T3L1 Cross-Cultural acumen I

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perspicacité, flair

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acumen

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mentalité

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mindset

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histoires nationales

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national narratives

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loyal

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staunch

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entreprendre de faire

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to set out to do

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prémisse

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premise

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tentative

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attempt

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hostilité, inimitié

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enmity

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céder, renoncer

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to give in

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imposer

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to thrust upon

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subir

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to undergo

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soulever une question importante

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to beg an important question

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différend

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a dispute

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légalement responsable

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liable for

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à première vue

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prima facie

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presque jamais

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hardly ever

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adapter, accommoder

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to accommodate

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éblouir, fasciner

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dazzle

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un goût pour

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a fondness for

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bavarder, faire des commérages

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to gossip

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se quereller, disputer

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to quarrel

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dans l’ensemble

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overall, by and large

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transmettre, rendre, transformer en

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to render

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allégorie, parabole

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trope

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aspiration

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yearning

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devise

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motto

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attrait

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appeal

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mépris pour

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contempt for

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tendresse, amour, faiblesse (sucrerie)

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fondness

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pacifiste, irénique

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irenic

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héritage, patrimoine

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legacy

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ouvrir la voie à

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to clear the way for

to pave the way for

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être accusé de

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to be charged with vb+ing

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entraver

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to hinder

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décrire, représenter

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to portray

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claironner, proclamer

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to trumpet

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faire appel à, recouvrir à, s’inspirer de

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to draw on

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héritier de

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heir to

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notamment, et non le moindre élément

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at least

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courage, cran

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pluck

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tentative de

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attempt at

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depuis lors

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ever since

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ruse

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guile

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homologue

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counterpart

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description, représentation

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depiction

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tant est si bien que

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so much so that

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saper

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undermine

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atout

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asset

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refléter

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to mirror

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aussi longtemps que

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as long as

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retrait de

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withdrawal from

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mesquin

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petty

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imagination, rêveries

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fantasies

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audace

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boldness

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bienveillant

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benevolent

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user, épuiser

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wear down

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caoutchouc

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rubber

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découler, dériver de

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stem from

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provenir de, résulter de

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arise from

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propre, net

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tidy

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laïcité

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secularism

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souligner, sous-tendre

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underline

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remettre en question

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to challenge

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événement marquant

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landmark

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accorder (par ex un privilège)

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to grant

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cohérence

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consistency

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jouir de, bénéficier de

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enjoy

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révéler, manifester (courage)

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to exhibit

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digne de

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worthy of

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craindre, reculer devant

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to shy away from

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déplorer

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to lament

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pression

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strain, pressure

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essor

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rise

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figurer sur

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to feature on

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fastueux

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lavish

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rétrécir, diminuer

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to shrink

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consternation

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dismay

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quoique, bien que

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albeit

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acclamer, saluer (person)

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to hail

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récit

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yarn

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ridiculiser, tourner en dérision

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to lampoon

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puissant

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potent