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1
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Déclarer coupable / un détenu

A

To convict of / a convict

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2
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Interdire quelque chose / exclure quelqu’un

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To bar

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3
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To subdue / subdued

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Maîtriser, dompter / modéré, maîtrisé

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4
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Appuyer, approuver

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To endorse

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5
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Allié

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Ally

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6
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Avec retenue

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With restreint

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7
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Une accélération / intensification (d’un processus)

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A ramping up

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Déversoir (évacuer eau d’un barrage )

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À spillway

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9
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lancer

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to lob

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10
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sombre / maussade / austère

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bleak

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11
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remanier / réviser / reformer

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to overhaul

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12
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ultérieur / plus loin

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onward (an onward flight / to go onward)

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13
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être entaché par

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to be marred by

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14
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salir quelqu’un / diffamer

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to malign

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15
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un discours de campagne (US)

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a stump speech

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16
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récolter / engranger

A

to reap

17
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un assaut / une agression

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an onslaught

18
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négociations

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negotiations

19
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mépris / dédain

A

a contempt for

20
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renforcer / dynamiser

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to bolster

21
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un conflit / une querelle

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a strife

22
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concrètement / palpablement

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palpably

23
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abandonner/laisser tomber qqch/ qqlqn

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to ditch

24
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barrage

A

dams

25
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le prochain/futur (publication, rapport, rencontre)

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the forthcoming (publication, report, meeting)

26
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lourd/encombrant

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cumbersome

27
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un bras de fer/ une lutte

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a tussle

28
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période aride/vague de sécheresse

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dry spell

29
Q

lacune

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shortcoming

30
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somptueux/copieux

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lavish

31
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subventions importantes concernant les énergies renouvelables

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subsidies lavish on renewable energy

32
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projet favori

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a pet project

33
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sombre, lugubre

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grim (discovery, reality)

34
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blessé

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wounded

35
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paresseux, mou, léthargique

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sluggish

36
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doubler/tripler

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to double/treble

37
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être envahi par le chagrin

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to be overwhelmed with sorrow