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1
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suivre de près

A

to dog

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obstiné

tenace

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dogged

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résolument optimiste

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doggedly optimistic

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faire don de

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to donate

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un donneur

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a donnor

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cesser le travail

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to down tools

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terne

gris

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drab

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un avant-projet

une ébauche

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a draft

a blueprint

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sinistre

morne

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dreary

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aller à la dérive (propre et fig)

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to drift

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sombrer peu à peu dans la délinquance

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to be slowly drifting into crime

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une corvée

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drudgery

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surnommer

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to dub

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douteux

sceptique

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dubious

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détourner des fonds

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to embezzle

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détournement de fonds

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embezzlement

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embrasser

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to embrace

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épouser une cause (fig)

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to embrace a cause

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une revue d’ensemble

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an all-embracing review

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doter de

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to endow with

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sombrer dans

être submergé par

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to be engulfed in

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un enchevêtrement
un imbroglio (fig)
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an entanglement

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s’inscrire

inscrire

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to enrol

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encourager

inciter

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to entice

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un entrepreneur

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an entrepreneur

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dynamique

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entrepreneurial

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irrégulier
changeant
fantasque

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erratic

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exiger

obtenir

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to exact

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se dépenser

se donner du mal

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to exert oneself

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l’exposition

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exposure

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la couverture médiatique

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media exposure

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la corruption

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political sleaze

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léger

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faint

slight

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je n’en ai pas la moindre idée

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i haven’t the faintest idea about

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le prix du transport

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the fare

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ultra rapide

expéditif

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fast-track

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to be on the fast-track

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to be on the fast-track

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faisable

réalisable

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feasible

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un exploit

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a feat

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un honoraire

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a fee

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les honoraires du médecin

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medical fee

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l’écolage

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school fee

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abattre

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to fell

to cut down

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abattre un arbre

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to fell a tree

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assommer un opposant

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to fell an opponent

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se débrouiller tout seul

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to fend for oneself

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repousser

écarter

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to fend off a blow, an attack

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un engrais

A

a fertilizer

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une querelle
un conflit (entre deux familles)
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a feud

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un démon

un monstre

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a fiend

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a tennis-fiend

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un fou/mordu de tennis

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infernal

diabolique

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fiendish

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abominablement difficile

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fiendishly difficult

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d’une intelligence redoutable

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to be fiendishly intelligent

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un dossier

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a file

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crasseux

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filthy

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une amende

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a fine

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bouche-bée

sidéré

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flabbergasted

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éclater

flamber

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to flare up

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fragile

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flimsy

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désinvolte

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flippant