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désireux de

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eager to, anxious to, keen to

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revenus, gains

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income, earnings

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effet, impact

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effect, impact

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passer (pour le temps)

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elapse, go by

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ravi, aux anges

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elated, delighted, ecstatic, euphoric, exihlirated

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arracher, faire dire qqch

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elicit, draw forth, draw out, bring forth, obtain

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obtention de la vérité

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elicitation, elicitation of the truth

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insaisissable, introuvable

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elusive, difficult to catch

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détourner des fonds

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embezzle, misuse

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escroquer, voler

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embezzle, swindle, pilfer, purloin, steal

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détournement de fonds

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embezzlement, misuse, fraud

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vol

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embezzlement, pilfering, stealing

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mettre l’accent sur, mettre en lumière

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emphasise, stress, underscore, underline, highlight, point up

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vacant, vide

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empty, vacant, unoccupied

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copier, imiter

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emulate, copy, follow, imitate

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légiférer

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enact a law, legislate

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empiéter sur

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encroach on, impinge on

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entourer, encercler

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encirde, surround

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appuyer, soutenir

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endorse, approve, support

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qui dure

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enduring, lasting

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qui souffre

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enduring, experiencing pain

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affaiblir, épuiser

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enervate, weaken, debilitate, exhaust

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entrer en vigueur, prendre effet

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enforce, come into force, become effective

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renforcer, mettre en valeur

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enhance, strengthen, reinforce, stress

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améliorer

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enhance, improve

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enrôler, recruter

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enroll, enlist, recruit

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piéger, mêler à qqch

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ensnare, trap, entangle

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garantir

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ensure, assure, guarantee, underwrite

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impliquer, donner lieu à

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entail, imply, lead to, cause, involve

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accueillir, recevoir et divertir, amuser, divertir

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entertain, host, amuse, recreate, regal, distract, divert

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loisir, divertissement, réjouissance

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entertainment, leisure, merrymaking, regalement, recreation

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attirer, charmer, séduire (pour tromper)

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entice, attract, seduce, lure

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instable

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erratic, inconsistent, changeable, not stable

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éviter

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eschew, avert, avoid, circumvent, dodge, evade

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fuir, éviter, éluder

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evade, elude, escape

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finalement

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eventually, ultimately, in the end, finally

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exigeant

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exacting, demanding

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représenter, être un exemple, symboliser

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exemplify, symbolize

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exempter, libérer qqch de

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exempt, release, free, from a commitment

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hors de prix, prohibitif, exorbitant

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exorbitant, overpriced, too costly, very high priced, extravagant

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très étendu, spacieux

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expansive, spacious, extensive

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mort, éteint, disparu

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extinct, dead, gone, no longer alive

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dépenses, frais

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expenditure, spending, expenses

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clair, évident, explicite, limpide, sans équivoque

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explicit, evident, abvious, plain, unambigious, unequivocal

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excessif, hors de prix, luxueux

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extravagant, excessive, exorbitant, lavish

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falsifier, inventer de toute pièce

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fabricate, falsify, invent, make up, cook up

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infrastructure, équipement

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facilities, infrastructures, equipment