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1
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un extrémiste pur et dur

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a hardliner

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un port, un refuge, un hâvre

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a harbour

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héberger, garder (protéger, garder)

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to harbour

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entretenir, nourrir

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to harbour fear, hopes, suspicions

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souffrances, épreuves (often uncountable)

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hardship

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6
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des privations

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harships

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quincaillerie, matériel informatique, matériel militaire (uncountable)

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hardware

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une moisson, une récolte (sens propre et figuré)

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a harvest

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récolter

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to harvest

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10
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un refuge, un hâvre

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a haven

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11
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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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12
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la tête

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the head

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13
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de la tête aux pieds

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from head to toe/ from head to foot

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14
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être éperduement

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to be head over heels

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15
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aller vers

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to be heading for

to move towards

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16
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la santé

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health

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17
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sain

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healthy

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18
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un esprit sain dans un corps sain

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a healthy mind in a healthy body

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19
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la chaleur

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heat

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20
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dans le feu de la discussion

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in the heat of the argument

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21
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cette question a fait l’objet d’un débat animé

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the issue was debated with some heat

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22
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le ciel, le paradis

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heaven

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23
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être au septième ciel

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to be in seventh heaven

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24
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c’est le paradis sur Terre

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it is heaven on earth

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25
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l’âge d’or

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the heyday

the golden age

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26
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faire des randonnées

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to hike

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27
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faire de l’auto-stop

augmenter (US)

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to hitch-hike

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28
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une augmentation

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a hike

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29
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une allusion

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a hint

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30
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faire allusion à

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to hint at

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31
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emprunter, louer

embaucher

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to hire

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32
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système (américain) qui consiste à embaucher puis à licencier

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to hire and fire

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33
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frapper

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to hit

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34
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être durement touché

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to be hard-hit

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35
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une liste noire

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a hit-list

36
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séropositif

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HIV-positive (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)

37
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un foyer

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a home

38
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une maison de retraite

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a home for the elderly

an old people’s house

39
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le ministère de l’Intérieur (UK)

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The Home Office

40
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le ministre de l’Intérieur britannique

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the Home Secretary

US: the Secretary of the Interior

41
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les sans-abris

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homeless

homelessness is one of the scourges of our society

42
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un creux

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a hollow

43
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elle le mène par le bout du nez (elle le tient dans le creux de la main)

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she holds him in the hollow of her hand

44
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vide, creux

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hollow (ex: hollow promises)

45
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un rire jaune

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a hollow laugh

46
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un otage

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a hostage

47
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prendre qqn en otage

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to take/hold someone hostage

48
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chaud

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hot

49
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le sujet est épineux à traiter

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this subject is subject too hot to handle

50
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être dans le pétrin

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to be in hot water

51
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un tuyau sûr

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a hot tip

52
Q

du blablabla

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hot air

53
Q

un sujet trop délicat à traiter

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a hot potato

54
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un numéro vert (le téléphone rouge entre chefs d’états)

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a hotline

55
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un foyer d’agitation sociale

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a hotbed of social unrest

56
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planer au-dessus de

hésiter

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to hover

57
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être entre la vie et la mort

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to be hovering between life and death

58
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un chasseur

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a hunter

59
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un chasseur de têtes

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a head hunter

60
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une chasse à l’homme

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a man hunt

61
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il est à la recherche d’un travail

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he is hunting for a job

62
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être à la recherche de

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to be on the hunt for

63
Q

faire taire

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to hush

64
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un silence de mort

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a deadly hush

65
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le pot-de-vin que l’on donne pour acheter le silence de quelqu’un

A

hush-money

66
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gonfler artificiellement, faire mousser

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to hype up

67
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ne pas tenir compte de

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to ignore

68
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un déséquilibre

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an imbalance

69
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un déséquilibre commercial

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a trade imbalance

70
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détériorer

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to impair

71
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une santé détérioré, une vue abîmée

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impaired health/eyesight

72
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imminent

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impending

73
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impliquer

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to imply

74
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des suppressions d’emplois

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shedding jobs

75
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une insinuation, une implication

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an implication

76
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appauvrir

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to impoverish

77
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appauvrissement

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impoverishment

78
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un encouragement

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an incentive

79
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des revenus (uncountable)

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income

80
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impôts sur le revenu

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Income tax

81
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le R.M.I

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Income support

82
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les familles à revenu modeste

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low-income families

83
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incohérent

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inconsistent

84
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l’incohérence

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inconsistency

85
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un mouvement revendicatif

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industrial action

86
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un industriel

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an industrialist

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