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infliger

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to inflict

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les puissants

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the influential

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un afflux

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an influx, an inflow

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se renseigner, s’informer

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to inquire

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une demande de renseignements, une enquête

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an inquiry (to hold, to conduct an inquiry)

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une incursion

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an inroad

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empiéter sur

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to make inroads into someone’s right

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ils ont fait une percée significative sur le marché

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they have made significant inroads into the market

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un exemple

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an instance

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en l’occurrence

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in the present instance

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un cas sérieux de corruption

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a serious instance of sleaze

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avoir l’intention

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to intend

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il l’a fait sans mauvaise intention

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he intended no harm

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la victime visée par l’attentat

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the intended victim of the bomb attack

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une intention

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an intent

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dans une bonne intention

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with good intent

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être absorbé par… / être décidé à

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to be intent on

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s’ingérer, se mêler de

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to interfere

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ingérence

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interference

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la complexité

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intricacy

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compliqué

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intricate

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une prison

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a jail

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mettre en prison

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to jail somebody for

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mettre en danger, menacer

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to jeopardize

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être en danger

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to be in jeopardy

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les chômeurs

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the jobless

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le chômage

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joblessness

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une blague, une plaisanterie

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a joke

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plaisanter, blaguer

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to joke

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un bond

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a jump

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bondir

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to jump

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sauter sur une offre

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to jump at an offer

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tirer des conclusions hâtives

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to jump to conclusions

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de la camelote, des objets sans valeur, du kitsch

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junk

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une décharge

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a junk heap, a junk yard

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de la nourriture de mauvaise qualité

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junk food

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un drogué

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a junkie

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une répercussion immédiate

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a knock-on effect

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le savoir-faire

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the know-how

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manquer de

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to lack

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une défaillance

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a lapse

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un trou de mémoire

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a lapse of memory

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des erreurs de jugement

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lapses of judgement

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un laps de temps

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a lapse of time

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après un intervalle de 2 semaines

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after a lapse of two weeks

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de grande ampleur

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large-scale

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durer

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to last

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lancer

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to launch

49
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blanchir de l’argent

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to launder (money)

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le blanchiment d’argent

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money laundering

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un avocat

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a lawyer

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un profane, un débutant, un non-initié

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a layman

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un licenciement

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a lay-off

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licencier, mettre au chômage technique

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to lay off

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fuir (tuyau, toit)

divulger

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to leak (information)

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une fuite

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a leak

57
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faire un bond

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to leap

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un congé

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leave (sick, maternité leave)

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filer à l’anglaise

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to take French leave

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prêter

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to lend

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un prêt

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a loan

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un prêt étudiant

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a student loan

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diminuer

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to lessen

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mortel

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lethal

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à la longue

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in the long run

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leeway

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liberté d’action

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manquer de marge de manoeuvre

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to lack leeway

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un niveau

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a level

69
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se stabiliser

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to level off/out