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S’assurer, garantir

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To secure

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Le droit de vote

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Franchise

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Ne pas avoir le droit de vote

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To be disenfranchised

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À part entière

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Full-fledged

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Être titulaire

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To have tenure

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Terrain territoire

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Turf

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Avouée assumée

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Avowed

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Faire confiance

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To trust sby with sth

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Un revers une défaite

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Setback

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Agité

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Restless

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Souligner

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Emphasize

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Discréditer

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Undermine

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Contrainte

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Constraint

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Couche

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Stratum

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S’unir

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To gang up

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Probabilité

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Likelihood

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Homologue

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Counterpart

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Simple

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Straightforward

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Marchander

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Haggle over

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Influencer

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Sway

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Frein

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Brake

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Renforcer

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To toughen up

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Rattraper

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Catch up

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Briser fracasser

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To shatter

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De toute évidence

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Seemingly

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S’enliser

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To more

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Résistant

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Resilient

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Compter sur

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To rely on

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Afflux flot

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Inflow

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Soutenir

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To bolster

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Inciter quelqu’un à faire qq chose

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To spur sby to do sth

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Scintillant

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Glittering

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Royaume

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Realm

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Écraser éliminer

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To stamp out

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Bredouillement

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Jabber

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Sifflement

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Hiss

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Mesquinement

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Shabbily

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Cadre administratif

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Registrar

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Interne

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Houseman

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Trace

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Mark

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Gare

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Train station

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Accoudé

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Leaning on your elbows

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Banal

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Common

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Murmurer

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Whisper

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Wagon

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Wagon truck

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Flâner

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Stroll saunter

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Contre courant

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Against the tide

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Banlieusard

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Suburban commuter

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Bousculade

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Rush

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Personnage

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Person figure

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Gâcher

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To waste

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Querelle

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Squabble

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Hausser les épaules

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Shrug

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Reposer sur

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To rest on

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Être projeté

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To lurch

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Rechercher

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To cast about

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Grief

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Grievance

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Modèle

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Pattern

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S’attacher violemment à

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To lash oneself to

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Bien-fondé

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Propriety

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Diffamer

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Smear

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Faire la guerre

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To wage war

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Accessoire

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Prop

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Sur le long terme

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Overt the long haul

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Céder la place

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Give way to

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Adopter (une idée, une position)

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Embrace

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Produire

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To yield

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Point de bascule

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A tipping point

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Laïque / non croyant

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Secular

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Ternir

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To tarnish

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De façon spectaculaire

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Dramatically

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S’effondrer

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To plummet

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Confession

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Denomination

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Niveau

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Benchmark

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Fracassant

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Shattering

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Place forte

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Stronghold

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Abandonner

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To forsake

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Faire montrer les paris

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To raise the stakes

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L’oubli

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Oblivion

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Celui qui gagne l’argent pour la famille

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Breadwinner

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Malchanceux

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Hapless

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Frasques

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Highjinks

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Qui se réjouit du malheur des autres

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Gleeful

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Sans complexe

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Unabashed

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Remodeler

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Remold

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Promettre

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Pledge

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Composition

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Makeup

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Réaliser

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Live up to

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Retourner à/ revenir sur

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Roll back sth

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Bien/ mal présager

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To bode well/ill

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La base

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The rank-and-file

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Décevoir

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To fail someone

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Tromper

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To shortchange sb

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Fuir

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To elude

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Credo

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Creed

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Sans attaches

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Unmoored

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Trahir (ses principes)

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Sell out

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Ancêtres

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Forebears

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Honnêtement

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Candidly

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Invoquer

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To call forth

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Introspection

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Soul-searching

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Louer/ vanter

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To extol

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Réévaluation

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Reassessment

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Hésiter

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To sit on a fence

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Mort: destin tragique

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Doom

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Fuite des capitaux

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Capital flight

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Convenable

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Seemly

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Énoncer clairement

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To spell out

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Plaider pour (contre)

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Make a case for (against)

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Plan alternatif

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Contingency plan

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Jouer avec

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To toy with

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Compromis / contrepartie

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Quid pro quo

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Sauf

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Barring

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Tourmente/ trouble

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Turmoil

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Soutenir / promouvoir

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To endorse

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Adopter

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To embrace

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Préconiser

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To advocate

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Compenser

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To offset

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Avoir de l’influence sur

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To carry weight on

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Prévaloir

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To prevail

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Se retirer

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To withdraw

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Préférer

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To favor

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Imprégner

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To pervade

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Programme

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Agenda

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S’occuper de

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To address / to give attention to

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Urgent

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Pressing

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Se tromper à propos de

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To be mistaken about

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À venir

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Forthcoming

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Mettre en évidence

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To highlight

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Une fracture

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A rift

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Incarner

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To embody

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Prospérer

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To thrive

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Récolter les fruits de

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To reap the benefits of

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Générer qq chose

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To bring about

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Prévaloir / dominer

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To prevail

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Faire de mémé

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To follow suit

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Mettre en évidence

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To bring sth to the force

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Lourd de / comportant plein de

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To be fraught with