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1
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vacances (2)

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hollidays (UK)

vacations (US)

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interdire qqch à qqn / interdire (par la loi)

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to forbid / to ban

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penser à (vaguement) / penser à (+ focalisé) / réfléchir à

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to think about sth / to think of sth / to think sth over

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sortir, emmener qqn

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to take sb out

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peut-être (2)

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maybe
perhaps (moins utilisé donc bien pour se démarquer)
/!\ en début ou en fin de phrase

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un plan / un complot, une manigance (1)

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a scheme

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un programme électoral

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a platform

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à travers (2)

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across (surface plane)

though

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répartir les réfugiés

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to distribute refugees

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créer des déséquilibres

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to disrupte the balance

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un état de fait

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a state of affair

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un flux (3)

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an influx
a inflow
a flood

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faire face à (2) / être face à (un problème)

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to face sth
to face up to sth (+ fort, se confronter à)
/ to be faced with

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surmonter (un problème)

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to overcome

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s’attaquer, se confronter à un problème (3)

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to address
to tackle
to deal with

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faire avec (un problème)

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to cope with

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héberger qqn

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to put sb up

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tolérer, supporter qqn

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to put up with sb

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embaucher

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to hire

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le logement / loger

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Ø accomodation (pas de THE) / to accomodate

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un leader, un décideur

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a decision maker

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un haut fonctionnaire (2)

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a top civil servant

a senior civil servant

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mettre en place, mettre en œuvre, effectuer (ce qui a été décidé) (5)

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to put in place
to put in practice 
to implement 
to carry out
to apply
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une association caritative

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a charity

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personne sans papier

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undocumented people

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faciliter / permettre à qqn de faire qqch plus facilement

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to make easier / to make it easier for sb to do sth

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dédier (2)

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to dedicate

to devote

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peu / moins (comparatif) / le moins (superlatif) (dénombrable)
peu / moins (comparatif) / le moins (superlatif) (indénombrable)

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few / fewer / the fewest

little / less / the least

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être utile, servir à qqch (3)

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to be useful
to have a use
to serve a purpose

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pendre conscience, prendre la mesure de (2)

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to become aware of

to realize

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avoir peur de, craindre (2) ≠ être effrayé par (+ fort)

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to fear
to be afraid of
≠ to be frightened of

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jouer le jeu de

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to play into the hands of

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xénophobe

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xenophobic

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gagner du terrain / gagner de l’influence

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to gain in ground / to gain influence

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durer

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to last

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se préparer

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to prepare oneself

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nuisible, néfaste (3)

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noxious
harmful
damaging

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faire tout son possible, tout ce qu’on peut / faire de son mieux (2)

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to do your utmost
/ to do your best
to do the best you can

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faire valoir un argument pour

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to make a case for

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se montrer à la hauteur de la situation

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to rise to the occasion

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mettre les pieds chez / sur

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to set foot in / on

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accorder qqch à qqn (2)

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to grant sth to sb

to grant sb to do sth

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je vous l’accorde

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Granted

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une demande d’asile

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an asylum claim

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dissuader, décourager (3)

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to discourage sb from doing sth
to dissuade sb from doing sth
to deter sb from doing sth

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tendu

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tense

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appris

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taught

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émetteur de carbone

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carbon emitter

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un brevet / (faire) breveter

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a patent / to patent

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une allée (de supermarché)

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an aisle

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un sujet de désaccord, de litige entre

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a bone of contention between

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se quéreller / se disputer avec… à propos de

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to quarrel/ to argue with… OVER

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se battre avec

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to fight with

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se diriger vers, aller droit vers (la catastrophe) (2)

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to head for

to be headed for (a disaster)

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tant pis, c’est pas grave, ça ne fait rien (2)

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it doesn’t matter

never mind

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l’état d’esprit, la mentalité (2)

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a mindset

a state of mind

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ce n’est pas prêt d’arriver

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this is not going to happen any time soon

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frappe aérienne

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air strike

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être pris de panique

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to be panic-stricken

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être en guerre

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to be at war

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faire la guerre contre (2)

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to make war on

to wage war against

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frapper

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to strike (struck, struck/stricken)

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tenir qqch/qqn pour acquis, considérer comme allant de soi

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to take sth/sb for granted

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ne pas s’acquitter d’une dette / ne pas rembourser

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to default / to default ON

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une bénédiction, une aubaine, une chance (2)

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a blessing

a godsend

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un cours (à l’université) / un TD

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a lecture / a practical

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provoquer, causer, entraîner, aboutir à qqch

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to cause sth to do sth (cause mais Ø agent)

to result in sb doing sth

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récemment

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newly

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les personnes âgées (2)

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old people

seniors

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faire faire qqch à qqn, obliger qqn à faire qqch (3)

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to get sb to do sth (bcp de contrainte)
to make sb do sth (contrainte)
to have sb do sth (Ø contrainte, la pers est là pour ça)

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se faire entendre / comprendre

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to make oneself heard / understood

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s’affaiblir, disparaître

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to fade away

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être condamné

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to be doomed

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candidater pour une offre d’emploi / un candidat

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to apply a job offer / a applicant

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avoir du mal à (3)

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to have difficulty in doing sth
to have trouble doing sth
to find it hard/difficult to do sth

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responsable de (2)

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accountable for

responsible for

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une insuffisance, un défaut, une pénurie (2)

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a shortcoming

a shortfall

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finalement

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eventually

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finir par faire qqch (2)

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to eventually do sth

to end up doing sth

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la solution de/à

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the solution TO

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le besoin de

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the need FOR

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la population en âge de travailler

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the working age population

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la main d’oeuvre (2)

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labour (main d'oeuvre)
labour force (population active)
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l’arrivée

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the advent (ex: the advent of the Internet)

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qui perd de l’argent, déficitaire (2)

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loss-making

money-losing

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le lectorat

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the readership

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de plus en plus (2)

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increasingly (++)

more and more

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un annonceur / une annonce

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an advertiser / an advertisement

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sur internet (2)

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online (++)

on THE internet

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le client (2)

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a client (d’un service) ≠ a customer (d’un produit)

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garder le contact avec (2)

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to keep in touch with

to keep in contact with

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le chiffre d’affaire (2)

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the (sales) revenue

the turnover

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priver qqn de qqch (2)

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to deprive sb of sth

to take sth away from sb

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en direction de

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toward

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à travers

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throughout

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prévoir (annoncer, ex: météo) ≠ prévoir (voir dans le futur, anticiper)

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to forecast ≠ to foresee

97
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le travail à la chaîne (2)

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assembly line work/jobs

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sauf si

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unless

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le barbelé

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barbed wire

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un sentiment anti-européen

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an anti-european feeling

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(fait) sur mesure

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tailor-made

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matières premières

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raw materials

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