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1
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être dépourvu de

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to be devoid of

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aucun, pas le moindre

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whatsoever

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incomber

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to devolve

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déléguer

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to devolve

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décentralisation

transferts de pouvoirs

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devolution

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consacrer

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to devote + to V-ing

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être différent

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to differ

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faire la différence

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to differenciate

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creuser, fouiller

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to dig

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creuser sa propre tombe

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to dig one’s own grave

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les chercheurs d’or

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gold-diggers

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faible

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dim

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un faible espoir

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a dim hope

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une vague souvenir

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a dim memory

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extrême, désastreux, sinistre

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dire

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avoir terriblement besoin de

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to live in dire poverty

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désordre, chaos

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disarray

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être en pleine confusion

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to be in disarray

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tomber dans le chaos

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to fall into disarray

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se débarasser de

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to discard (to get rid of)

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abandonner

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to discard a plan

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dévoiler, divulguer, révéler

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to disclose

to unveil

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une révélation

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a disclosure

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mécontentement

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discontent

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a l’effet d’une bombe

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came as a bombshell

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une différence de, une divergence, un désaccord

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a discrepancy

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se méfier de

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to distrust

to mistrust

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afficher, montrer au grand jour, étaler

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to display

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jeter, se débarrasser de

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to dispose

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l’enlèvement

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disposal

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l’enlèvement des ordures

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waste disposal

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être à la disposition de

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to be at somebody’s disposal

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jetable

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disposable

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bouteilles, emballages, etc. jetables

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disposables (bottles, containers…)

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inquiétude

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disquiet

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inquiétant

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disquieting

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être délabré

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to be in disrepair, to be dilapidated

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tomber en ruine

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to fall into disrepair

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des perturbations, du désordre

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a disruption

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la détresse, la douleur

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distress

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angoissant

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distressing

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abandonner, se débarrasser de

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to ditch

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un fossé

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a ditch

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une ultime tentative

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a last-ditch attempt

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hésiter

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to hesitate, to dither, to waver, to falter

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plonger

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to dive, to take a dive

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un point controversé

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a divisive issue

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l’allocation de chômage

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the dole

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être au chômage

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to be on the dole

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domestique

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domestic

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intérieur (en politique)

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domestic

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la politique intérieure

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the domestic policy

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produit intérieur brut

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gross domestic product (gdp)

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être condamné

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to be doomed

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le jour du Jugement Dernier

la fin du monde

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doomsday

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la chute, la perte

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the downfall

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restructurer

dégraisser

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to downsize a company
to streamline
to reengineer

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une baisse

une récession

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a downturn

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main d’oeuvre non spécialisée

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unskilled labour

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drastique, draconien

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drastic

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inondations

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floods

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horrible

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dreadful

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une sécheresse

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a drought

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ennuyeux, monotone

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dull