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se tenir au courant de

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to be/to keep abreast of something (to be aware of)

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  1. universitaire

2. théorique

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academic

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un as

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an ace

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garder un atout en réserve

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to keep an ace up one’s sleeve

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avoir tous les atouts

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to hold all the aces

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un as du volant

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an ace driver

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les pluies acides

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acid rain

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une loi

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an act of Parliament

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une loi

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an act of Congress

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une catastrophe naturelle

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an act of god

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perspicacité

sagacité

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acumen

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le don des affaires

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business acumen

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13
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obstiné

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adamant

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  1. une adresse

2. un discours officiel

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an address

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s’adresser à

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to address someone

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admettre

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to admit

to acknowledge

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droit d’entrée, admission

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admittance

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18
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accès interdit

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no admittance

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19
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politique américaine anti-discriminatoire en faveur des minorités

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affirmative action

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les suites, les séquelles

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aftermath

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un ordre du jour (congrès, assemblée, réunion)

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an agenda

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être un point prioritaire

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to be high on the agenda

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souffrant

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ailling

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une pension alimentaire (en cas de divorce)

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alimony

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soulager, alléger (pain, difficulties)

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to alleviate

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distant, qui ne se sent pas impliqué

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aloof (uninvolved)

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une embuscade

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an ambush

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effroyable

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appalling

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pertinent

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apt

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une série, un vaste choix

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an array

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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une chaîne de montage (usine)

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an assembly line

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fin, astucieux

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astute

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un public

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an audience

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éviter, prévenir

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to avert a danger

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une récompense, un prix

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an award

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une hache, un couperet

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an axe

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supprimer, faire des coupes sombres

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to axe

39
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supprimer des emplois

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to axe jobs

to slash jobs

40
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faire des coupes sombres dans les dépenses

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to axe expenditure

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un vote, un scrutin

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a ballot

42
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une urne

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a ballot box

43
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un bulletin de vote

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a ballot paper

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arnaquer, embobiner

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to bamboozle, to con, to hoodwink

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une caserne

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barracks

46
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du chahut

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barracking

47
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désert, stérile

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barren

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un coup

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a bash

49
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cogner

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to bash

50
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se prendre une râclée

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to take a bashing

51
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faire l’échange, faire du troc

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to barter

to swap

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une série, une ribambelle, une fournée (péj)

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a batch

53
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battre, maltraiter, martyriser

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to batter

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duper

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to beguile

to swindle

55
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un ours

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a bear

56
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un marché en repli

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a bear market

57
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engendrer

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to beget

58
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un banc

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a bench

59
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un député de base à la Chambre des communes

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a backbencher