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Menial tasks

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Tâches ingrates ou sans intérêt

Menial / servil, de baja categoría

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Swathe

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Bande de terre

Franja, venda / envolver

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Remit

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Attributions, pouvoirs
Misión
that’s outside their remit cela n’entre pas dans (le cadre de) leurs attributions
our remit is to … il nous incombe de…

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Haul

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Prise
Botín
Long haul / largo camino

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Impervious

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Imperméable, resistant

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Moose

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Orignal

Alce

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Plod

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Marcher lourdement

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Stir up

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Attiser, provoquer

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Sleuth, sleuthing

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Enquêter, détective, travail de détective

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Grope

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Tâtonner, aller à l’aveuglette, tripoter, peloter

Andar a tientas, toquetear, meter mano.

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Adamant

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Résolu, inflexible

To be adamant that / insistir en que

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Vial

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Fiole, frasco

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Smallpox

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Variole, Petite vérole, viruela

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Pox

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Vérole, sífilis

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Unaccounted for

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Inexpliqué, manquant, disparu

Inexplicable, no tenido en cuenta, pasado por alto.

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Downpour

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Averse, déluge

Chaparrón, aguacero

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Maroon

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Abandonner, faire naufrage

Incomunicado, aislado

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Coach

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Car, autocar, wagon

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Treasure trove

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Trésor

Tesoro escondido

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Outlandish

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Bizarre, exotique, barbare

Extravagante, estrafalario

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Dust-up

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Accrochage, prise de bec, rixe, dispute

Reyerta, riña

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Flimsy

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Débil, poco sólido

Léger, peu solide, fragile

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Hairdo

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Coiffure

Peinado

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Hamlet

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Hameau, petit village

Aldea

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Callous

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Dur, sans coeur, impitoyable

Despiadado, cruel

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Stem

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Arrêter, endiguer, contenir, étancher (du sang)

Contener, detener, restañar (sangre)

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Incumbent

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En fonction, en exercice

Titular

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Flounder

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Aller tant bien que mal, patauger péniblement, s’empêtrer

Debatirse, forcejear, titubear

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Reshuffle

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Restructuration, remaniement

Remodelación

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Offload

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Décharger, débarquer

Echarle algo encima a alguien

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Exhaust

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échappement, pot, tuyau d’échappement, d’échappement

Gases de combustión, tubo de escape

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To be rife

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Être répandu, être abondant

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Trample

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Piétiner

Pisar, pisotear

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To warp

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Pervertir, fausser

Retorcer, combar, pervertir

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Smirk

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Sonreir desdeñosamente

Sourire avec suffisance

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Lane

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Voie, file, chemin, rue

Carril, vía, camino, calle, callejón, callejuela, ruta

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To contend that

To contend with

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To contend that = soutenir que

To contend with = faire face à, lutter contre

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Ground-breaking

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Révolutionnaire, percée

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Bead

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Cuenta, abalorio, gota

Perle, grain, goutte

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Mesh

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S’accorder, s’harmoniser, s’engrener, cadrer

Encajar

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Beset

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Harceler, assaillir, accabler, infester

Acosar, plagado de, agobiar

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Blitz

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Attaque, bombardement

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Ingenuity

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Ingeniosité

Ingenio, inventiva

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Sloth

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Paresseux

Perezoso

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Ti crouch

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S’acceoupir, se tapir

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swashbuckling

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Fanfaron, de cape et d’épée

Intrépido, de aventuras

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beguiling

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Charmant, séduisant

Encantador

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Unravel

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Défaire, démêler, éclaircir

Desenmarañar

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To quip

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Plaisanter, lancer malicieusement

Bromear

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Payload

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Chargement, charge utile, puissance

Carga útil, carga explosiva

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Groundhog

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Marmotte, marmota

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Roam

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deambular

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Intertwined

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Entrelazar, entrecruzar

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bedrock

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base sólida, fundamento, roca firme

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grist

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molienda, abasto, suministro, provisión

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flaunt

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alardear, presumir, hacer ostentación

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