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1
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Faire face à

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To face

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Faire face à, affronter

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To face up to

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Être confronté à

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To be faced with

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Une confrontation

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A face-off

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Ne pas réussir, rater

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To fail

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Un échec

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A failure

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Un arrêt cardiaque

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A heart failure

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Trouver

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To find

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9
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Être déclarer coupable

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To be found guilty

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Découvrir

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To find out

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Les conclusions (d’une étude, d’une enquête)

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The findings

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12
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La nourriture

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Food

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L’aide alimentaire

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Food aid

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La chaîne alimentaire

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The food chain

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Matière à réflexion

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Food of thought

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Nourrir

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To feed

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Fournir des informations à quelqu’un

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To feed somebody information

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18
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Entrer des données dans un ordinateur

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To feed data into a computer

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19
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Encourager, promouvoir

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To foster

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20
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Libre

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Free

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21
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Le libre-échange

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Free trade

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22
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Le libre-arbitre

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Free-will

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23
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La liberté

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Freedom

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24
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La liberté de parole

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Freedom of speech

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La liberté de penser

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Freedom of thougth

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26
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La liberté de conscience

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Freedom of conscience

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27
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Prévoir

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To forecast/to foresee

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28
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Un cadre (sens propre et figuré)

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A frame

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Un cadre, une structure

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A framework

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30
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Réaliser

Remplir

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To fulfil

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Un accomplissement, une réalisation

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A fulfilment

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32
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Financer

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To fund

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33
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Des crédits, des fonds

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Funds

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34
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Réunir des fonds

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To raise funds

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35
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Accorder une subvention ou une bourse d’études

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To grant a subsidy/ a scholarship

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Une subvention ou une bourse d’étude (americ.)

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A grant

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37
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Une prise sur

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A grip on

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38
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Maîtriser un sujet

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To have a good grips on a subject

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39
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Affronter un problème

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To come to grips with a problem

Or to tackle

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40
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Lâcher prise, perdre le contrôle de la situation

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To lose one’s grip

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41
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Tomber aux mains d’une secte

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To fall into the grips of a sect

42
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En proie à, paralyser par..

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In the grips of..

43
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Le sol

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The ground

44
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Mener une affaire à la ruine

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To run a business into the ground

45
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Couper l’herbe sous le pied de quelqu’un

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To cut the ground under somebody’s feet

46
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En terrain neutre

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On neutral ground

47
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Gagner/perdre du terrain

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To gain ground/ to lose ground

48
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Déblayer le terrain /déguerpir

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To clear the ground

49
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Tenir bon

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To stand one’s ground

50
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Les raisons (plur.)

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The grounds

51
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Les motifs de divorce/de licenciement

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The grounds for divorce/for dismissal

52
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Un danger, un risque

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A hazard

53
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Risquer

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To hazard/ to venture

54
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Dangereux

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Hazardous

55
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Une main

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A hand

56
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Une politique de non intervention

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A hand-off

57
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De première main

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A first-hand piece of information

58
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D’occasion

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A second-hand car

59
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Échapper au contrôle, dégénéré

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To get out of hand

60
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Gagner haut-la-main

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To win hands down

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Une poignée

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A handful

62
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De l’aide

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A hand-out

63
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Vivre au jour-le-jour

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To lead a hand-to-mouth existence

64
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Entraver, gêner

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To hamper to hinder

65
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Faire du tort, nuire

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To harm to impair

66
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Faire du mal à

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To do somebody harm

67
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Nocif

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Harmful

68
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Inoffensif

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Harmless

69
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Une tête

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A head

70
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Un chef d’état

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A head of state

71
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Éperdument amoureux

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Head over heels in love

72
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Le proviseur

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The Head (pour Headmaster)

73
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Un chasseur de têtes

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A headhunter

74
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Un titre

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A heading

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Un gros titre

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A headline

76
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Le siège d’une société

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The headquarters

77
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Se maintenir à flot (fig.)

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To keep one’s head above water

78
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Tête baissée (adv.)

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Headlong/headfirst

79
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Diriger, etre à la tête de

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To head/ to lead

80
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Se diriger vers

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To head for / towards

81
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Le progrès

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Headway

82
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Faire des progrès

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To make headway

83
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Avoir une approche critique

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To take a critical stand on

84
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Défendre un autre point de vue

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To advocate a different approach

85
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Esquiver

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To evade the question

86
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Un point de vue

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To have an optimistic outlook on

87
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Faire allusion à

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To hint at an issue

88
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Adopter une position ferme

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To stand one’s ground

89
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Prendre fortement position pour/contre

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To take a firm stand for/against

90
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Donner un aperçu/ une idée de

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To give someone a insigh into

91
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Prévoir

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To foresee

92
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Attester que

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To bear evidence that

93
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Garder à l’esprit

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To bear in mind that

94
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Témoigner en faveur/contre

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To give evidence for/against

95
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Minimiser l’importance

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To play down / to minimise

96
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Déformer

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To exagerate to distort

97
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Exagérer

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To play up to maximise

98
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S’en tenir au fait

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To stick to the facts

99
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Un argument convaincant

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A cogent/ a convincing argument

100
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Un argument incontestable

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A compelling argument

101
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Ambigu

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Ambiguous