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un pionnier

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a pioneer

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être à l’avant-garde de

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to pioneer - to spearhead

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une mine

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a pit

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il est mineur

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he works in the pits

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descendre dans la mine

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to go down the pit

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une trappe, un piège

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a pitfall

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un fléau

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a plague, a scourge

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être tourmenté par

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to be plagued by

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un projet

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a plan

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10
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planification

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planning

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le contrôle des naissances

le planning familial

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family planning

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l’urbanisme

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town planning

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un urbaniste

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a town planner

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14
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une usine

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a plant

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear plant

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plaider pour/contre

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to plead for/against

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implorer la clémence

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to plead for mercy

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plaider coupable/non coupable

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to plead guilty/ not guilty

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s’engager solennellement

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to pledge

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une promesse solennelle

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a pledge

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une situation critique/ dramatique

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a plight

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dans un état critque

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in a serious plight

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descendre en flèche

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to plummet

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piller

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to plunder, to loot

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faire ressortir

souligner

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to point out

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le but/ l’intérêt

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a point of no return

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pertinent

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(an argument) to the point

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28
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à côté de la plague

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beside the point

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29
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inutile

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pointless

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30
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catégorique

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point-blank (a point-blank refusal)

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à brule manque d’assurance

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a point-blank question

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32
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balance

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poise

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33
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retrouver son sang-froid

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to recover one’s poise

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34
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manquer d’assurance

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to lack poise

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35
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tenir en équilibre, l’équilibre

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to poise

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36
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être prêt à

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to be poised for

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37
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oscille entre

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(the country) is poised between peace and war

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38
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une politique

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policy

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39
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politique étrangère

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foreign policy

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40
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politique intérieur

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domestic policy

41
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mener une politique

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to carry out a policy

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la politique (en général)
la science politique
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politics

43
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quelles sont ses opinions politiques

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what are his politics?

44
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un politicien

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a politician

45
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un décideur politique

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a policy-maker

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un sondage

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a poll (an opinion poll)

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un bureau de vote

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a polling station

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méditer, réfléchir

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to ponder on/over

to consider

49
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remettre à plus tard, reporter

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to postpone, to delay

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le pouvoir

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power

51
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prendre le pouvoir

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to come to power, to take power

52
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une lutte pour le pouvoir

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a power game

53
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une centrale électrique

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a power station

54
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une panne de ocurant

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a power failure

55
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puissant

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powerful

56
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un préjugé

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prejudice (faux-amis)

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préjugé racial

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racial prejudice

58
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la pression

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pressure

59
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faire pression sur

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to pressurize somebody, tu put pressure on…

60
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faire semblant

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to pretend (faux-amis)

61
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congé de maladie

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sick-leave

62
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la fierté, l’orgueil

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pride

63
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être fier de

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to take pride in

64
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primordial

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prime

65
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un facteur fondamental

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a prime factor

66
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les heures de grande écoute

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prime time

67
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être à la fleur de l’âge

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to be in the prime of life/ to be in one’s prime

68
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la vie privée, l’intimité

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privacy

69
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fier, orgueilleux

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proud

70
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des bénéfices

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profit

71
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des bénéfices inattendus

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windfall profits

72
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faire des bénéfices illicites

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to profiteer (péjoratif)

73
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inciter, pousser quelqu’un

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to prompt

74
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payrise

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augmentation de salaire

75
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prone to (to be prone to)

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être enclin à

76
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propager

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to propagate

77
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l’immobilier, les biens immobiliers

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property

78
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un promoteur

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a property developer

79
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un défenseur, un partisan de..

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a proponent (ant: an opponent)

80
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poursuivre en justice

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to prosecute

81
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une action en justice

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prosecution

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une perspective

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a prospect

83
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une manifestation

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protest
a protest movement
a protest march

84
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un manifestant

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a protester

85
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fournir

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to provide

86
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subvenir aux besoins de

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to provide for

87
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une peine, une sanction

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a punishment

88
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capital punishment

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la peine capitale

89
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acheter

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to purchase

90
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un achat

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a purchase

91
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le pouvoir d’achat

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purchasing power

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le but

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purpose

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exprès

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to do sth on purpose

94
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poursuivre

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to pursue

95
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poursuivre une carrière

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to pursue a career

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a pursuit

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recherche

poursuite

97
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la recherche du bonheur

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the pursuit of happiness

98
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supporter, tolérer

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to put up with

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