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1
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aveugle

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blind

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fermer les yeux sur qqch

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to turn a blind eye to

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avoir une confiance aveugle dans

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to have a blind faith in

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conduire dans une impasse

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to lead up a blind alley

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5
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embarquer

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to board

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une planche

un comité, un conseil, un organisme officiel

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a board

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le conseil d’administration

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the board of directors

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un jury d’examen

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a board of examiners

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à bord

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on board

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à bord de l’embarcation

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on board the craft

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un internat

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a boarding school

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un pensionnaire

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a boarder

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tomber à l’eau

échouer

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to go by the board

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se vanter

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to boast about/of
to boast (transitif)
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une bombe

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a bomb

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un attentat à la bombe

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a bomb attack

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17
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poser

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to plant a bomb

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une bombe à retardement (sens propre et figuré)

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a time-bomb

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prospérer, être en plein essor (remonter en flèche)

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to boom

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20
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une économie en dents de scie

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a boom-bust economy

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une frontière

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a border

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avoisiner
être proche de
friser

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to border on

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le fond

le bas

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the bottom

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se renverser

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to go bottom up (to capsize)

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toucher son niveau le plus bas

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to bottom out

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l’essentiel

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the bottom line

27
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de fond en comble

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from top to bottom

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démolir un argument

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to knock the bottom out of an argument

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des prix “sacrifiés”

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rock-bottom prices

30
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assimiler à

mettre dans le mec sac

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to bracket with

to bracket together

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une parenthèse (entre parenthèses)
un tranche (la tranche des gros revenus)
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a bracket (in brackets)
a bracket (the upper-income bracket)
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tranche d’âge

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age-bracket

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des limites

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bounds

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ne connaît pas de limites

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knows no bounds

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être tenu de

être sûr de

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to be bound to

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illimité

sans frontières

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boundless

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ennuyeux

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boring

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se préparer pour une épreuve

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to brace oneself for

39
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étendre ses activités
se diversifier
aller vers de nouveaux débouchés

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to branch out

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une succursale

une agence

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a branch

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une marque

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a brand

a trademark

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une image de marque

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a brand image

43
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des produits de marque

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branded goods

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marquer le bétail
cataloguer comme (fig)
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to brand

45
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escrocs

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crooks

46
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un soutien de famille

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a breadwinner

47
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un pot-de-vin

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a bribe

48
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corruption

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bribery

49
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élever un enfant

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to bring up

50
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le bord

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the brink

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être sur le bord de (sur le point de)

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to be on the brink of

52
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le gros de

la majeure partie de

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the bulk

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le gros du travail est fait

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the bulk of the work is done

54
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un poids

un fardeau

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a burden