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1
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un don

A

a bent (a gift)

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2
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avoir le don des langues

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to have a bent for languages

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3
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suivre son penchant

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to follow one’s bent

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être décidé absolument

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to be bent on doing something

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un gros bonnet
un grand ponte
une huile

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a big shot

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6
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un briseur de grève

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a blackleg

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7
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une tache
une souillure
une honte

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a blemish

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8
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une aubaine

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a blessing

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9
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un blocus

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a blockade

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10
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un film

un livre à grand succès

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a blockbuster

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11
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un avant-projet

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a blueprint

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12
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une gaffe, une bavure

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a blunder

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13
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faux

bidon

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bogus

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14
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des faux demandeurs d’asile

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bogus asylum-seekers

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15
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un mariage blanc

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a bogus marriage

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16
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soutenir

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to bolster

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17
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un os

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a bone

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18
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une pomme de discorde

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a bone of contention

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19
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un bon

un titre

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a bond

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20
Q

le marché obligataire

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the bond market

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21
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un marché actif, porteur

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a buoyant market

bullish

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22
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enterrer

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to bury

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23
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pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

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to bury one’s head in the sand

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24
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enterrer la hache de guerre

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to bury the hatchet

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être plongé dans son travail

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to be buried in one’s work

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26
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être plongé dans ses pensées

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to be buried in one’s thought

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27
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une expression à la mode

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a buzz word

28
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une élection partielle

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a by-election

29
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contourner

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to bypass

30
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un spectateur

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a bystander

31
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une limite

une frontière

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a boundary

32
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une crise

une poussée

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a bout

a bout of fever, a bout of inflation

33
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une rupture

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a breach

34
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un abus de confiance

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a breach of trust

35
Q

palpitant

A

breathtaking

36
Q

fauché

sans le sou

A

broke

37
Q

un courtier

A

a broker

38
Q

un butoir

un tampon

A

a buffer

39
Q

une zone tampon

A

a buffer zone

40
Q

persécuter

maltraiter

A

to bully

41
Q

contraindre quelqu’un par la menace à faire quelque chose

A

to bully sby into doing something

42
Q

rater

bousiller

A

to bungle

to botch

43
Q

un travail bâclé

A

a bungled job

a botched job

44
Q

faire faillite

A

to bust
to go bust
to go bankrupt

45
Q

être fauché

A

to be bust

to be broke

46
Q

solliciter des votes

faire du démarchage électoral

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to canvas

47
Q

sonder l’opinion

A

to canvas opinion

48
Q

se renverser

chavirer (propre et fig.)

A

to capsize

49
Q
  1. pourvoir aux besoins de

2. satisfaire, répondre à

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to cater for

50
Q

un concierge

un gardien

A

a caretaker

51
Q

un gouvernement provisoire

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a caretaker government

52
Q

une situation inextricable

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a catch-22 situation

a catch-22

53
Q

le plafond

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the ceiling

54
Q

les prix ont touché le plafond (fig.)

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prices have hit the ceiling

55
Q

un graphique

une courbe

A

a chart

56
Q

fustiger, critiquer sévèrement

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to chastise

to castigate

57
Q

impertinent

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cheeky

58
Q

une corvée

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a chore

a drudgery

59
Q

un cours

A

a class

60
Q

sécher les cours

A

to skip classes

61
Q

une situation à suspense

un moment d’angoisse

A

a cliffhanger

62
Q

un apogée

un point culminant

A

a climax

63
Q

maladroit

A

clumsy

64
Q

grossier

ordinaire

A

coarse

65
Q

vulgaire

A

coarse behaviour

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