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1
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Minicipal

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Council

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Gratte ciel

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A sky-scraper

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Le revêtement

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The cladding

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SDF

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Homeless people
People sleeping on the street
Rough sleepers

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Une propriétaire

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A landlord

A owner

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Un locataire

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A tenant
A runter
A leaseholder

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Des foyers (piur aide les sans abris)

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Hostels

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Un logement

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An accommodation

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Etre le plus touché par

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To bearn the brunt of

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Louer (pdv du prioritaire)

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To let
To rent
To lease

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Louer (pdv du locataire)

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Ti rent

To lease

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Un taudis

Un bidonville

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A slum

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Un étage

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A floor

A storey

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Etre titulaire

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To get (job) tenure

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Liquider

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To sell of

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Rénover

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To renovate
To do up
To refurbish

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Etre plus cher que la normale

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To be at the premium

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Actif et passif (contexte financier)

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Assets and loabilities

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Monter en flèche

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To go sky-high

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Compléter avec / être de connivence avec

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To collude with

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Un nettoyage / une épuration

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A cleasing

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Quai (gate, metro) / (bateau)

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A platform / a quay

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Palais de justice

Un tribunal

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A courthouse

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Une foie ferrée / une trace / une piste de sport ou sur un CD

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A track

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Milieu social

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Social background

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Lever / imposer une interdiction

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To lift / impose a ban

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Dévoiler un plan

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To unveil a plan

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Les opprimés (péjoratif)

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The underdog

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Les avantages sociaux

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Social benefit

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L’embourgeoisement

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Gentrification

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Un pays tiers

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A third country

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Un fardeau social

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A social burden

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Un électeur

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A constituant

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Une mesure politique

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A policy

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Avoir des idées de gauche

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To hue socialist leaning

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Des chiffons de richesses

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Rags to riches

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Faure fortune

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To go from rags to riches

To strike it rich

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A l’ordre du jour

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On the agenda

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L’apanage de

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The preserved of

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Faire les frais de

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To bear the brunt of

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Traiter n dossier

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To process a file

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Sévir contre

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To crack down on

43
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Soudoyer

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To bride

To corrupt

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Un pot-de)vin

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A bribe

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Un changement des mentalités

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A change in mindsets

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Un système électoral

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A voting / electoral system

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Faire du démarchage pour

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To convass for

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Un abstentionniste

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A stay-away voter

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Une circonscription

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A constituency (UK)
A discrit (US)
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Aller voter

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To go to the polls

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Voter

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To coast a ballot

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Une liste électorale

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Al elector roll

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Un bulletin de vote

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A ballot

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Le taux de participation

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A turnout

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Prendre un bain de foule

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To press the flesh

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Un outsider

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A dark horse

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Le grand favori

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The odds-on favorite

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Le côte de popularité

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The approval rating

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L’actuel président, maire…

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The incumbent president, mayor …

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Un député

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A deputy (contexte étranger)
A MP (UK)
A representative (US)
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Une victoire écrasante

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A landslide victory

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Une subvention

Subventionner

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A subsidy

To subsidize

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Un projet de loi

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A bill

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Un contre-coup

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A backlash

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Retirer

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To withdraw

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Un misérable

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A scroudel

A pauper

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Les jours fériés

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Publics holidays

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Un politique budgétaire

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A fiscal policy

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Faire bouger les chose

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To shake things up

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Attiser les problèmes, un débat

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To stir trouble / a debate

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Une manifestation

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A demonstration

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Une émeute

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A riot

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Un soulèvement

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An uprising

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Un opposant

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An oponent

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La vengeance

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Revenge

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Prendre sa revanche

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To take one’s revenge

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choisir son camps, prendre parti

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To take sides

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Opposer qq à qq

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To pit sby against sby

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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat around the bust

80
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Mettre les gens dans le même panier

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To lump people together

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Tolérer (comportement, violence…)

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To condone

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Etre abattu, découragé

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To be dejected

83
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Une bagarre

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A scuffle

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Une émeute

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A Riot

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Traquer

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To track / to Hunt down

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Entre illégalement dans une propriété privée

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To trespass

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Une société connecte

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A wired world

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Un pot de vin

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A bride

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Un noble

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A blueb blooded person

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