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1
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souiller la réputation de quelqu’un

calomnier

A

to smear

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dénote toujours une action faite de manière furtive

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to sneak

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3
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du savon

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soap

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4
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un feuilleton

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a soap opera

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5
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monter en flèche

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to soar

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6
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qui donne à réfléchir

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sobering

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7
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solvable

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solvent

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8
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cracher

déverser

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to spew

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9
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une marée noire

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an oil spill

spillage

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10
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un produit dérivé

un avantage inattendu

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a spin-off

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11
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faire durer

faire traîner

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to spin out

to prolong

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12
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vivre aux crochets de

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to sponge off someone

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13
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un parasite

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a sponger

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14
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aiguillonner

encourager

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to spur

to stimulate

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15
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faux

fallacieux

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spurious

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16
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un intérêt feint

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a spurious interest

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17
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une querelle

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a squabble

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18
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compresser

pressurer

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to squeeze

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19
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un manque de place

une cohue

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a squeeze

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20
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poignarder

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to stab

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21
Q

tituber

chanceler

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to stagger

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22
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énergie

endurance

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stamina

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23
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une débâcle
une déroute
un sauve-qui-peut

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a stampede

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24
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dévoué

loyal

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dependable

loyal

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25
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un ami dévoué

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a staunch friend

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un ardent défenseur de la démocratie

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a staunch supporter of democracy

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27
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loyauté

fermeté

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staunchness

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28
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raide

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stiff

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29
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garder son flegme

rester impassible

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to keep a stiff upper lip

30
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s’ennuyer à mourir

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to be bored stiff

31
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mourir de trouille

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to be scared still

32
Q

étrangler

maintenir dans un étau (fig.)

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to strangle

33
Q

étouffer

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to strangle free speech

to muzzle

34
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dominer le marché

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to have a strangehold on the market

35
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flâner

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to stroll

36
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trébucher

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to stumble

to stagger

37
Q

une pierre d’achoppement

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a stumbling block

38
Q

être dans l’impasse

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to be stymied

39
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une industrie d’avenir

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a sunrise industry

40
Q

une industrie sur le déclin

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a sunset industry

41
Q

hautain

méprisant

A

supercilious

42
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furtif

en douce

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surreptitious

on the sly

43
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un regard/sourire furtif

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a surreptitious look/smile

44
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substitut

A

surrogate

45
Q

une mère porteuse

A

a surrogate mother

46
Q

échanger

troquer

A

to swap

47
Q

un échange

un troc

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a swap

48
Q

doux

sucré

A

sweet

49
Q

sentir bon

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to smell sweet

50
Q

adoucir (sens propre et fig.)

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to sweeten

51
Q

adoucir la tâche de

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to sweeten somebody’s task

52
Q

toucher à
mettre son nez dans
trafiquer
(péj)

A

to tamper (with)

53
Q

enregistrer sur bande ou vidéo

A

to tape

54
Q

un magnétophone

A

a tape-recorder

55
Q

taquiner

A

to tease

56
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ennuyeux

A

tedious

boring

57
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grouiller

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to teem

58
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ténu

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tenuous

59
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un lien ténu

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a tenuous link

60
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une position fragile

A

a tenuous position

61
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avoir peu d’emprise sur

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to have a tenuous hold on something

62
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un groupe de réflexion

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a think tank

63
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économe

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thrifty

64
Q

dépensier

A

thriftless

65
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les affres

A

the throes

66
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être à l’agonie

A

to be in the throes of death

67
Q

dans les douleurs de l’enfantement

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in the throes of childbirth

68
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pencher

A

to tilt

69
Q

bricoler

A

to tinker with

to tamper with

70
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renverser

A

to topple

71
Q

tomber

s’effrondrer

A

to topple over

72
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renverser un gouvernement

A

to topple a government

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