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1
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s’attarder

traîner

A

to linger

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un souvenir persistant

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a lingering memory

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des doutes persistants

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ligering doubts

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un faible espoir

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a lingering hope

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un test décisif

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a litmus test

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un prêt

un emprunt

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a loan

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détester

avoir en horreur

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to loathe

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traîner

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to loiter
to loaf
to idle

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une faille
une lacune
un défaut

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a loophole

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10
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s’en sortir

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to get through

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piller

A

to loot

to plunder

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un pillage

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a looting

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un pilleur

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a looter

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14
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un loubard

un voyou

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a lout

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un voyou qui se saoule à la bière

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a lager lout

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16
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ridicule

risible

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ludicrous

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un gros morceau

une masse

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a lump

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18
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avoir la gorge serrée

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to have a lump in one’s throat

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un morceau de sucre

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a lump of sugar

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20
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fou
dément
aliéné

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lunatic

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21
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un asile d’aliéné

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a lunatic asylum

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attirer (par la ruse)

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to lure

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23
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l’attrait de la gloire

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the lure of fame

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24
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attirer dans un piège

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to lure into a trap

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25
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la voyage inaugural (pour un bateau)

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the maiden-voyage

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26
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de fortune

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makeshift

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27
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un centre commercial

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a mall

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28
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fumier

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manure

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29
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manipuler

truquer des chiffres

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to massage figures

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30
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un chef-d’oeuvre

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a masterpiece

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31
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un dissident

un non-conformiste

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a maverick

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32
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pagaille

désordre

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mayhem

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33
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la miséricorde

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mercy

34
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clément

impitoyable

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merciful

merciless

35
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hypnotiser

fasciner

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to mesmerize

36
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sans valeur (adj)

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mickey mouse

37
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doux

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mild

38
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un mélange hétéroclite

un pêle-mêle

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a miscellany

a medley

39
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des gens variés

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miscellanious people

40
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hétéroclite

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a miscellanious collection

41
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un tant soit peu

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a modicum

42
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agresser physiquement (voire sexuellement)

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to molest

43
Q

travailler au noir

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to moonlight

44
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hypothéquer

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to mortgage

45
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une hypothèque

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a mortgage

46
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hétéroclite
disparate
(péj)

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motley

47
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quelle belle équipe! (iron.)

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what a motley crew!

48
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banal

terre-à-terre (faux-ami)

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mundane

49
Q

trouble

sombre

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murky

50
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les musulmans

A

Muslims

Moslems

51
Q

rassembler

A

to muster

52
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zéro

A

naught

53
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échouer

A

to come to naught

54
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il fait peu cas de

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he cares naught for

55
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angoissant

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nerve-racking (movie)

56
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un surnom

A

a nickname

57
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persistant

qui vous ronge

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niggling (feelings, doubts)

58
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tuer dans l’oeuf

faire avorter

A

to nip (sth) in the bud

59
Q

faire un signe affirmatif de la tête

aquiescer

A

to nod

60
Q

où tous les coups sont permis

A

no-holds-barred

61
Q

un noeud coulant

A

a noose

62
Q

se jeter dans la gueule du loup

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to put one’s head in the noose

63
Q

resserer l’étau (fig.)

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to tighten the noose

64
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marquer une victoire

A

to notch up a victory

65
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une encoche

une entaille

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a notch

66
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notoire

A

notorious

67
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odieux

détestable

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obnoxious

68
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les heures creuses

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off-peak hours

69
Q

les heures de pointe

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the rush hours

70
Q

une plate-forme offshore

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an offshore platform

71
Q

des investissements extra-territoriaux

A

offshore investments

72
Q

la progéniture

A

offspring

73
Q

un médiateur

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an ombudsman

74
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présage

augure

A

an omen

75
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de bon augure

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of good omen

76
Q

de mauvais augure

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ominous

77
Q

la responsabilité

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the onus

78
Q

se montrer plus rusé que

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to outsmart
to outfox
to outwit

79
Q

un paquet

A

a pack

80
Q

une bande (péj)

A

a pack of (ppl)

81
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un tissu de mensonges

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a pack of lies

82
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une meute de loups

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a pack of wolves

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