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rare

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scarce

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peu abondant

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scarce

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à peine

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scarcely

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il n’est guère surprenant que..

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it is scarcely surprising that…

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la rareté

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scarcity

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un plan, un projet

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a scheme

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dans l’ordre des choses

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in the general scheme of things

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dépister

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to screen

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examiner

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to screen

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un écran

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a screen

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le dépistage

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screening

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le dépistage du SIDA

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HIV screening

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un examen approfondi

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a scrutiny

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chercher/ chercher à…

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to seek

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chercher du travail

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to seek work

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demander conseil

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to seek advice

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demander l’asile politique

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to seek political asylum

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être très recherché

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to be sought-after

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servir

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to serve

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si j’ai bonne mémoire

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if my memory serves me right…

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c’est bien fait pour toi !

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(it) serves you right !

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purger sa peine

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to serve one’s time

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purger une peine de prison

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to serve a prison sentence

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servir dans l’armée

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to serve in the army

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les services publics

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public services

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le secteur tertiaire

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the service sector

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partager

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to share

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distribuer de l’argent (2)

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to share out money

to dish out money

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une action (en bourse)

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a share

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un actionnaire

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a shareholder

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une distribution

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a share-out

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un partage

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a share-out

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verser du sang

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to shed blood

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verser des larmes

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to shed tears

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éclaircir une affaire

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to shed light on

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un bain de sang

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bloodshed

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une effusion de sang

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bloodshed

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supprimer des emplois

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to shed jobs

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déplacer

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to shift

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changer de place

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to shift

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un changement

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a shift

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travailler par équipes (2)

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to be on shift work

to work in shifts

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faire les trois fois huits heures

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to work an eight-hour shift

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travailler de jour/nuit

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to be on day/on night shift

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la vue

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sight

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apercevoir

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to catch sight of..

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perdre de vue (fig)

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to lose sight of

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à la vue de

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at the sight of..

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la fin est en vue

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the end is within sight

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nous entrevoyons une solution

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we are within sight of a solution

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à première vue

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at first sight

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le coup de foudre

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love at first sight

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avoir quelque chose/quelqu’un dans le collimateur

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to have something/someone in one’s sight

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avoir des vues sur

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to have something/someone in one’s sight

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miser, risquer

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to stake

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revendiquer son droit à…

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to stake one’s claim to…

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un enjeu

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a stake

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être en jeu

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to be at stake

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l’enjeu est de taille

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the stakes are high

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être concerné par

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to have a stake in…

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un critère

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a standard

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le niveau de vie

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the standard of living

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le niveau scolaire

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educational standards

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le niveau universitaire

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academic standards

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des normes de sécurité

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safety standards

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des exigences

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standards

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l’étalon-or

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the gold standard

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un produit de base

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a staple

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une matière première

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a staple

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un élément de base/un article de première nécessité

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a staple commodity

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la nourriture de base

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the staple diet of poor chinese is rice

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droit

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straight

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en ligne droite

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on a straight course

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s’exprimer franchement

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to be straight about something

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être franc-jeu

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to play a straight game

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j’en viendrai droit au fait

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I will come straight to the point

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un refus catégorique

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a straight-out refusal

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une situation difficile

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straits

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être dans une situation désastreuse

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to be in dire straits

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avoir des problèmes d’argent

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to be in financial straits

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une camisole

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a straitjacket

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restructurer (une entreprise)

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to streamline

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rationaliser (un projet)

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to streamline

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un grand pas

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a stride

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une enjambée

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a stride

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trouver son rythme (2)

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to get into one’s stride

to hit one’s stride

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faire de grands progrès

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to make great strides

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accepter sans sourciller

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to take something in one’s stride

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cela m’a déboussolé

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this put him off his stride

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être pris au dépourvu (2)

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to be caught off stride

to be caught unawares

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une attitude, une position

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a stance

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un pas

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a step

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une mesure

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a step

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marcher sur les pas de…

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to follow in somebody’s steps

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se mettre au pas

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to fall into step

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se soumettre

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to fall into step

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se désister

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to step down

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se retirer

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to step down

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sévère

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stringent

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strict

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stringent

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jusqu’à présent (3)

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so far
up to now
hitherto

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actuellement (3)

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at present
at the present time
currently

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au début (2)

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at the outset

at the beginning

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des le début (2)

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from the outset

from the beginning

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enfin (pour quelque chose qui s’est fait attendre)

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at long last

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désormais (2)

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from now on (+futur)

in futur

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dès lors

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from then on (+passé)

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tôt ou tard

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sooner or later

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d’ici peu de temps

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fairly soon

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récemment (2)

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recently

lately

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avec le temps… (2)

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with time

in the course of time

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de temps à autre (2)

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every once in a while

from time to time

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la plupart du temps (2)

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most of the time

more often than not

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en fin de compte

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eventually

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dans le passé

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in the past

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jadis (2)

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formerly

previously

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rétrospectivement (3)

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retrospectively
looking back
with hindsight

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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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sur-le-champ (2)

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at once

straight away

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a courte échéance (2)

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in the short term

in the short run

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à longue échéance (2)

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in the long term

in the long run

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dans un avenir proche/prévisible (3)

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in (the) future
in the near future
in the foreseeable future

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pendant ce temps (2)

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meanwhile

in the meantime

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entre temps (2)

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meanwhile

in the meantime

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de temps en temps (2)

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now and again

every now and then

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souvent

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often

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trop souvent (2)

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more often than not

all too often

128
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de temps à autre

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Every so often

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de temps à autre

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Every so often