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1
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une fermeture définitive

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a shutdown

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une navette spatiale

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a shuttle

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prendre parti pour/contre

se ranger à l’avis de

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to side with/ against

to pitch one’s tent/ in one’s camp

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4
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soupirer

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to sigh

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regretter, se lamenter

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to sigh over something

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sélectionner, choisir

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to single out

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célibataire

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single

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père/mère célibataire

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a single parent

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monoparentale

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a single-parent family

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10
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un aller simple

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a single ticket

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un aller-retour

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a return ticket

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12
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considérable

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sizeable

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13
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faire une esquisse

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to sketch

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14
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esquisser

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to sketch out a plan

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15
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une ébauche

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a rough sketch

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16
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une compétence, un savoir-faire

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a skill

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17
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ouvrier qualifié

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a skilled worker

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une main d’oeuvre qualifiée

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a skilled workforce

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19
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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper

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20
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monter en flèche

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to skyrocket

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21
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une gifle

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a slap in the face

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22
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réduire brutalement

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to slash

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23
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avoir recours à des licenciements massifs

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to slash jobs

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24
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abattre un animal, massacre

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to slaughter

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25
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un carnage

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a slaugther (a bloodbath)

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26
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la corruption, la sordidité

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sleaze

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27
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une tranche

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a slice

a slice of life

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28
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léger, petit

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slight

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29
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je n’en ai pas la moindre idée (la moindre intérêt)

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i haven’t the slightest idea (slightest intérêt)

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30
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un dérapage

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a slip

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31
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un lapsus

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a slip of tongue

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32
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un bout de papier

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a slip of paper

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33
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lent, mou (a slug : une limace)

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sluggish

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34
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un taudis

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a slum

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35
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les quartiers pauvres / bidonvilles

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the slums

36
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tomber brutalement, chuter

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to slump, to plummet

37
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une forte récession, une crise

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a slump

38
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casser, briser, fracasser

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to smash

39
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pulvériser un record

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to smash a record

40
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casser en mille morceaux

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to smash to smithereens

41
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devenir fou furieux

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to run amok

42
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un effondrement, une débâcle, un krach (éco)

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a smash

43
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lisse, doux

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smooth

44
Q

bien fonctionner

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to run smoothly

45
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passer en fraude, faire du traffic

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to smuggle

46
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un traffiquant

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a smuggler

47
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un inconvénient

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a snag

48
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monter en flèche

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to soar

49
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mou, doux

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soft

50
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avoir un faible pour

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to have a soft spot for sth, sby

51
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adopter une ligne modérée

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to take a soft line on sth

52
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ne pas trop insister (mettre la sourdine)

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to softpedal

53
Q

amortir un choc

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to soften a blow (to cushion)

54
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calmer

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to soothe

55
Q

recherché

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sought-after

56
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une âme

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a soul

57
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corps et biens

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with all souls

58
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solide, qui tient debout (adj)

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sound

59
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une affaire solide

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a sound business

60
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espace, place

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space

61
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un court laps de temps

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a short space of time

a span of time

62
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gagner du temps

consacrer du temps

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to spare time

63
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peux-tu me consacrer un instant?

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can you spare me a minute?

64
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aucun effort n’est de trop pour lui

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he spares no effort

65
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sauver la vie de qqn

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to spare sby’s life

66
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la chambre d’amis

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spare room

67
Q

est-ce que tu as un stylo en trop pour moi?

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have you got a spare pen for me?

68
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pour un temps court

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for a brief span, for a short while, for a short spell

69
Q

déclencher

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to spark off

70
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une étincelle

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a spark

71
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être le fer de lance, être à la pointe de

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to spearhead

72
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une espèce

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a species

73
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les détails spécifiques, les précisions

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the specifics

74
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accélerer

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to speed up

75
Q

la vitesse

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speed

76
Q

épeler

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to spell

77
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l’othographe

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spelling

78
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un laps de temps, une période

un sortilège

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a spell

79
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période de soleil

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sunny spells

80
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after a while

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after a spell

81
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pendant une courte durée

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for a short spell

82
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il traverse une mauvaise passe

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he is going through a bad spell

83
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envoûter

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to cast a spell on sby

84
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être envouté par

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to be/to fall under the spell of

85
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city’s spell

A

le charme

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