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dénonciateur

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whistle blower

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garder le moral

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keep one’s spirit up / to keep up morale

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donner raison à

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to vindicate

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l’avant-garde

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vanguard

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trompeur

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deceiving

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querelle, contentieux

souvent familial

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feud (“fioud”)

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à la demande/requête/ordre de

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at the behest of

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affligé, privé, endeuillé

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bereaved by

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fissure, crevasse (fig : désaccord)

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rift

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récif

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reef

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intenter une action en justice, porter une affaire devant..

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to lodge a case

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fragmenter, briser en morceaux

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to splinter

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une trêve

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a truce

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le bien-être

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well-being
welfare
wellness

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le culte / vouer un culte à

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(to) worship

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déconcertant, déroutant

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baffling

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railler

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to taunt

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être offensé/froissé par, avoir un ressentiment contre.

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to resent sth

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grimper, gravir par les mains et les jambes

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to clamber

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ravage, dégât

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havoc

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impuissance (4)

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impotence
powerlessness
helplessness
haplessness

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embrayage

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clutch

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pincer

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to pinch

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avoir recours à

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to resort to

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je vous écoute / je suis tout ouïe

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I’m all ears

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tendresse

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tenderness

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augmenter, progresser

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to edge up, increase, rise, grow

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bouleversement (3)

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upheaval, disruption, turmoil

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plural phenomenon

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phenomena

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échanger qqch pour qqch

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to swap sth for sth else

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une entrée en bourse ???

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a debut on

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se positionner sur un sujet (se faire un avis)

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to side oneself

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déposer un brevet

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to patent

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une dérive

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a drift

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un coin, une cale

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wedge

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  • un tiret
  • se la péter
  • déçu, réduit à néant
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dash
to dash
dashed

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instabilité, agitation (4)

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unrest, stir, turmoil, agitation

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économie collaborative

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sharing economy

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quant à …

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as for

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énergie (pour une personne)

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stamina, drive, energy

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blesser qqn

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to hurt his feelings

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entre autres

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inter alia

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gourmand en main d’oeuvre

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labour-intensive

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exacerber

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to exacerbate, to worsen

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vaccin

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vaccine

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rétablir

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restore, reinstate

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examen minutieux

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scrutiny

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une aubaine

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a boon

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suppurer, putréifier

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to fester

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trébucher

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to stumble

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raide, escarpé

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steep

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égaliser, aplanir

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to level

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regarder (avec difficulté ou concentration)

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to peer

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flou, brumeux

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misty

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la rouille

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rust

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émail

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enamel

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une verrue

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a wart

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soupir

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a sigh

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cornemuse

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a bagpipe

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examiner

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to scrutinize

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attentivement

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intently

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un faisan

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a pheasant

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en dessous de

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underneath

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en désaccord/contradiction avec

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at odds with

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portemanteau

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hallstand

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faire un sourire (narquois, satisfait)

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to smirk

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entrevoir, apercevoir

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to catch sight of (to glimpse)

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a token

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une marque, un symbole, un gage + bon d’achat

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mariage fictif

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sham marriage

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comploter

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to collude

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oversight

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surveillance

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scrutiny

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examen minutieux

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apparenté à

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akin to

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faire des folies / dépenses extravagantes

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to splurge on

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Enfermer

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To closet

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Lointain

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Remote

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Rater (un truc cool)

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To miss out on sth

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Encombrant

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Cumbersome

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Se mêler à un groupe

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To mingle with

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ronger

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To gnaw at

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Acculer kelkun, coincer

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To corner sb

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creux, vide

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hollow

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sorely

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sévèrement, gravement

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voyant, criard

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garish

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townsfolk

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habitant/résident de la ville

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intermédiaire

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middleman

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contribuable

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taxpayer

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fleurir, bourgeonner, être en fleur

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to bloom

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remettre en état, faire un examen général

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to overhaul

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to retrain

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recycler

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to uphold

uphold the law

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soutenir, maintenir, confirmer

faire respecter la loi, faire observer la loi

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sworn ?

to be sworn to ?

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swear swore sworn (jurer)

-> être investi de la tâche de…

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prudent, précautionneux

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wary

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une entrave

-> sans entraves

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a trammel

untrammelled

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miner, saper

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to undermine

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to heckle

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interrompre, interpeller; couper la parole; embarasser par de nombreuses questions

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a mansion

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une belle demeure, manoir, château

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mandat d’arrêt

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an arrest warrant

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a ruler

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roi, souverain, gouverneur

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to flout

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béfouer, dédaigner, mépriser

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cronyism

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népotisme, favoritisme

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to trim

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couper, tailler

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to hobble

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boitiller, clopiner, boiter

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wanton

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injustifié, gratuit, sans considération

exubérant

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entaille

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notch

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greffe OU pot-de-vin

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graft

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loot

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butin, fric, thune

piller, dérober

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to outlast sth

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survivre à qqn, vivre plus lgt que..

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a foible

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une manie

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a swamp

to swamp

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marais, marécage

inonder, submerger

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muck

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saleté, putréfaction, fumier

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inébranlable

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steadfast

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to chide

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réprimander, gronder

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une imposture, un faux semblant
un imposteur
faire semblant, feindre

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a sham

to sham

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to screw up

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faire foirer, foutre en l’air

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à partir de zéro

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from the ground up / from scratch

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énième

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umpteenth

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un espagnol

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a Spaniard

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faire des histoires
accorder bcp d’attention à qqch
faire bcp de bruit pour rien

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to make a fuss
to make a fuss of sth
to make a fuss about nothing

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les dommages et intérêts

les dégâts

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damages

Ø damages

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les recherches

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Ø research

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les IDE vers l’ext

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outward foreign direct investment

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timber sector, timber exports

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le secteur du bois, les exportations de bois

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to comply with

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se conformer à, se soumettre à, obéir

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brittle

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friable, fragile, cassant

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to wean oneself from sth

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sevrer qqn de

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le bas-côté, le bord de la route

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the wayside

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to ebb

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refluer, descendre, décliner, baisser, reculer

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virer de bord

+ fig : changer de direction..

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to veer

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foresight

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prévoyance

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on the brink of :

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au bord de, rebord, rive

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tremper

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to dip

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glut

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abonder, bourrer

abondance, surabondance

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montagnes russes (fig : des hauts et des bas)

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roller coaster

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to wither

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se flétrir, se dessécher; se ratatiner

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to wreak

to wreak havoc

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entraîner, se venger de; exercer sa vengeance sur

> faire des ravages

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Un cours magistral

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A lecture

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Qui ne lâche pas le morceau

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Dogged

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Opiniâtreté / détermination

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Single~mindedness

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Gestion des déchets

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Waste management

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Thèse universitaire

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Doctoral thesis / Phd

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Un mal

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An ill, an ache, an evil

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Mettre sur pied

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To set up
Establish
Put in place

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Universitaire

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Academic

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S’assoupir, somnoler

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To doze

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Un terrier

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A burrow

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Pivoter

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To swivel

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To utter

Utter/utterly

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Prononcer a haute voix

Total/complet /complètement

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Une loutre

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An otter

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Dodu

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Plump

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Bégayer

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To stammer / stutter

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A bump / to bump

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Une bosse

Se heurter

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Embrouiller

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Muddle, jumble, confuse

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Flurry

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Foisonnement , bourrasque , effervescence

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Récupération

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Salvage

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Assainir

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Cleanse
Decontaminate
Purify
Sanitize

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To tuck sth (into)

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Glisser / insérer kkch dans

Border un lit

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Un vendeur

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A salesman or shop assistant

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Tapis

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Carpet

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A strain

To put a strain on

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Une tension

Rendre kkch tendu

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Frivole

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Dizzy
Frivolous
Flippant

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Gorgée

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A sip

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To feature in/on sth

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Apparaître (dans un film, dans les journaux…)

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Parsemer

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To pepper

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Sursauts / rebondissements

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Twists and turns

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Course a l’investiture

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Race for nomination

167
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Les gros titres

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Top headlines

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Parsemé de

Saupoudré de

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Peppered with

Sprinkled with

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Un militant

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A champion / supporter

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Interrompre (genre à plusieurs reprises)

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To intersperce

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Il va sans dire que

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There is no denying that

172
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Renfermé sur soi

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Self~centered

Withdrawn

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A stance

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Un positionnement (sur un sujet)

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Vindicatif

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Vindictive

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Mener une politique

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To implement / carry out / conduct a policy

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Redorer l’image

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To rebrand sth

To restore one’s image

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Enlisement

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Embedded position

Quagmire (in the middle east)

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It’s odds~on that

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Il y a fort à parier que …

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