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1
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Cale

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Wedge

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Camenbert (statistique)

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A pie chart

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Se réhausser

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To prop up

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Sur (statique)

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Above

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Sur (mouvement)

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On

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Laisser tomber (3 fois)

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To drop
To let go of something
To slip out of somebody’s hand

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Glisser

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To slide

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Marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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To tiptoe

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To happen (deux sens)

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Se produire/passer

Se produire par hasard

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Ramasser quelque chose

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To pick something up

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Un battement de sourcil

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The blink of an eye

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Dire avec du doute

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To claim

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Bruler (idiomatique)

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To burn alive

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Un feu de joie

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A boufire

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Faire passer un interrogatoire

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To grill somebody

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Être fichu

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To be toasted

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Persuader

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To talk somebody into +ing

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Dissuader

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To talk somebody out of +ing

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Se ruiner la vue (3 fois)

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To ruin/spoil one’s eyesight

To strain one’s eyes

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Cela ne sert à rien (2 fois)

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It is no use/no point + ing

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Au milieu d’une phrase

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Mid-sentence

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Peler des légumes (2 fois)

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To pare

To peal

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Faire des économies de bouts de chandelles

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To make cheeseparing economies

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Le jeu n’en voulait pas la chandelle

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The game wasn’t worth the candle

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Répondre du tac au tac

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To answear tit for tat

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Répondre rapidement

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To retort

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Répondre de façon amère

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To snap

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Être fatigué (idiomatique)

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To be sick and tired

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Propre (idiomatique)

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Spick and span

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Être rusé (comme un renard)

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To be sly (as a fox)

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Aimer cœur et âme

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To love someone with heart and soul

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D’autant que (selon le type)

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All the more + adj long
All the +adj court au comparatif
All the more as/since

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Avoir le mérite

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To have the merit/vertue of +ing

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Peu cher (2 fois)

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Cheap

Inexpensive

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35
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Prendre soin de (2 fois)

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To look after

To take care of

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Rester (espace)

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To stay

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Rester (sens figuré)

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To remain

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38
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Se porter volontaire (2 fois)

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To volonteer

To step forward

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Une pointe (repos)

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A spike

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Une pointe (on traverse)/un pieux

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A pick

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Cire

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wax

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Le vernis

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polish

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43
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Hériter

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To inherit something

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44
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Trouver une idée

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To come up with an idea

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45
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Droguerie (2 fois)

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grocer’s shop

grocery shop

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Économique

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Thrifty

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47
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Vendre la mèche

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Spill the beans

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48
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Complice (2 fois)

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Accomplice

Partners in crime

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Payer le prix (2 fois)

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To bear the brunt

To pay the price

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Faire face (2 fois)

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To face

To put up with

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51
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Laïc

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Secular

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Forcé à agir (2 fois)

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Forces into action

Urged to act

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Un sceptique

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A sceptic/skeptic

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54
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Causé par l’homme

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Human-induced

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55
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Réfuter

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To disprove

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56
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Des poursuites judiciaires (avant)

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A lawsuit

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57
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Un procès

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A trial

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58
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Poursuivre (deux fois)

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To sue/persue

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Être endetté

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To be indebted

60
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Compenser (2 fois)

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To compensate

To make up for

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Une compensation

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A rétribution

62
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Faire porter la faute à quelqu’un (4 fois)

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To point the finger at somebody
To lay the blame
To hold someone responsible
To point a hard finger at somebody

63
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Un fardeau

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A burden

64
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Porter leur affaire au tribunal

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To lay out their cases in court

65
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Un atout

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A game changer

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Des consequences importantes

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Far-reaching/serious/unprecendented consequences

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Porter plainte pour une compensation financière

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To sue for compensation

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Sur une échelle mondiale

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On a global scale

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Être responsable juridiquement pour

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To be set accountable for

To be liable for

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Éviter un problème

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To dodge an issue

71
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Consolider une thèse

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To buttress an argument

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Échouer

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To fail

Not to manage

74
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Essentiel (3 fois)

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Essential
Crucial
Paramount

75
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D’importance cruciale

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Of paramount importance

76
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Porter plainte contre quelqu’un (2 fois)

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To file a complaint

To complain

77
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Ne pas voir une erreur

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To overlook a mistake

78
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Provoquer (2 fois)

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To provoke

To bring about

79
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Une dispute

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A quarrel

80
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Une relation hostile (formel)

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A dispute

A showdown

81
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Si (2 fois)

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In case of

If

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Être à cran

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To be edgy

83
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Congé parentale

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Maternity leave

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JE T’AIME

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CAMILLE

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Marche (pour un défilé)

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Catwalk

86
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Limite

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Cut off point

87
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On dirait que tu as enfin compris

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(It looks like) the penny dropped
When is the penny going to drop?
That will make the penny drop.

88
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Lâcher qql (sens figuré) (2 fois)

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To walk out on somebody

To let somebody down

89
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Juste (formel et courant)

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Fair-minded

Equitable (formal)

90
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Dérangeant (2 fois)

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Offsetting

Upsetting

91
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Avoir une ossature légère

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To have a light frame

92
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Être piégé (2 fois)

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To be framed

To be set up

93
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Un atout (aussi économique)

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An asset

94
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Un défaut (aussi économique)

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A liability

95
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Should = shall au prétérit

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Null

96
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Composés de strike struck stricken (frapper)

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Poverty-stricken

Thunderstruck

97
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Indénombrables sont toujours au singulier !

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Null

98
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Tout (2 fois)

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The entire

The whole

99
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Dans le but de (2 fois)

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In order to

So as to

100
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Un dossier (juridique)

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Active case/case files

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En cours (3 fois)

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Current
Ongoing
In progress

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Grande quantité

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Many

103
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Plusieurs

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Seceral

104
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Chemise à dossier

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Folder

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Même si (3 fois)

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Even if
Although
Though

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Suivre (concret)

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To follow

107
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Suivre (moins concret) (2 fois)

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To go with

To accompany

108
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Bien s’entendre

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To get on well
To get along well
To be on good terms

109
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40 ans pejoratif

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Middle-aged

110
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Quelqu’un de 30 ans

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A thirty-something

111
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Célibataire

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A bachelor

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Une vieille fille

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A springster

113
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30 ans péjoatif

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A thirtyish

114
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Être impliqué dans un scandale

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To be implicated

115
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Se dévouer (2 fois)

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To be dedicated

To be comitted to

116
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Volontier (pas formule de politesse)

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Readily

117
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Entre dans une piece (neutre (2 fois), pt de vu de la personne dans la piece)

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To enter a room
To walk in a room
To come in a room (pt de vu de la personne dans la piece)

118
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Entrer sans frapper (3 fois)

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Without knocking
To get straight in
To walk straight in

119
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Habitude acquise

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Ti be used to

120
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Fréquent (2 fois)

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Frequently

Often

121
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Faire le point (2 fois)

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To review

To go over

122
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Agenda

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Schedule

123
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nom + nom = toujours
nom of nom = ponctuel
Exemple

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Afternoon schedule

Schedule of the afternoon

124
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Insensible (ne plus rien sentir) (2 fois)

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Numb

Insensitive

125
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Ordinaire (4 fois)

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Ordinary
Unexceptionnal
Commun
Trivial

126
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NRA

GOA

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National Rifle Association

Gun Owners Association

127
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Défenseur (3 fois)

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Proponent
Advocate
Defendent

128
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Débordant

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Outpouring

129
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Tristesse (2 fois)

A

Grief

Sorrow

130
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Exiger

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To demand

131
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Responsable

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Answearable

132
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Exprimer une opinion

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To vent one’s opinion

To air one´s opinion

133
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Prévenir quelque chose contre qqch

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To prevent something from + ing

134
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Raisonnable (3 fois)

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Sensible
Reasonnable
Wise

135
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Défier

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To contend

To challenge

136
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Fourcher (ma langue a fourchée)

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To stumblr

137
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Politiser un sujet

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To politisize a topic

138
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Viser

A

To aim at

139
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Respecter la loi

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To abide by the law

140
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Des acheteurs d’armes

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Firearms

141
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Déterminé (3 fois)

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Undeterred
Undissuaded
Determined

142
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Tâter/sonder

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To prob

143
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Une sonde

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A probe

144
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Un scandale (2 fois)

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A scandal

A firestorm

145
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Rallumer un feu

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To recandle

To revive a fire

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