon genre

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posh

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30
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une situation difficile

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a predicament

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31
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être dans une situation délicate

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to be in a predicament

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32
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absurde

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preposterous

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33
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une ordonnance

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a prescription

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34
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une proie

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a prey

35
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sonder, fouiller

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to probe into

36
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une sonde

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a probe

37
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une sonde spatiale

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a space probe

38
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poursuivre en justice

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to prosecute

39
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un procureur

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a prosecutor

40
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un témoin à charge

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a witness for the prosecution

41
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soutenir, étayer

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to prop up

42
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faire traîner en longueur

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to protract

43
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procuration

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proxy

44
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voter par procuration

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to vote by proxy

45
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un éditeur

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a publisher

46
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une maison d’édition

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a publishing company

47
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un expert, un spécialiste

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a pundit

48
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un comité d’experts

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a board of pundits

49
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une marionette (sens propre et fig)

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a puppet

50
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se faire passer pour/se vouloir être

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to purport to be

51
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un point de vue objectif

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an unbiased point of view

52
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rendre perplexe

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to puzzle

53
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essayer de comprendre

A

to puzzle over smtg

54
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une énigme, un casse-tête

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a puzzle

55
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bizarre, étonnant, troublant

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puzzling

56
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un charlatan

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a quack

57
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un bourbier (sens propre et fig)

A

a quagmire

58
Q

un dilemme

A

a quandary

59
Q

un trimestre civil
≠
un trimestre universitaire

A

a quarter
≠
a term

60
Q

de très près

A

at close quarters

61
Q

annuler, écraser

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to quash

62
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contestable

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questionable (argument for ex)

63
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étrange, louche, suspect

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queer

64
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ergoter(=pinailler, chipoter)

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to quibble (for someone finicky=pointilleux)

65
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délabré, qui tombe en ruine

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ramshackle

66
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saccager, piller

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to ransack

67
Q

une rançon

A

a ransom

68
Q

violer une personne
≠
violer la loi

A

to rape
≠
to violate the law

69
Q

le viol ou du colza (2 significations)

A

rape

70
Q

la course à la réussite, la foire d’empoigne

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the rat race

71
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l’arrière

A

the rear

72
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les pattes arrières

A

the rear legs

73
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l’arrière de la voiture

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the rear of the car

74
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les roues arrières

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the rear wheels

75
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mener un combat d’arrière-garde

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to fight a rearguard action

76
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réprimander

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to rebuke, to take to task

77
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la paperasserie administrative

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red tape

78
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des cours de rattrapage

A

remedial courses, lessons

79
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un sursis, une remise d’exécution

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a reprieve

80
Q

faire un remaniement ministériel

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to reshuffle (The Cabinet has been reshuffled)

81
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retaper

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to revamp

82
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retaper une maison délabrée

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to revamp a dilapidated house

83
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réorganiser (une entreprise par ex)

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to revamp a company, to streamline

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