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Proposer, suggéger

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To put forward

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Il a présenté sa démission

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He tendered his resignation

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Le bilan financier

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Financial statement

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Déclaration, affirmation / (un) communiqué

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A statement

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Aborder des préocupations

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To address concerns

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Se re-présenter

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To run for re-election

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Remplacer qqch / se substituer à qqc

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Supersede sthg

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Chef d’état

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Head of state

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La participation / le taux de participation

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Turnout / voter turnout

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Déclencher, provoquer, susciter

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To trigger

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Prévu, attendu

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Due

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Position, posture

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Stance

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Être évincé

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To be ousted

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Piste (d’aéroport)

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Runway

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Abréviation pour libéraux-démocrates

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Lib Dems’

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Toilettes publiques

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Public lavatories

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Un homme prônant la suprématie de la race blanche

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A white supremacist

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La partie civile

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The prosecution

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déferler/ravager/balayer

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To sweep (swept, swept) through

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Être organisé, avoir lieu

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To be staged

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Le plus meurtrier

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The deadliest

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Renverser

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To reverse

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Requérant, exigeant

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Requiring

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Détournement, malversation, escroquerie

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Embezzlement

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Démissionner (3)

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To step down / to resign / to quit

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Le président en fonction, en place, actuel

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The incumbent president

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Le président entrant / sortant

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The incoming / outgoing president

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Annoncer / prévenir qqn de qqch

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To give notice / to give notice of sthg to sby

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Transmettre, céder le pouvoir

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To hand over power

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Un retrait, un repli

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A withdrawal

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Diminuer, réduire, rétrécir qqch

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To shrink (shrunk, shrunk) sthg

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Poser son veto

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To veto (vetoed, vetoed)

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Une trêve

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A truce

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Déposer une plainte contre, constituer un dossier (judiciaire) contre, poursuivre qqn en justice

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To file a case against sby

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Des raisons, motifs

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Grounds

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Élever une objection à

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To object to

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Prestation de serment

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Oath-taking

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Énerver qqn

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To anger sby

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Rompre, couper

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To sever

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Approuver

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To endorse

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Une mascarade, comédie, imposture

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A sham

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Subventions publiques

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Public subsidies

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Distribuer des subventions publiques

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To dish out public subsidies

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Point mort, arrêt, impasse

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Standstill

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Hostile, ennemi, adverse

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inimical

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Bien réfléchir à

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To put sthg into thoughts / to mull sthg

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Via, au moyen de

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By way of

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Au titre d’exemple

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By way of example

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Faire preuve de qqch

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To put on a display of sthg

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De la même façon, de même

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Similarly

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Comparable à faire qqch

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Akin to doing sthg

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Contrebalancer, compenser qqch

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To countervail sthg

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Un soulèvement, une révolte (pol) contre qqch

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An uprising against sthg

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Sans pitié, impitoyable

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Ruthless

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Constamment, systématiquement

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Consistently

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Une loi maladroitement écrite (dont le sens ne fais pas consensus)

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A clumsily-worded law

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Placer qqch,qqn sous surveillance // revendiquer qqch

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To stake sthg out

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Odieusement

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Obnoxiously

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Ouvertement, publiquement, franchement

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Openly

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Un contre argument solide

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A tough counter-argument

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A better response than jail terms or fine for those who incite violence

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well-aimed ridicule and tough counter-argument

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Les années qui suivirent

En général : nom au pl + qui suivirent

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Subsequent years

Subsequent + noun pl

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Par la suite, ensuite (adverbe en ly)

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Subsequently

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L’ascension dans l’échelle sociale

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Upward social mobilty

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Une crise peu remarquée

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A little-noticed crisis

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Maîtriser, exploiter

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To harness

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3/4 des enfants

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3 out of 4 children

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Le défaut (2)

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Flaw / shortcoming

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De base, essentiel, élement de base
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Être l’élément de base de qqch

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Staple
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To be staple of sthg

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Aussi étonnant que cela puisse paraître

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Surprisingly enough

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Offrir des avantages pour attirer des gens

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To offer incentives to attract people

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La trêve

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The truce

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Depuis que

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ever since

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faiblir, fléchir

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to falter

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aller de travers

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to go awry

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jusqu’ici, jusqu’à présent, à ce jour

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hitherto

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un problème épineux

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a knotty problem

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un gouffre

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a chasm

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mettre la pression sur qqch/qqn

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to put a strain on

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considérablement baisser (pour un chiffre)

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to fall greatly

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être plus important que, l’emporter sur

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to outweigh

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rester immobile, ne pas bouger

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to stand still

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changement de comportement

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behvioural change

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promesse, engagement

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pledge

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quiconque

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whoever

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retour du baton

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backlash

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tomber en chute libre (2)

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to tailspin, to plummet

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faire de l’ombre à qqch/qqn / éclipser qqch/qqn

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to overshadow qqch/qqn

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Soutenir, appuyer (qqn lors d’une élection, une idée…)

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To bolster

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De manière écrasante, majoritairement

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Overwhelmingly

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Mettre au défi

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To challenge

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Déconcertant, inquiétant

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Puzzling

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Faire des courbettes devant qqn/qqch (idée de se soumettre à)

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To kowtow to sby

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Promettre que

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To pledge that

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Au vu de cette information / à la lumière de cette information

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In light of

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Forcer, contraindre qqn à faire qqch

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To compel sby to do sthg

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On peut supposer que, il est possible que, vraissemblablement

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Presumably

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Quant à

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As for

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Être plus performant que, faire mieux que

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To outperform

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Des bénéfices énormes, démesurés (FTN)

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Outsized profits

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Aux dépends de qqn

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At the expense of sby

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Mettre un terme à qqch

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To put the plug on sthg

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Ralentir, empêcher la progression d’un phénomène

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To put the brakes on a phenomenon

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Être d’accord pour faire qqch

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To agree on doING sthg

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Quoique, bien que (façon pas connue de le dire)

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Albeit

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Des visions (opinions) à court-terme (négatif car on anticipe pas les csqces à long terme)

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Short-term views

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Prévoir, anticiper

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To foresee

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Le Président élu Donald Trump

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President-elect Donald Trump

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Ceux qui nient l’existence du changement climatique

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Change-deniers

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Attirer (par la ruse) qqn dans qqch, appater

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To lure sby into sthg

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Des profits à court-terme

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Short-term profits

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DD

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Sustainable development

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Un retour sur investissement lucratif, qui rapporte bcp

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A lucrative return on investment

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Se dégrader (relations, phenomenon…)

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To sour

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Considérable, important, conséquent (adj associé à un nom)

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Substantial

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Faire la lumière sur

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To shine light on

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L’un après l’autre, chacun à son tour

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In turn

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Scandaliser, choquer, indigner, offenser
//
Indignation

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To outrage
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Outrage

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Prendre son courage à 2 mains

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To pluck up courage

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Qui ne passe pas inaperçu, voyant, qui attire l’oeil

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Eye-catching

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Être sans commune mesure avec qqch

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To be a far cry from sthg

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Blanchiment d’argent

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Money laundering

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Esquiver, éviter

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To dodge

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Abominable, infâme, malfaisant

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Nefarious

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Accablant

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Damning

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Secret, confidentialité

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Secrecy

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Une puissance sans équivalent dans le monde

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An unparalleled power

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De l’argent sale

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Tainted money

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Particulièrement, surtout (3)

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Especially / notably / particularly

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euphémisme

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understatement

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écarter, mettre sur la touche (écarter qqn du pouvoir)

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to sideline

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Agitation, trouble

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Turmoil

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désastreux

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ruinous

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Miner, saper

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To undermine

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Prospérer, se dvpper (2)

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To flourish / to thrive

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Un revers, contretemps

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A setback

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Un prix qui valait le coût d’être payé (sous entendu pour obtenir qqch de mieux derrière)

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A price worth paying

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Pourvu qu’une personne travaille dur

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Provided an individual works hard

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Céder à

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To give way to

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Un géant aux pieds d’argiles (US ++)

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A giant with feet of clay

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Le moral, la confiance

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Morale

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S’épuiser, être en perte de vitesse

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To run out of steam

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Les riches et les pauvres

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The haves and the have-nots

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Être durement touché

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To be hard hit

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Être enclin à

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To be prone to doING sthg

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Éphémère

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Short-lived

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Du jour au lendemain, d’un jour à l’autre

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Overnight

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À l’inverse (transition entre 2 idées)

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Conversely

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Être bel et bien vivant

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To be alive and kicking

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Une tendance vers le haut, à la hausse

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An upward trend

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What with est un idiome qui a pour synonyme en anglais (3)

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Owing to / because of / as result of

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Qqn qui aspire à (qqn qui veut migrer)

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Would-be +noun (would-be immigrant)

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Déclencher, provoquer, donner lieu à

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To give rise to

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Un principe fondamental

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A basic tenet

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Étant donné le contexte actuel

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Given the current context

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Se résumer à (faire qqch)

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To boil down to (doING sthg)

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De meilleures perspectives

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Brighter prospects

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D’où (du type: le pays est dangereux, d’où les mesures de sécurité)

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Hence

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Qui s’y connait en +nom (qui s’y connaît en Internet)

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Noun-savvy (internet-savvy)

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Il va sans dire que (évidemment que)

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Needless to say that

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Épouvantable, effroyable

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Abysmal

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Patauger, piétiner, être en difficulté

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To flounder

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Patauger, piétiner, être en difficulté

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To flounder

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…. pourrait s’avérer être une épée à double-tranchant

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…. could prove a double-edged sword

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Brandir qqch

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To brandish sthg

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Être retenu en otage par (figuré, être dépendant de)

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To be held hostage to

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Dernier cri

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New-fangled

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Filet de sécurité

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Safety net

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Lutte acharnée

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Tug-of-war

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Pour l’instant (stylé)

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For the foreseeable future

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Les faucons et les colombes

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Hawks and doves

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C’est en cours

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It’s under way

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Couler, sombrer (entreprise)

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To founder

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Ravages, dégâts

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Havoc

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Remporter une victoire

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To chalk up a victory

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Voué à l’échec

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Doomed

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Déclencher (violences, guerre) / déchaîner (des émotions)

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To unleash

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Étonné, très surpris

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Startled

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Jouer les durs, jouer les gros bras

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To saber rattle

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Dissiper des doutes

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To dispel doubts

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Donner aux femmes le droit de vote

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To enfranchise women

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Turbulent (suffragettes…)

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Rumbustious

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Récolter, collecter des informations / données

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To harvest data

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Bloquer des négociations

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To deadlock talks

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Se remémorer de qqch

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To cast one’s mind back to

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