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Un extrémiste pur et dur

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A hardliner

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Un port, un refuge, un havre

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A harbour

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Héberger, garder

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To harbour

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Entretenir, nourrir

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To harbour fear hopes suspicions

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Souffrances épreuves

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Hardship (often uncountable)

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Des privations

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Hardships

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Quincaillerie, matériel informatique, matériel militaire

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Hardware

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Une moisson, une récolte (propre et figuré)

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A harvest

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Un refuge, un havre

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A haven

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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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La tête

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The head

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De la tête aux pieds (2)

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From head to toe

From head to foot

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Éperdument amoureux

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Head over heels in love

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Aller vers (2)

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To be heading for

To move towards

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La santé

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Health

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Boire à la santé de qqun

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To drink to someone’s health

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Être en bonne santé

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To be in good /poor health

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Sain

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Healthy

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Un esprit sain dans un corps sain

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An healthy mind in a healthy body

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La chaleur

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Heat

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Dans le feu de la discussion

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In the heat of the argument

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Le ciel, le paradis

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Heaven

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L’âge d’or (2)

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The Golden age

The heyday

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Faire de randonnées

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To hike

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Faire de l'auto-stop
To Hitch-hike
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Une augmentation
A hike
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Augmentations d'impôts
Tax-hikes
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Une allusion
A hint
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Faire allusion à
To hint at
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Emprunter, louer
To hire
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Embaucher
To hire
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Système qui consiste à embaucher puis licencier
To hire and fire
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Frapper
To hit
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Être durement touché
To be hard-hit
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Une liste noire
A hit-list
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Séropositif
HIV-positive
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Un foyer
A Home
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Un foyer pour senior (2)
A home for the elderly | An old people's home
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Le ministère de l'intérieur
The home office
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Le ministre de l'intérieur britanique
The home secretary
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Le ministre de l'intérieur US
The secretary of the interior
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Les sans-abri
The homeless
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Un creux
A hollow
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Mener par le bout du nez
To hold someone in the hollow of her hand
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Vide creux
Hollow
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Fausses promesses
Hollow promises
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Un rire jaune
À hollow laugh
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Battre à plates coutures
To beat hollow
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Un otage
A hostage
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Avoir un otage
To take/hold/ someone hostage
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Chaud
Hot
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Épineux
Too hot to handle
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Être dans le pétrin
To be in hot water
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Un tuyau sûr
A hot tip
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Du blabla
Hot air
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Un sujet trop délicat à traiter (familier)
A hot potato
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Un numéro vert
A hotline
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Un foyer d'agitation sociale
A hotbed of social unrest
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Planer au dessus de
To hover
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Être entre le vie et la mort
To be hovering between life and death
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Hésiter
To hover
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Un chasseur
A hunter
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Un chasseur de tête
A head hunter
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Une chasse à l'homme
A man hunt
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Faire taire
To hush
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Un silence de mort (3)
A hush A silence A deadly hush
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Le pot-de-vin que l'on donne pour acheter le silence de quelqu'un
Hush-money
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Gonfler artificiellement, faire mousser
To hype up
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Ne pas tenir compte de
To ignore
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Ne pas tenir compte de
To ignore
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Un déséquilibre
An imbalance
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Un déséquilibre commercial
A trade imbalance
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Détériorer
To impair
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Une santé détériorée, une vue abîmée
Impaired health/eyesight
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Imminent
Impending
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Impliquer
To imply
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Une insinuation, une implication
An implication
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Appauvrir
To impoverish
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Appauvrissement
Impoverishment
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Un encouragement
An incentive
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Des revenus
Income
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Impôt sur le revenu
Income tax
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Les familles à revenu modeste
Low income families
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Incohérent
Inconsistent
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L'incohérence
Inconsistency
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Un mouvement revendicatif
Industrial action
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Un industriel
An industrialist
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Jeter un défi
To throw down a challenge
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Se libérer de, enlever
To throw off
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Jeter, mettre au début, expulser
To throw out
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Lancer en l'air/vomir
To throw up
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Décliner une offre/refuser un candidat
To turn down
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Convertir, transformer, se transformer en..
To turn into
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Allumer, éteindre une lumière
To turn on/off
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Augmenter, baiSer le volume
To turn up/down
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Arriver à l'improviste
To turn up
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Vider, évincer
To turn out
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Tourner, prendre tournure
To turn out
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S'avérer
To turn out
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Attendre
To wait for somebody/something
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Servir quelqu'un
To wait on somebody
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Faire la vaisselle
To wash up
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Disparaître graduellement
To wear away
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User,s'user
To wear out
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Résoudre un problème
To work out a problem
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Être épuisé
To be worn out

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