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teeming

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grouillant

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pollster

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enquêteur

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denizen

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habitant

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commuter

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banlieusard

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to commute

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faire la navette / atténuer

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commute

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trajet

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conurbation

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agglomération urbaine formée de plusieurs villes

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leafy

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boisé

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sheer

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pur

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gilded

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doré

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gilded cage

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prison dorée

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surburbia

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banlieue / banlieusard

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to lump sb with smth

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réunir

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lessening

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diminution

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unambiguously

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sans ambiguité

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to grasp

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saisir (propre et figuré)

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posh

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snob, chic, cossu

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skewed

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faussé

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threshold

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seuil

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to epitomise

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être le parfait exemple

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21
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genuine

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véritable

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22
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ken

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entendement / savoir

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handout

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allocation / aide financière / aumône

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turf

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gazon, pelouse, territoire

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backbone

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colonne vertébrale

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stalwart

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partisan, fidèle, pilier

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mooted

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soulevé (dans un débat)

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scion

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rejet, greffon, rejeton

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bent

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penchant

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journal

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revue spécialisée

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artisan

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craftman

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to plough

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labourer

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33
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grimy

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crasseux

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feeble

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faible, fébrile, affaibli

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beam

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poutre, rayon de lumière, faisceau

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scarcely

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à peine

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din

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vacarme

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fog

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brouillard

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shovel

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thence

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de là / par conséquent

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pang

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crampe, douleur, souffrance

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dread

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crainte, effroi

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to dread doing smt

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craindre de faire qqch

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deputy

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trade union

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shadow cabinet

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home secretary

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Ministre de l’intérieur

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chancellor of the exchequer

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Ministre des finances

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assets

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biens, actifs (plus largement : avantage)

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commoners

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prolétaires (péjoratif), roturiers

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to till the land

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travailler la terre

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short-term contract / fixed-term contract

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long-term contract

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perk

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avantage en nature

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to flatten

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mettre un bémol, aplanir, ralentir

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narrow

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a pen name

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un nom de plume (pseudo d’un auteur)

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to found

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heating

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power

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énergie électrique

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to stoop / to blend double

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se plier en deux

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blasting

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destruction, explosion

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indictment

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accusation

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narrowed

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resseré / ciblé

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bark

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giraFFe

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slang

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enhance

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améliorer, mettre en valeur, réhausser

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class-ridden

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très marqué par les classes

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to despise

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gentry

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bourgeoisie / aristocratie (class of gentlemen/gentlewomen)

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seniority

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ancienneté

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senior citizens / older people / older generation

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les séniors

74
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the elderly

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personnes âgées

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library

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bibliothèque et non librairie

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the bulk of smth

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l’essentiel de

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to coin

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a stew

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an order

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une amende

80
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community service

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travaux d’IG

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backdrop

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décor, arrière plan

82
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civil servants

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fonctionnaires

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dull

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to stifle

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a stratum, several strata

86
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layer

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to entitle

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avoir droit à qqch

88
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to entitle sb to do smth

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autoriser qq à qqch

89
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allowance

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allocation / indemnité

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public housing (US)

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logements sociaux

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tenants

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locataires

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landlord/landlady

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propriétaire qui loue

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owner occupier

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propriétaire qui habite son bien

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General Elections

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élections législatives UK

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grant

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budget cut

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coupes budgétaires

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