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To attend

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Assister à

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To attend to

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S’occuper de

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To auction

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Vendre aux enchères

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Auction

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Vente aux enchères

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Auspicious

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De bon augure/prometteur

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Available

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Disponible

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Availability

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La disponibilité

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To Avail oneself of

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Saisir l’occasion

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No Avail

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Futile

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Average

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Moyen

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On the average

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En moyenne

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The average lifespan

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La durée de vie moyenne

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The average

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La moyenne

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To be averse to

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Être contre

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Aversion

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Aversion

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Adverse opinion/ report

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Opinion défavorable

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To avert

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Prévenir /éviter / détourner

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To avoid

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Éviter quelque chose

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To award

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Décerner un prix

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Award

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Prix

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Reward

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Récompense

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Aware

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Au courant

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Awareness

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(Prise de) conscience

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To raise awareness

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Sensibiliser

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Awe

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Respecter avec crainte et admiration

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Awesome

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Impressionnant

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Awful

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Affreux

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Awfully

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Tres mal / terriblement, extrêmement

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Awkward

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Maladroit /gênant

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To go awry

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Aller de travers

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To back

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Soutenir

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32
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To back down out

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Revenir sur ses engagements

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To back up

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Faire marche arrière / sauvegarder

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34
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To backfire

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Échouer

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Background

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Arrière plan / milieu / documentation / expérience

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36
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Backlash

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Retour de bâton

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37
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To lash

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Frapper

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To lash out at

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Critiquer fortement

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39
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Unexpected consequencies

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Effets pervers

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Backward

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En arrière, à la traîne / retardé, arriéré

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To badger

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Harceler quelqu’un jusqu’à ce qu’il fasse quelque chose

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To be baffled

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Être confus

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Baffling

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Déconcertant

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Bail

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Caution

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45
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To free somebody on bail

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Mettre en liberté provisoire quelqu’un

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46
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To bail somebody out

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Libérer quelqu’un en payant caution

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47
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To bail out a bank

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Renflouer

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48
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To bait

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Leurrer, appâter / provoquer, harceler

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49
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Balance

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Équilibre

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50
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Balance of power

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Équilibre des forces

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51
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Trade balance

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Balance commerciale

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52
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To pay the balance

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Payer le solde

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53
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To strike a balance

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Trouver le juste milieu

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54
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Balance sheet

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Un bilan

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55
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To balance the budget

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Équilibrer le budget

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56
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A well balanced person

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Une personne bien équilibrée

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57
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To balk

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Hésiter, résister, refuser de faire quelque chose

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To ban

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Interdire, proscrire

59
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A ban

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Une interdiction

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Bane

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Fléau, poison, source d’un mal

61
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To bank on (something)

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Compter sur (quelque chose)

62
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Awe

A

Respecter avec crainte et admiration

63
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Awesome

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Impressionnant

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Awful

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Affreux

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Awfully

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Tres mal / terriblement, extrêmement

66
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Awkward

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Maladroit /gênant

67
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To go awry

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Aller de travers

68
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To back

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Soutenir

69
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To back down out

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Revenir sur ses engagements

70
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To back up

A

Faire marche arrière / sauvegarder

71
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To backfire

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Échouer

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Background

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Arrière plan / milieu / documentation / expérience

73
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Backlash

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Retour de bâton

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To lash

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Frapper

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To lash out at

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Critiquer fortement

76
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Unexpected consequencies

A

Effets pervers

77
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Backward

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En arrière, à la traîne / retardé, arriéré

78
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To badger

A

Harceler quelqu’un jusqu’à ce qu’il fasse quelque chose

79
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To be baffled

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Être confus

80
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Baffling

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Déconcertant

81
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Bail

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Caution

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To Frere somebody on bail

A

Mettre en liberté provisoire quelqu’un

83
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To bail somebody out

A

Libérer quelqu’un en payant caution

84
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To bail out a bank

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Renflouer

85
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To bait

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Leurrer, appâter / provoquer, harceler

86
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Balance

A

Équilibre

87
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Balance of power

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Équilibre des forces

88
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Trade balance

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Balance commerciale

89
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To pay the balance

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Payer le solde

90
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To strike a balance

A

Trouver le juste milieu

91
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Balance sheet

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Un bilan

92
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To balance the budget

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Équilibrer le budget

93
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A well balanced person

A

Une personne bien équilibrée

94
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To balk

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Hésiter, résister, refuser de faire quelque chose

95
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To ban

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Interdire, proscrire

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A ban

A

Une interdiction

97
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Bane

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Fléau, poison, source d’un mal

98
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To bank on (something)

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Compter sur (quelque chose)

99
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To go bankrupt

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Faire faillite

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Bankruptcy

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La faillite

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To bar

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Exclure, empêcher

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To bar the way

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Barrer la route / sauf, excepté

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The bar

A

Le barreau

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Bare

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Dénudé, dépouillé

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A bare living

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À peine de quoi vivre

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Barely

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À peine

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Barren

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Stérile, improductif

108
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To bargain

A

Marchander

109
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A bargain

A

Une bonne affaire

110
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To negociate

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Négocier

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To haggle

A

Marchander

112
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To swap

A

Faire un échange / un troc

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Basic

A

Fondamental

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Basically

A

À la base

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Basis

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Base

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Batch

A

Un lot

117
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Bundle

A

Paquet/quantité de choses attachées ensemble

118
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To bear

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Supporter / rapporter

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To bear up

A

Ne pas se laisser abattre

120
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Bear in mind

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Ne pas oublier

121
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To beat

A

Battre, frapper

122
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Up/downbeat

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Tendance vers le haut/bas

123
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To batter

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Frapper,rouer de coups, martiriser

124
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Battered women

A

Femmes battues

125
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On behalf of

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De la part de / au nom de

126
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Behavior

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Comportement

127
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Beleaguered

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Assiégé

128
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To bend

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Se courbir, se pencher, fléchir

129
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To benefit from

A

Bénéficier de

130
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Unemployment benefits

A

Allocations de chômage

131
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To be on benefits

A

Recevoir des alocs

132
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To benefit

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Faire du bien

133
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Benevolent

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Bienveillant, plein de bonté, charitable

134
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To be beset by, with

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Être assailli, accablé par

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To bestow

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Accorder, conférer

136
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Bestowal

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Octroi, dotation

137
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To endow

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Doter

138
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To bet

A

Parier

139
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A bet

A

Un pari

140
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To betray

A

Trahir / révéler

141
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Betrayal

A

Trahison

142
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To beware of

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Se méfier de / être sur ses gardes

143
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Bewildered

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Désorienté / dérouté