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atteindre

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to reach

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rôtir

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to roast

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manches retroussées

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sleeves rolled up

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poignet d’une chemise / menottes

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cuff

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pleurer

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to weep / cry

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Exclamations

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cries

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guider (aussi un berger)

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to shepherd

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l’air radieux / un rayon / un rayon de soleil

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beaming / a beam / a sunbeam

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bien convenir, aller à (une robe)

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to become (a becoming dress)

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banal, quelconque

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mundane

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un mondain

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a socialite

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une bibliothèque

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a library

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controversé

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contentious

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spirituel

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witty

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il me semble / si j’ose dire (en fin de phrase)

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I daresay

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greetings

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des salutations

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des progrès extraordinaires

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extraordinary advances

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il se joue là qqqch d’important

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there is something important at stake

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mode / schéma de pensée

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patterns of thought

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refléter / rendre compte de la totalité

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to give a full account

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des pans de notre vie

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chunks ouf our lives

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les anciens / personnes âgées

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the elder

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être remis à plus tard

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to be postponed

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trouve sa place / s’inscrit bien dans

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to fit into

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un fardeau

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a burden

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un bijou

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a jewel

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un diamant

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a diamond

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Dialogue français : tirets

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en anglais guillemets à chaque prise de parole

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En ces temps là

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In those days / at that time / back then

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à peine 4 heure

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barely 4 hours

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une soirée maussade

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a dull / boring evening

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se déshabiller

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to take my clothes off / to undress

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s’étendre sur son lit

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to lay down on one’s bed

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s’endormir

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to doze off / nod off / fall asleep

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qu’est ce que vous avez ? / qui ne va pas ?

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what’s the matter with you ?

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presque rien

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hardly anything

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un amant

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a lover

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souffir

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to be in pain

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composer le numéro

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to dial / to punch in the number

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orphelinat

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orphanage

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allo / c’est moi (au téléphone)

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hullo / speaking

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désormais

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from now on

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tenir compte

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take into account

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le surlendemain

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two days later

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homologue

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counterpart

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merveilleux

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marvelous

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plantes vertes (d’intérieur)

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indoor plants

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se mettre à jouer de la clarinette

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to take up the clarinet

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ma voisine

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the lady next door

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téléphoner

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to make a phone call

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aide à des pays

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aid au singulier

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à l’ordre du jour

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on the agenda

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démissioner

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to resign / to step down

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fondateur (d’une entreprise)

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founder

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examiner

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to examine / look into / go over / scrutinize

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milieu social

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social background

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un poste

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a position

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méfiant

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distrustful / mistrustful / wary / suspicious

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emprunteur

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a borrower

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courir le risque de

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to run the risk of

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tôt ou tard

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soonER are later

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avoir envie de faire qqch

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to fancy doing sth

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sécheresse

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drought

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compter / prévoir de faire qqch

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to intend

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approuver

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to approve of

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avoir le mal du pays

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to get homesick

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un pneu

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a tyre

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s’opposer à qqch

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to oppose it

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pénalités draconiennes

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draconian penalties

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matières premières

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raw materials

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représenter (le tiers par exemple)

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to made up / to account for

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une grève

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a strike

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de temps en temps

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from time to time

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en raison de

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on account of

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ne pas cesser de

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to keep doing sth

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estimer

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to consider that

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décisions nécessaires

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necessary steps

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le passage à l’euro

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the changeover to the Euro

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descendre en piqué / dégringoler

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to nosedive / to tumble

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les machines

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the machinery

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démolir

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to pull down

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autorité compétente / concernée

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authorities concerned / in charge

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il serait grand temps

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it’s high time

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un ménage

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a household

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en vouloir à

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to blame

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un marché haussier

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a bullish market

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rater le train

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to miss the train

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déranger qqn de faire qqch

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to mind doing sth

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faire les courses

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to go to the shops / do the shopping / the groceries

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immédiatement

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right away / straight away

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pratique

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handy / convenient / practical

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donner une augmentation (salaire)

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to give a pay rise

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mériter grandement

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to highly deserve

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concitoyens

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fellow citizens

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acheter

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to purchase

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une voiture qui consomme peu

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an economical car/a low-fuel consumption automobile

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la banque centrale US

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the FED

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être peu probable

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to be unlikely that

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l’action d’avoir 60 ans

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to turn 60

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aller chercher qqn

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to pick up

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proposer

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to offer

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continuer à faire qqch

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to go on with sth / to carry on doing sth

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un rendez-vous

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an appointment / a date (amoureux)

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qu’il m’appelle

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let him call me

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pays anglophone

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English-speaking country

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un comptable

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an accountant

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s’amuser

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to enjoy oneself / to have a good time

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Dommage

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it’s a pity / a shame

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pirater

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to hack into

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un journaliste indépendant

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a free-lance journalist

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les enjeux

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the stakes

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intérêts personnels

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vested interests

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apparaitre

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to surface / emerge

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législatives

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general election

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soutenir une politique

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to support / champion a policy

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passer qq part (littéralement se laisser tomber)

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to drop by

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téléviseur à écran plat

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a flat-screen television

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bondé

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packed

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fatigant

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tiring

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entreprendre qqch

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to undertake

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vous feriez mieux / auriez du

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you had better talk to them…

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catastrophe ferroviaire

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railway disaster

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sens du devoir

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sense of duty

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dévoiler

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to disclose

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démanteler

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to dismantle / break up

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un vacancier

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a holiday-maker

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exactitude

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accuracy / veracity

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les hollandais

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the Dutch

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Ce n’est pas qu’une mode

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it is not MERE a trend

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cambrioler

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to break into

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régler un problème

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to settle / sort out a problem

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une exposition

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an exhibition

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clientèle

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customer base

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s’accumuler

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to pile up / to accumulate

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des vols

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thefts

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une étude sérieuse / en profondeur

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a serious / in-depth survey

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inutile

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useless

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se diviser

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to split up / to become decided / disunited

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un VRP

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a sales representative

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une baisse sensible

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a significant drop

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nos finances

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our financial situation

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être préoccupant

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to be a cause for concern / worrying / preoccupying

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des pourparlers

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talks

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faire grève

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to go on strike

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jour de congé

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a day-off

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repartir (pour des ventes)

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to pick up

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assister à la réunion

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to attend the meeting

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on peut en douter

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it is doubtful

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évident

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obvious

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pays émergents

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emerging countries

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la disparition des ressources naturelles

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the depletion of natural ressources

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son pays / sa terre natale

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homeland

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un permis de séjour

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a residence permit / green card

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des disques

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records

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un obstacle

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hurdle / obstacle / barrier

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convoquer

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to summon

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prédire

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to forecast / to predict

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prévoir (penser à l’avance)

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to foresee / anticipate

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une conférence

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a lecture

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un bagage

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a luggage

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aller chercher

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to fetch

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une question épineuse

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a thorny issue / question

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d’ici la semaine prochaine

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by next week

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Excepté / à moins de …

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barring

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un imprévu

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a mishap

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une ceinture de sécurité

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a safety belt

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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aide financière

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financial assistance

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une politique fiscale

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a tax policy

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reprocher a qqun

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criticize for / blame for

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vivre qqch (passer par qqch)

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to go through …

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endurer

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to endure

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un calvaire (une longue épreuve)

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an ordeal

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un député

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a parliament member

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Un calvaire

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An ordeal

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Question épineuse

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Thorny issue

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Un imprévu, contre temps, mésaventure

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A mishap