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Scientific Fields

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Les sciences

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Les sciences exactes

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Exact Sciences

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Mathématiques

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Mathematics

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Un mathématicien

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a mathematician

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Une démonstration

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a proof, a demonstration

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Le calcul

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calculation, computation

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Une calculatrice

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a calculator

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Un chiffre

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a digit, a figure, a cipher

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Les quatres opérations

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The four sums/processes

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La soustraction

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subtraction

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3+3=6

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3 plus 3 makes 6

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3-3=0

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3 minus 3 equals 0

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3/3=1

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3 by 3 are 1

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3*3=9

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3 times 3 are 9

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Une fonction

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a function

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a graph

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Un graphique, un diagramme

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Un raisonnement

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a reasoning

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Un résultat

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a result

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Une droite

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a straight line

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Un plan

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a plane

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Un angle aigu / obtu

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An acute / obtuse angle

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Le périmètre

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the perimeter

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The area

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L’aire, la surface

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Calculer

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Calculate, compute, reckon

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Faire/ effectuer un calcul

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Make a calculation

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additionner

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add

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Soustraire

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Subtract

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Diviser

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Divide

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Multiplier

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Multiply

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Résoudre un problème/ une équation

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solve a problem/ an equation

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Mettre en équation

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equate

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Faire une erreur

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Make a mistake

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Mathématique

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Mathematical

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Pair

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even

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Impair

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odd

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(in)fini

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(in)finite

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Premier

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Prime

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Entier

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Whole

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(in)accurate

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(in)exact

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Géométrique

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Geometric

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Square

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Carré

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Circulaire

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Circular

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Triangulaire

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triangular

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Rectangulaire

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Rectangular

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Sphérique

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Spherical

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Les sciences physiques

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Physics

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Un physicien

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a physicist

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La physique nucléaire

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nuclear physics

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Un atome

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an atom

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La gravité

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gravity

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la mécanique

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mechanical engineering

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La masse

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mass

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Le poids

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weight

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L’optique

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optics

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Une lentille

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a lens

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Le foyer

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the focus

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électricité

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electricity

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Le courant

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the current

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La puissance

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the power

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un ampère

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a amp(ère)

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a fuse

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Un fusible, un plomb

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a wave

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Une onde

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Un astronome

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an astronomer

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L’astrophysique

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astrophysics

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Un astrophysicien

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a astrophysics

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La cosmologie

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cosmology

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Un cosmologue

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a cosmologist

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Un observatoire

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a observatory

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Un télescope

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a telescope

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a star chart

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Une carte du ciel

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La théorie du chaos

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the theory of chaos

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a black hole

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un trou noir

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Un phénomène céleste

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a celestial phenomenon

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Plusieurs phénomènes

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several phenomena

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Regarder à travers un télescope

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Peer through a telescope

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Scruter le ciel

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Scan the sky

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Repérer / localiser (une étoile)

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Spot / locate (a star)

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Surveiller ( une planète)

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monitor (a planet)

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Physique

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Physical

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Optique

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Optical

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électrique

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electric

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astronomique

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astronomical

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La chimie

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Chemistry

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Un produit chimique

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a chemical

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Un chimiste

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a chemist

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La biochimie

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biochemistry

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un biochimiste

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a biochemist

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La pharmacologie

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pharmacology

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La pharmacie

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pharmacy

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Une expérience

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an experiment

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Une tube à essai

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a test tube

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Une formule

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a formula

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Un symbole

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a symbol

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Une base

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a base

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Un acide

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a acid

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Le pH

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the pH

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Un catalyseur

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a catalyst

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Un précipité

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a precipitate

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Verser

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To pour

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to drip

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Couler goutte à goutte

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mélanger

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to mix

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Concentrer

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concentrate

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Réagir (à quelque chose)

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to react (on/to something)

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S’oxyder

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Oxidize

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Chimique

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chemical

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Biochimique

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Biochemical

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Synthétique

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synthetic

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Les sciences naturelles

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Natural Sciences

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La biologie

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biology

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Un biologiste

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a biologist

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microbiologie

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microbiology

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Un microbiologiste

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a microbiologist

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La biologie cellulaire

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cellular biology

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L’embryologie

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embryology

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Un cobaye

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a guinea pig (also un cochon d’Inde)

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Biologique

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biological

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Physiologique

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Physiological

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Anatomique

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anatomical

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Un géologue

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a geologist

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Un minéralogiste

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a mineralogist

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Une pierre, une roche

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a stone, a rock

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Une couche, une strate

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a layer, a stratum

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La botanique

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botany

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Un botaniste

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a botanist

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Une espèce

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a species

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Une catégorie, un groupe

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a category, a group

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Les sciences humaines

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Social sciences

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L’archéologie

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archeology (US)

archaeology (GB)

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Archéologiste

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Archeologist (US)

archaeologist (GB)

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Ethnologie

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Ethnology

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Ethnologue

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Ethnologist

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Une fouille

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An excavation

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Un chantier de fouille

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an archaeological site

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Un fossile

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a fossil

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remains

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Des restes, des vestiges

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L’évolutionnisme

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evolutionism

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Le darwinisme

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Darwisism

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le déterminisme

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determinism

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Anthropologique

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Anthropological

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archéologique

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archaeological (GB)

archeological (US)

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Ethnologique

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ethnological

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La sociologie et l’économie

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Sociology and Economics

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Un sociologue

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a sociologist

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Un rite, un rituel

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a rite

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Les coutumes, les mœurs

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Customs

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Un mode de vie

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a way of life

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Une habitude

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a habit

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behaviour

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le comportement, la conduite

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La vie courante

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everyday life

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Le citoyen moyen

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The average man

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Une majorité

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a majority

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une minorité

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a minority

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Une classe d’âge

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an age group

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Une tribu

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a tribe

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Un échantillonnage

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a sampling

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Un économiste

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A economist

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Les statistiques

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statistics

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Un statisticien

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a statistician

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Le pourcentage

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percentage

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Une proprotion

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a ratio

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La probabilité

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probability

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Le calcul des probabilités

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calculation of probability

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a chart

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un diagramme, un graphique

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a pie chart

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un diagramme en camembert

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La modélisation

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modelling

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la prévision (à court / long terme)

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(short-term / long-term) forecasting

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La simulation

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simulation

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Sociologique

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Sociological

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Economique , ayant trait à l’économie

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economic

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Economique , bon marché

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economical

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Statistique

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statistical

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Les sciences de la psyché

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Sciences of the Psyche

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L’homme de la rue

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the man in the street

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la psychanalyse

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psychoanalysis

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Un psychanalyste

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a psychoanalyst

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Un divan

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a couch

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Le moi

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the ego

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Le sur-moi

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the superego

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Le ça

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the id

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Le refoulement

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repression

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Un complexe

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a complex

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Un psychopathe

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Psychopath

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Un fou

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a mad / crazy person

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Un hôpital psychiatrique

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a mental / psychiatric hospital

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Une camisole de force

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a straitjacket

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Se faire psychanalyser

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undergo psychoanalysis

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être en analyse

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be in analysis

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Interner quelqu’un

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have somebody committed

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Psychologique

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psychological

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Psychiatrique

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Psychiatric

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(Psych)analytique

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(Psycho)analytical

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Thérapeutique

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therapeutic

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Psychosomatique

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Psychosomatic

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La linguistique

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Linguistics

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La psycho/socio/neurolinguistique

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Psycho,socio/neurolinguistics

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Un linguiste

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a linguist

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Une langue, un langage

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a language

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La parole

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speech

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Un dialecte

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a dialect

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Un idiolecte

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an idiolect

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Un sociolecte

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a sociolect

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La sémantique

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semantics

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La sémiotique

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semiotics

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La sémiologie

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Semiology

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La phonétique

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phonetics

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La phonologie

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phonology

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Un lexique

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lexicon

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La syntaxe

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syntax

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Le prédicat

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the predicate

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The speaker

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L’énonciateur, l’émetteur

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The hearer

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L’auditeur, le récepteur

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Linguistique, sémantique, sémiotique

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Linguistic, semantic, semiotique

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Sémiologique

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Semiological

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Phonétique, Syntaxique

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phonetic(al) , syntactic(al)

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Structurel

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Structural

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La recherche scientifique

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Scientific research

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La recherche fondamentale

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Basic research

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Le complexe d’Œdipe

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the Oedipus complex

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La thérapie de groupe

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group therapy

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Un dingue

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a psycho (fam.)

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Une communauté linguistique

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a speech community

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an R&D lab

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= a Research and Development laboratory

Un laboratoire de recherche et de développement

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Un domaine de recherche

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a field of research

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Un laboratoire de recherche

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a research laboratory

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Une équipe

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a team

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Le travail d’équipe

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teamwork

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Un chercheur

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a researcher

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a scientist

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Un scientifique, un savant

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Un expert, un spécialiste

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an expert, a specialist

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Un assistant

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a assistant

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Faire de la recherche

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do/ carry out research

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Faire équipe avec

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team up with

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Mener une recherche sur

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research into

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Fondamental

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basic, fundamental

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Appliqué

A

applied

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La voie des découvertes

A

The way to discoveries

237
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Des preuves

A

evidence

238
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Un trait de génie

A

a stroke of Genius

239
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Une trouvaille

A

a stroke of inspiration

240
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Un coup de chance

A

a stroke of luck

241
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Une hypothèse

A

a hypothesis

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