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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
Social background
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Lever / imposer une interdiction
To lift / impose a ban
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Dévoiler un plan
To unveil a plan
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Les opprimés (péjoratif)
The underdog
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Les avantages sociaux
Social benefit
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L'embourgeoisement
Gentrification
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Un pays tiers
A third country
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Un fardeau social
A social burden
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Un électeur
A constituant
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Une mesure politique
A policy
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Avoir des idées de gauche
To hue socialist leaning
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Des chiffons de richesses
Rags to riches
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Faure fortune
To go from rags to riches | To strike it rich
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A l'ordre du jour
On the agenda
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L'apanage de
The preserved of
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Faire les frais de
To bear the brunt of
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Traiter n dossier
To process a file
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Sévir contre
To crack down on
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Soudoyer
To bride | To corrupt
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Un pot-de)vin
A bribe
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Un changement des mentalités
A change in mindsets
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Un système électoral
A voting / electoral system
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Faire du démarchage pour
To convass for
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Un abstentionniste
A stay-away voter
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Une circonscription
``` A constituency (UK) A discrit (US) ```
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Aller voter
To go to the polls
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Voter
To coast a ballot
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Une liste électorale
Al elector roll
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Un bulletin de vote
A ballot
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Le taux de participation
A turnout
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Prendre un bain de foule
To press the flesh
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Un outsider
A dark horse
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Le grand favori
The odds-on favorite
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Le côte de popularité
The approval rating
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L'actuel président, maire...
The incumbent president, mayor ...
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Un député
``` A deputy (contexte étranger) A MP (UK) A representative (US) ```
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Une victoire écrasante
A landslide victory
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Une subvention | Subventionner
A subsidy | To subsidize
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Un projet de loi
A bill
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Un contre-coup
A backlash
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Retirer
To withdraw
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Un misérable
A scroudel | A pauper
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Les jours fériés
Publics holidays
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Un politique budgétaire
A fiscal policy
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Faire bouger les chose
To shake things up
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Attiser les problèmes, un débat
To stir trouble / a debate
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Une manifestation
A demonstration
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Une émeute
A riot
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Un soulèvement
An uprising
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Un opposant
An oponent
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La vengeance
Revenge
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Prendre sa revanche
To take one's revenge
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choisir son camps, prendre parti
To take sides
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Opposer qq à qq
To pit sby against sby
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Tourner autour du pot
To beat around the bust
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Mettre les gens dans le même panier
To lump people together
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Tolérer (comportement, violence...)
To condone
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Etre abattu, découragé
To be dejected
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Une bagarre
A scuffle
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Une émeute
A Riot
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Traquer
To track / to Hunt down
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Entre illégalement dans une propriété privée
To trespass
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Une société connecte
A wired world
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Un pot de vin
A bride
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Un noble
A blueb blooded person

Anglais (24 decks)

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