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1
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à égalité avec

A

to be on a par (equality of value) with

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2
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liberté conditionnelle

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parole

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être en liberté conditionnelle

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to be on parole

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4
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colporter

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to peddle

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5
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colporter des ragots

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to peddle gossip

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6
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propager

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to peddle ideas

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faire du trafic de drogue

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to peddle drugs

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un colporteur

un camelot

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a peddlar

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9
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un pair

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a peer

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un avantage en nature

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a perk (a non-wage benefit)

ex: a car, free air-fares, etc.

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un animal familier (domestique)

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a pet

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12
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mineur

insignifiant

A

petty

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13
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des petits boulots

A

petty jobs

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14
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un délit mineur

A

a petty offense

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15
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la pillule (contraceptive)

A

the pill

to be on the pill

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16
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commencer à prendre la pillule

A

to go on the pill

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17
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un numéro de code personnel

A

a PIN number

Personal Identification Number

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être en route

être en attente

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to be in the pipeline

to be underway

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19
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un appel

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a plea

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20
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plaider coupable

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to ender a plea of guilty

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21
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une demande de grâce

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a plea for mercy

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22
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un stratagème

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a ploy

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23
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braconner

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to poach

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24
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un braconnier

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a poacher

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25
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étudier de près

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to pore over

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26
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être absorbé par un livre

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to pore over a book

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27
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chic

bon chic bon genre

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posh

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28
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une situation difficile

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a predicament

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29
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les locaux

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the premises

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30
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absurde

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preposterous

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31
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une ordonnance

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a prescription

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32
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une proie

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a prey

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33
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sonder

fouiller

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to probe into

34
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une sonde

A

a probe

35
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une sonde spatiale

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a space probe

36
Q

poursuivre en justice

A

to prosecute

37
Q

un procureur

A

a prosecutor

38
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un témoin à charge

A

a witness for the prosecution

39
Q

soutenir

étayer

A

to prop up

40
Q

faire traîner en longueur

A

to protract

41
Q

procuration

A

proxy

42
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un éditeur

A

a pubisher

43
Q

une maison d’édition

A

a publishing company

44
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un expert

un spécialiste

A

a pundit

45
Q

un comité d’experts

A

a board of pundit

46
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une marionnette (sens propre et fig)

A

a puppet

47
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se faire passer pour

A

to purport to be

48
Q

se vouloir objectif

A

to be unbiassed

49
Q

rendre perplexe

A

to puzzle

50
Q

essayer de comprendre

A

to puzzle over sth

51
Q

une énigme

un casse-tête

A

a puzzle

52
Q

bizarre
étonnant
troublant

A

puzzling

53
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un charlatan

A

a quack

54
Q

un bourbier (sens propre et fig)

A

a quagmire

55
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un dilemme

A

a quandary

56
Q

un trimestre (civil)

A

a quarter

57
Q

un trimestre scolaire/universitaire

A

a term

58
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de très près

A

at close quarters

59
Q

annuler

écraser

A

to quash

the rebellion was quashed by the army

60
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contestable

A

questionable

61
Q

étrange
louche
suspect

A

queer

62
Q

ergoter

A

to quibble

63
Q

délabré

qui tombe en ruine

A

ramshackle

64
Q

saccager

piller

A

to ransack

65
Q

une rançon

A

a ransom

66
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violer (une personne)

A

to rape

67
Q

violer la loi

A

to violate the law

68
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  1. un viol

2. du colza

A

rape

69
Q

la course à la réussite

la foire d’empoigne

A

the rat race

70
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l’arrière

A

the rear

71
Q

les pattes arrière

A

the rear legs

72
Q

mener un combat d’arrière-garde

A

to fight a rearguard action

73
Q

réprimander

A

to rebuke

to take to task

74
Q

la paperasserie administrative

A

red tape

75
Q

des cours de rattrapage

A

remedical courses, lessons

76
Q

un sursis

une remise d’exécution

A

a reprieve

77
Q

faire un remaniement ministériel

A

to reshuffle

78
Q

un remaniement ministériel

A

a reshuffle

79
Q

retaper

A

to revamp

80
Q

retaper une maison délabrée

A

to revamp a dilapidated house

81
Q

réorganiser

A

to revamp a company

to streamline

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