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1
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un tas

un amas d’ordures

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a dump

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2
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une décharge

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a rubbish-dump

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déverser

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to dump rubbish

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écouler des marchandises à bas prix

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to dump goods

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5
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résider, demeurer

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to dwell

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6
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les citadins

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city-dwellers

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7
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les habitants de la campagne

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country-dwellers

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les habitants des cavernes

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cave-dwellers

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9
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insister sur, s’étendre sur

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to dwell on

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10
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une résidence, un logement (terme administratif)

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a dwelling

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11
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diminuer, décroître

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to dwindle

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12
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empressé

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(to be) eager (to)

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13
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avoir soif de changement

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to be eager for change

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14
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gagner (de l’argent)

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to earn

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15
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réduire, soulager

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to ease

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16
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l’Orient

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the East

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17
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le Moyen-Orient

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the Middle-East

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18
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le Proche-Orient

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the Near-East

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19
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l’Extrême-Orient

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the Far-East

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20
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l’Europe de l’Est

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Eastern Europe

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21
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un tremblement de terre

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an earthquake

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22
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les personnes du troisième âge

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the elderly

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23
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incarner

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to embody

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24
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une incarnation

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an embodiment

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25
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mettre l’accent sur

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to emphasize

to lay emphasis on

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26
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endosser

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to endorse (a cheque)

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27
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approuver, appuyer

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to endorse

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28
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l’approbation

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the endorsement

the approval

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29
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une lettre d’approbation

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a letter of endorsement

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30
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accroître

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to enhance (for abstract words such as beauty, power, reputation)

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31
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distraire

amuser

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to entertain

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32
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une distraction

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an entertainment

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33
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l’industrie du spectable

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the entertainment industry

34
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divertissant

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entertaining

35
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éradiquer, éliminer

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to eradicate

36
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augmenter

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to escalate

37
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escalade, intensification

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an escalation

38
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une propriété

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an estate

39
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un lotissement

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a housing esate

40
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un programme immobilier

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a housing estate

41
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une cité HLM

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a council estate

42
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un agent immobilier

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an estate agent

43
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l’immobilier

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real estate

44
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estimer

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to estimate

45
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une estimation, un devis

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an estimate

46
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grosso modo

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at a rough estimate

47
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estimé

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estimated

48
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un problème d’éthique

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an ethical issue

49
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l’éthique

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Ethics

50
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final

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eventual

51
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des preuves (une preuve)

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evidence (uncountable) (a piece of evidence)

52
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un fléau

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an evil

53
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le moindre mal

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the lesser of two evils

54
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un cadre

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an executive

55
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un cadre moyen

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a junior executive

56
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un cadre supérieur

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a senior executive

57
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un directeur général

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a chief executive officer

58
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épuiser

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to exhaust

59
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épuiser la patience de qqn

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to exhaust somebody’s patience

60
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un pot d’échappement

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an exhaust pipe

61
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des gaz d’échappement

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exhaust fumes

62
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fatigant, épuisant

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exhausting

63
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un travail épuisant

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an exhausting job

64
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an exhibition

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une exposition

65
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développer, se développer

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to expand

66
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les dépenses

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expenditure (uncountable)

67
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les dépenses publiques

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government expenditure

68
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les frais

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expenses

69
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des équipements, des installations

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facilities

70
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la foi

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the faith

71
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fidèle

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faithful

72
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une foi inébranlable

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unshakable faith

73
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un compte-rendu fidèle des événements

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a faithful account of the events

74
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faire semblant, simuler

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to fake (illness/ death)

75
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truquer, falsifier

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to forge, to fake (signature, accounts…)

76
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un faux

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a fake

77
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faux, bidon (adj)

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fake

78
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par centaines

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by the hundred

79
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diminuer, décroître

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to fall off

80
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à peine

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hardly

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