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1
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Noun - passing an exam

Award, handover

Public procurement

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une passation

une passation des marchés

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Give an advantage

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Donner un atout / un plus / un avantage

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To be immensed (in a culture, language, etc)

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être en immersion

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Synonyme «passer l’examen»

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Présenter l’examen

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To adresse / discuss sth

To approche, tackle

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Aborder qqn / qqch

S’approcher

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Synonyme «un document qui mets en marche des réflexion»

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Un document déclencheur / authentique

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Synonyme «un domaine préféré»

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Un domaine prédilection

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A preference

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une prédilection

Avoir une prédilection

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9
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Instructions

Luggage storage

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Une consigne

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10
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Structures thought

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une réflexion ordonée / structurée

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Make a proposal

Make an argument (?)

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Faire une proposition

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12
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Suitable examples

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les exemples qui tiennent

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Backward thinking

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Un raisonnement rétrograde

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Preconception

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Une préconception

Une idée préconçue

Des apriori

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Political will

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Un volonté politique

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16
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To be narrow minded

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Être obtus(e) d’esprit

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17
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The time dedicated to … may be between … and …

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Le temps consacré à… peut être évalué entre … et … minutes

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To raise a point

To lift / hoist sth / sb

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Soulever

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An issue raised

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Un problème soulevé

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20
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To include

To comprise

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Comporter qqch / qqn

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A statement, remark, comment

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Un propos

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To illustrate a statement by

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Illustrer un propos par

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23
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Throughout

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Lors de

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Adaptable

Smooth

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Souple

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Adequate

Suitable

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Adéquat

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A bug

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Une bestiole

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Design
Develop
Conceive
Understand
Formulate
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Concevoir

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Yet

However

Though

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Pourtant

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A frontrunner

A precurseur

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Un précurseur

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A commodity

Foodstuffs

A staple

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Une denrée

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A dish

A delicacy

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Un met

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32
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Remains unlikly

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rester de l’ordre de l’insolite

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33
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Unusual

Original

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Insolite

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Widespread

Common

Popular

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Répandu(e)

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Edible

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comestible

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36
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given that

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Étant donné que

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37
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Benefits

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Des bienfaits (m)

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38
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Poisoning

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L’empoisonnement (m)

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39
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A sting

A thorn

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Un dard

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40
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A jaw (insects)

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Une mandibule

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41
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Like

As

By way of

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En guise de

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42
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Grasshopper

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Une souterelle

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43
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An ant

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Une fourmi

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44
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A spider

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Une araignée

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45
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A caterpillar

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Une chenille

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46
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To crunch

To munch

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Croquer

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47
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Polluting

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Pollueur

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48
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GHG emissions

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D’émission de gaz à effet de serre

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49
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Global warming

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Le réchauffement climatique

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50
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To originate / be derived from

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Être issu de

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51
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To trample

To walk over

To sell out

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Piétiner

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52
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A contraint

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Une contrainte

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53
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A black out

A power cut

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une panne d’électricité

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54
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A stride

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Une foulée

Un pas

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55
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A crowd

A population

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Une foule

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56
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To tread

Synonyme for «marcher»

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Fouler

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57
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To suspect

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Soupçonner

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58
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A suspicion

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un soupçon

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59
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A concern

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un soucis

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60
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A nutrition crisis

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Une crise nutritionelle

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61
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It’s not a God given truth.

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Ce n’est pas la parole d’Évangile.

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62
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To time

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Chronométrer

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63
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A timer

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Un chronomètre

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64
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Disgusting / to cause disgust

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Inspirer / amener le dégoût

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65
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Disadvantage

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un inconvénient

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66
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To embellish

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Embellir

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67
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Produced by

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Produit par

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68
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An antibiotic

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Un antibiotique

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69
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Dangers for health

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Les dangers pour la santé

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70
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Acceptance

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L’acceptation

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71
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Since

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Dès…

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72
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As soon as

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Dès que

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73
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A tour

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Un tour

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74
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A tower

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Une tour

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75
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First inhabitants

Indigenous

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Des autochtones

Les premiers habitants

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76
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Disgusting

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Dégoûtant

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77
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A cultural barrier

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Une barrière culturelle

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78
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A blockage

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Une blocage

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79
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Grammar

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La morphosynthaxe

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80
Q

Pronunciation

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La prononciation

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81
Q

Synonyme «faire sortir un thème» «identifier un thème»

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Dégager un thème

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82
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To release
To clear
To emit
To free 
To extract
To bring out
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Dégager

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83
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To draw sth (from somewhere)
To pull sth
To shoot
To print

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Tirer

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84
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An ease

A fluency

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Une aisance

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85
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Relevance
Pertinence
Significance

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Une pertinence

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86
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To achieve
To reach
To obtain

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Parvenir

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87
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To redirect

To realign

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Recentrer

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88
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Suitable
Appropriate
Reasonable

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Convenable

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89
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Extensive
Wide
Extended
Vast

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Étendu

90
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To acquire
To purchase
To gain
To get
To earn
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acquérir

91
Q

Synonyme «un problème»

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Un obstacle
Une difficulté
un risque
un danger
une nuisance
un inconvénient
une conséquence négative
92
Q

To confront / brave / face
To conteront one another

Synonym «aborder»

A

Affronter

S’affronter (les politiciens / les idées / les adversaires s’affrontent)

93
Q

Synonym «il faut»

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Il conviendrait

Il serait nécessaire / indiqué / opportun

94
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To admit
To suit / be suitable for
To acknowledge
To be conveniant

Use:

  • One should / ought to
  • It should have been noted that
  • It has been agreed that / it has been agreed as follows
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Convenient

Utilisation:

  • il convient de faire
  • il convient que vous fassiez
  • il aurait convenu de noter
  • il a été / est convenu que /il est convenu ce qui suit
95
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To ease / lessen / weaken / reduce / mitigate

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Atténuer

96
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Some of them / among them

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Certains parmi eux

97
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To target

Use:
-This advertisement targets elderly people.

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cibler

Utilisation:
-Cette publicité cible les peronnes âgées.

98
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collection / pick-up

User:

  • collecting papers
  • collection household waste
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le ramassage

Utilisation:

  • le ramassage des copies
  • le ramassage des ordures ménagères
99
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To spill
To spread
To give off

Use:

  • to spill water on the ground
  • to spread manure on the field
  • to give off a pleasant smell
A

répandre

Utilisation:

  • répandre de l’eau par terre
  • répandre du fumier dans un champ
  • répandre une bonne odeur
100
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To submit
To subject

Use:

  • to submit a project
  • to subject a country to domination
  • to subject sb to tax
A

soumettre

Utilisation:

  • soumettre un project (proposer, présenter qqch à qqn)
  • soumettre un pays (asservir, mettre sous son autorité)
  • soumettre qqn à l’impôt (imposer, obliger qqn à faire qqch)
101
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As for / regarding

Use:
-As for me, I’m leaving on vacation tomorrow.

A

quant

Utilisation:
-Quant à moi, je pars en vacances demain. (en ce qui concerne)

102
Q

To halt
To end

Use:
-to end the recession

A

enrayer

Utilisation:
-enrayer la crise économique (arrêter (le développement de) qqch)

103
Q

To mine
To demoralise
To undermine / weaken

A

miner

104
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a city-dweller / inhabitant

A

un citadin

105
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to cement

Use:

  • to cement a friendship
  • to cement the floor of a cellar
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cimenter

Utilisation:

  • cimenter une amitié
  • cimenter le sol de la cave
106
Q

To cause
To arouse
To evoke
To excite

Use:
-to arouse curiosity

A

susciter

Utilisation:
-susciter la curiosité

107
Q

Roadway
Streets (general)

Use:

  • roadworks
  • road services
A

la voirie

Utilisation:
-des travaux voirie
les services de la voirie

108
Q

In light of this observation / Given this observation

A

Devant ce constat

109
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A report / statement
A review / admission
An observation / a finding / an acknowledgement

Use:

  • In light of this observation
  • to fill out a statement
  • an admission of failure
A

un constat

Utilisation:

  • Devant ce constat
  • dresser un constat
  • un constat d’échec
110
Q

a failure

A

un échec

111
Q

to stand up / raise
to put up
to prepare
to train (a dog)

Use:

  • to raise one’s head
  • to put up a tent
  • to set the table
  • to draw up a list
  • to train a dog
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dresser

Utilisation:

  • dresser la tête
  • dresser une tente
  • dresser la table
  • dresser une liste
  • dresser un chien
112
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favourable / suitable

Use:
-to find a suitable place to do sth

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propice

Utilisation:
-trouver un endroit propice pour faire qqch (qui convient)

113
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to dive into / hurry into

A

engouffrer

114
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pit

huge hole

A

un gouffre

115
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waffle

A

une gaufre

116
Q

To interview sb about sth

A

entretenir qn de qqch

117
Q

to scatter/ strew

Use:
-to scatter one’s things around

A

éparpiller

Utilisation:
-éparpiller ses affaires

118
Q

être reconnaissant

A

savoir gré

119
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Apathy / sloppiness

Negligence

A

un laisser-aller

120
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Negligence

A

une négligence

121
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harmful

A

nuisible

122
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(waste) sorting

selective sorting

A

le tri sélectif

123
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To increase
To expand / broaden
To amplify
To build up

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accroître

124
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decade

A

une décennie

125
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to name
to appoint / designate
to nominate

User:

  • What did they name their daughter?
  • to appoint sb chairman
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nommer

Utilisation:

  • Comment ont-ils nommé leur fille?
  • nommer qqn président
126
Q

Noise disturbance

A

une nuisance sonore

127
Q

Nuisance
Annoyance
Disturbance

A

une nuisance

128
Q

to be confronted with

A

être confronté à

129
Q

synonymes “problème” / challenge

A

un défi
une difficulté
un enjeu
une problématique

130
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to refer to / mention
to evoke 
to convey
to invoke
to touch upon
to raise
to mention

Use:

  • to evoke a distant memory
  • These colours are evocative of the south.
  • to refer to / mention a difficult topic
  • to discuss the severance of diplomatic ties
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évoquer

Utilisation:

  • évoquer un vieux souvenir (rappeler à la mémoire)
  • Ces colours évoquent le sud. (faire penser à)
  • évoquer un sujet difficile (parler de qqch)
  • évoquer la rupture des liens diplomatiques
131
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a book

A

un ouvrage

132
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result of an action / work

work

A

une oeuvre

133
Q

an implementation

A

une mise en oeuvre (d’une stratégie / d’un projet)
une réalisation (d’un projet)
une mise en place (d’une politique)

134
Q

target group

A

un groupe-cible

135
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a box (text box)

A

un encadré

136
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gap
deficiency
weakness

Use:

  • gaps in the research
  • Th report points out the deficiencies of the public health system.
  • My essay had some weaknesses.
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une lacune

Utilisation:

  • une lacune de la recherche
  • Le rapport pointe les lacunes du système de santé publique.
  • Ma dissertation avait quelques lacunes.
137
Q

to cause discomfort / bother / offend
to hold up / hinder
to embarrass

Use:

  • Cigarette smoke bothers me
  • His attitude bothers me.
  • The snow is holding up traffic.
A

gêner

Utilisation:

  • La fumée de cigarette me gêne.
  • Son attitude me gêne. (mettre mal à l’aise, déranger)
  • La neige gêne la circulation. (rendre difficile)
138
Q

fit out / layout
adjustment
development

Use:

  • The city is planning the development of a park near the river.
  • the layout of an office
  • adjustment to the schedule
A

un aménagement

Utilisation:

  • La ville prévoit l’aménagement d’un parc près de la rivière.
  • l’aménagement d’un bureau
  • l’aménagement d’un emploi du temps
139
Q

a schedule

A

un emploi du temps

140
Q

a sender

A

un expéditeur

141
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an agreement

A

une entente
un accord
une convention

142
Q

an exemption

Use:
-a tax exemption

A

une exonération
une dérogation
une exemption
une exception

Utilisation
-une exonération fiscale

143
Q

a fine

A

une contravention
une amende
une sanction

144
Q

a brochure

a leaflet

A

un prospectus
une brochure
une feuille publicitaire

145
Q

to incense

to make indignant

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indigner

revolver, scandaliser, provoque le colère

146
Q

to borrow
to take / use

Use:

  • to borrow a book
  • to take a street
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emprunter

Utilisation:

  • emprunter un livre
  • emprunter une rue
147
Q

a loan

A

un prêt
un crédit
un emprunt bancaire

148
Q

to loan / lend
to give
to attribute

Use:

  • to help / give one’s help
  • to attribute words to sb
A

prêter

Utilisation:

  • prêter son aide à qqn
  • prêter des propos à qqn
149
Q

to quote
to list

Use:

  • to quote a writer
  • to list a country’s main cities
A

citer

Utilisation:

  • citer un écrivain
  • citer les principales villes d’un pays (énumérer)
150
Q

Einzahlung

A

Un versement

151
Q

Auszahlung

A

Un retrait

152
Q

Überweisung

A

un virement

Un transfert

153
Q

Internet user

A

Un internaute

154
Q

Primary school student

A

Un écolier

155
Q

Secondary school student

A

Un élève

156
Q

University Student

A

Un étudiant

157
Q

Management

Upper management, lower management

A

Un cadre

Un cadre supérieur, un cadre subalterne

158
Q

CEO

A

Un président délégué général (P.D.G.)

Un directeur général (D.G.)

159
Q

A subordinate

A

Un subalterne

160
Q

Cattle / live stock raiser

A

Un éleveur

161
Q

A workforce

The working population

A

Les actifs

162
Q

Educated / trained population

A

La population formée / instruite

163
Q

An unemployed person

A

Un chômeur

164
Q

Unemployment rate

A

Le taux de chômage

165
Q

Weekly publication

A

Un hebdomadaire

166
Q

Monthly publication

A

Un mensuel

167
Q

Publication published twice a month

A

Un bimensuel

168
Q

A tangible result

A

Un résultat tangible

169
Q

Effectiveness

Efficiency

A

L‘efficacité (f)

170
Q

Adhere to
Become a member of / join
Affiliate with / subscribe to (e.g. an idea)

A

Adhérer

171
Q

Membership
Support

Use:

  • membership is free
  • support for a cause
A

Une adhésion

Utilisation:

  • l‘adhésion est gratuite
  • adhésion à und cause
172
Q

Certainly

A

Certainement
À coup sûr
Vraissemblablement

173
Q

Arrangement / Layout
Tendency
Measure
Aptitude

Use:

  • This child has a tendency towards laziness.
  • tax / legal measures
  • have shown an aptitude for sth
  • symmetrically planted shrubs
A

Une disposition

Utilisation:

  • Cet enfant a une disposition à la paresse
  • dispositions fiscales / législatives
  • avoir / monter des disposition pour qqch / pour faire qqch
  • arbustes plantés selon une disposition symétrique
174
Q

At the end

A

À la fin

À l‘issue

175
Q

To remain
To reside

Use:

  • residing in Paris
  • to be remembered as a great man
  • nonetheless, the fact remains that
A

Demeurer

Utilisation:

  • demeurant à Paris
  • demeurer comme un grand homme
  • il n’en demeure pas moins que…
176
Q

To avoid
To sulk

Use:

  • he never turns down a glass of wine
  • not to be on speaking terms
  • to deny oneself
A

Bouder

Utilisation:

  • il ne boude pas le vin
  • se bouder
  • bouder son plaisir
177
Q

To pronounce
To take position on an issue / take a décision

Use:

  • to declare oneself in favour of
  • he has not given an opinion yet
A

Se prononcer

Utilisation:

  • se prononcer en faveur de / pour qqch
  • il ne s’est pas encore prononcé
178
Q

To pronounce
To mention / say
To deliver (publically)
To declare / to pass

Use:

  • to grant a divorce
  • without saying a word
A

Prononcer

Utilisation:

  • prononcer le divorce (déclarer)
  • sans prononcer une parole
179
Q 
to complain (informal)
to moan (informal)
to groan (informal)

Use:

  • it annoys me
  • what are you moaning about now?
A

râler

Utilisation:

  • ça me fair râler
  • Qu’est-ce que tu as encore à râler?
180
Q

to mow or cut
to flatten
to pinch / steal (informal)

Use:

  • the storm flattened / buildings
  • my bike has been stolen
A

faucher

Utilisation:

  • la cyclone a fauché des bâtiments
  • on m’a fauché mon vélo
181
Q

a warning

a notification

A

un avertissement

182
Q

to inform

to warn

A

avertir (de qch)

183
Q

retail (Einzelhandel)

A

le commerce de détail

184
Q

Wholesale (Großhandel)

A

le commerce de gros

185
Q

cut short / put an end to

A

couper court

186
Q

soppiness, sentimentality vapidity (dull)

A

la mièvrerie

187
Q

Baby bottle

A

un biberon

188
Q

to demand or claim
to proclaim

Use:

  • demand a right
  • claim the throne
  • to take full responsibility for
  • a union which claims a membership of 30,000
A

revendiquer

Utilisation:

  • revendiquer un droit (réclamer)
  • revendiquer le trône
  • revendiquer la responsabilité de
  • un syndicat qui revendique 30,000 membres
189
Q

issue a cheque

A

émettre un chèque

190
Q

deposit a cheque

A

déposer un chèque

191
Q

to print copies of a book

A

tirer un livre

192
Q

circulation, run, print (books / press, art)
friction

Use:

  • third print
  • limited edition
  • fine print
  • there is friction between them
A

un tirage

Utilisation:

  • troisième tirage
  • tirage limité
  • un beau tirage
  • il y a du tirage entre eux
193
Q

to take down
to give up (informal)
to land / get (informal)

Use:

  • to pick up the phone
  • to take down a picture
  • to get a contract / role
A

décrocher

Utilisation:

  • décrocher son téléphone
  • décrocher un tableau
  • décrocher un contract / un rôle
194
Q 
to deliver
to sb over to / to betray
to abandon
to confide / reveal
to devote oneself / engage

Use:

  • to confide in a friend
  • to commit acts of violence
  • to devote oneself to one’s studies
  • to be left to one’s own devices
  • to pass information on
  • to have sth delivered
A

(se) livrer

Utilisation:

  • se livrer à un ami
  • se livrer à des violences
  • se livrer à l’étude
  • être livré à soi-même
  • livrer un renseignement
  • se faire livrer qch
195
Q

to give or award sth (prize, etc.)

A

décerner

196
Q

reputation
fame

Use:
-it is common knowledge

A

la notoriété

Utiisation:
-il est de notoriété (publique) que

197
Q

guinea pig

Use:
-act as a guinea pig

A

un cobaye

Utilisation:
-servir de cobaye

198
Q

in addition to

Use:

  • in addition to the problems mentioned
  • to disregard a law
  • it doesn not worry me unduly
  • in addition, this machine will allow us to do
A

outre

Utilisation:

  • outre les problèmes mentionnés
  • passer outre à la loi
  • cela ne m’inquiète pas outre mesure
  • cette machine nous permettra, en outre, de faire
199
Q

crushing, squashing
reduction
mashing

Use:

  • a reduction in the level of earnings
  • to feel overwhelmed
  • to crush a movement
  • to mash vegetables
A

un écrasement

Utilisation:

  • l’écrasement des salaires
  • avoir un sentiment d’écrasement
  • l’écrasement d’un mouvement
  • l’écrasement de légumes
200
Q

downpour
flood
torrent

Use:

  • a flood of tears
  • a shower of compliments
  • a profusion of flowers
  • they had a spate of misfortune
A

un déluge

Utilisation:

  • un déluge de larmes
  • un déluge de compliments
  • un déluge de fleurs
  • un déluge de malheurs s’est abattu sur eux
201
Q 
to slaughter / destroy
to shoot
to bring down
to pull down
to wear out / demoralise
to get through (work)
to come down / collapse

Use:

  • to be worn out
  • to get through a lot of work
  • to bring down a statue
  • (bad fortune) descends upon / to beat down on
A

abattre

Utilisation:

  • être abattu
  • abattre de la besogne (accomplir)
  • abattre une statue (faire tomber)
  • malheurs s’abattre sur (agresser)
202
Q

to devastate / overburden
to condemn

Use:

  • to be overwhelmed with worries
  • to heap insults on sb
  • to condemn a person
A

accabler

Utilisation:

  • étre accablé par de soucis
  • accabler qn d’injures
  • accabler une personne
203
Q

to feign
to pretend

Use:

  • to feign anger
  • to pretend to do / be
  • it is no use pretending
A

feindre

Utilisation:

  • feindre la colère
  • feindre de faire / d’être
  • inutile de feindre
204
Q

Synonym “ces chose”

A 
ces phénomènes
ces faits
ces situations
ces réactions
ces éléments
205
Q

Synonym “une autre chose”

A

un autre aspect
un autre facteur
un autre critère
une autre donnée

206
Q

Synonym “parler”

A

évoquer
mentionner
aborder

207
Q

Synonym “dire”

A

déclarer

affirmer

208
Q

Synonym “avoir (un problème)”

A 
connaître
subir
rencontrer
se heurter à
faire face à
209
Q

Synonym “avoir”

A

posséder

détenir

210
Q

Synonym “avoir pour conséquence”

A 
causer
provoquer
engendrer
faire naître
susciter
déclencher
entrainer
211
Q

Synonym “les jeunes”

A 
les adolescents
les collégiens
les lycéens / les élèves
la jeune géneration
la génération montant
212
Q

Synonym “les enfants”

A

les plus petits
les écoliers
la progéniture

213
Q

Synonym “les enfants de moins de trois ans”

A

les tout-petit
les enfants en bas âge
les très jeunes enfants

214
Q

Synonym “bébés”

A

les nouveau-nées

un nourrisson

215
Q

Synonym “les journaux”

A

la presse
les magazines
les quotidiens
les médias

216
Q

Synonym “la protection”

A

la défense
la préservation
la sauvegarde
la conservation

217
Q

Synonym “coûte trop cher”

A

être trop coûteux
onéreux
prix exorbitant / prohibitif

218
Q

Synonym “Internet”

A

le web
le Net
la Toile

219
Q

Synonyme “fonctionner”

A 
être efficace
être utile
portre ses fruits
être frutueux
faire se preuves
220
Q

Synonym “possible”

A 
réalisable
faisable
accessible
envisageable
convenable
221
Q

Synonym “nécessaire”

A 
indispensable
souhaitable
incontournable
à prévoir
essentielle

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