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1
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Desormais

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from now on

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un grand nombre de

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a large number of

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exposer une théorie

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to express a theory

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un sixième

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one sixth

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en un rien de temps

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in next to no time

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évaluer la situation

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to assess the situation

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part de marché

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shake of market

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dire du mal de quelqu’un

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to speak ill of sb

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se rendre aux urnes

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to go to the polls

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ainsi

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thus

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le bord de la mer

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the seaside

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encombrements

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traffic jams

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cartes à puce

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smart cards

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tout riche que vous soyez

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however rich you are

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traiter les gens de cette manière

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to treat people in such a way

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On pourrait dire que

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it might be said that

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la révolution à laquelle on vient d’assister

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the revolution we have witnessed

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quels que fussent ses efforts

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whatever efforts he made

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la guerre a eclaté

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the war broke out

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la situation dramatique des pays sous-développés

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the tragic situation of underdeveloped countries

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débattre

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to discuss

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moins de la moitié des décisions

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fewer than half decisions

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Canard boiteux

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Lame duck

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Fermeture (d’uune usine)

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The closing down

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Dans maximum 10 ans

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In ten years at the most

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A qui a votre avis revient le mérite d’avoir découvert le virus du sida

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Whose merit do you think it is to have discovered the AIDS virus

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Prononcer une parole

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To utter a word

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Il est a l’hôpital

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He is in hospital

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29
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Beeding-le-bas

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Lower Beeding

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30
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Porter leur fruit

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To bear fruit

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31
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Quel dommage !

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What a pity!

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32
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L’exposition a fermé ses portes il a 5 jours

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The exhibition finished five days ago

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Il me faudra prendre les transports

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i shall have To take public transports

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34
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Augmenter les salaires

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To raise wages

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35
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Disques

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Records

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36
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Il n’a pas eu de mal à arriver à l’heure

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He had no difficulty IN arriving on time

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37
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D’autant plus que…

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The more so as

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Il n’y avait presque pas de circulation sur l’autoroute

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There was hardly any trafic on the mitorway

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39
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Cela vous ennuierait-il de mettre par écrit

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Would you mind writing down

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40
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Je sais que le jour viendra où vous decouvrirez

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I know the day will come when you will discover

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41
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Ce qui est certes positif

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Which is indeed positive

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42
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Devient sans cesse plus + adj

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Is becoming even more +adj

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43
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Le grand Shakespeare

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The great Shakespeare

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Un des écrivains mineurs (moins importants)

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One of the lesser writers

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Arrière grand père

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Great-grandfather

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46
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Avec un couteau et une fourchetteb

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With a knife and fork

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47
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Petits pois

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Peas

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48
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Supporter la chaleur

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To withstand the heat

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49
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Maux

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Evils

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Être blessé au visage

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To be wounded in the face

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51
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Mesures draconiennes

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Drastic measures

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52
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Il est inévitable que qlc soit fait

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Qlc is bound To be +PP

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53
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Centre-ville

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Town center

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54
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Tgv

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High speed trains

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55
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Que tous ces gens travaillent !

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Let all these people work!

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56
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Les décisions prises visent à + BV

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The decisions made aim at +Ving

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57
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La facture énergétique

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the energy bill

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58
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l’incendiaire

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the arsonist

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59
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vous avez vraiment l’air très fatigué

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you do look very tired

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60
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Voulez-vous que je vous fasse couler un bain?

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Shall I run you a bath?

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le neveu ne cessait de répeter..;

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the nephew kept repeating

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62
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arroser

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to water

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63
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meubles

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furniture

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être vendu aux enchères

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to be auctioned off

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ils devraient être arrivés depuis longtemps

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they ought to have arrived a long time ago

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de tous les temps

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of all times

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67
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je suis tombée dans les escaliers

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I fell down the stairs

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68
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j’ai du mal à + V

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I find it hard to + BV

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tout de suite

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straight away

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s’en tirer avec seulement une amende

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to be let off with only a fine

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passer à la pharmacie

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to stop at the chemist’s

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72
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la nuit,

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at night

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On lui conseilla d’attendre que la pluie cesse

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we adviced her to wait for the rain to stop

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une organisation caritative

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a charity organization

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Beaucoup trop d’enfants

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far too many children

76
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mourir de faim

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to die of hunger

77
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Depuis plus de …

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For more than..

78
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Je l’ai vu se noyer

A

I saw him drown

79
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Je préférerais que tu fasses …/ téléphones

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I would rather you did / phoned

80
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bon nombre de + nom

A

a great many + nom

81
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tout en faisant cela

A

while doing this

82
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tu es beaucoup trop vieux

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you are much too old

83
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tout le monde devrait (chose qui paraît normale)

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everybody ought to

84
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une idée plus claire

A

a clearer idea

85
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je ne ferai pas cela tant que ..

A

I won’t do this until..

86
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Il nous aurait fallu beaucoup plus de temps

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We would have needed far more time

87
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le trafic aérien a crû de 3% en moyenne

A

the air traffic rose by 3% en average

88
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vous feriez mieux de faire cela

A

you had better do this

89
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On suppose que son avion fut abbatu

A

His plane is thought to have been shot down

90
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le cuivre

A

copper

91
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reserver

A

to book

92
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la table la plus proche de

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the table closest to

93
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camion

A

truck

94
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Surgit (problème, difficulté)

A

To crop up

95
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Entre les pluies acides et l’effet de serre, la terre subit de plus en plus d’agressions

A

What with acide rain and greenhouse effect, the earth is submitted to more and more attacks

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Soutenir (Une personne qui soutient que…)

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To contend

97
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Moins on en parle, mieux c’est

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The less is said about it, the better

98
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Mettre au défi

A

To dare

99
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Plonger dans la Manche

A

To dive into the Channel

100
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Dans l’optique de, dans le but de + V

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With a view to +Ving

101
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Être source de

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To be a source of

102
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Vive tension

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Sharp tension

103
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Obtenir de qlq qu’il fasse qlc

A

To get sb to do sthg

104
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Ce n’était pas la peine de

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There was no need to

105
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Déposer qlq quelque part

A

To drop SB at…

106
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Commander un taxi

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To order a taxi

107
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Piller les grands magasins

A

To loot department stores

108
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Émeute

A

A riot

109
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Ces amis à vous

A

These friends of yours

110
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Se dérober au dernier moment

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To back out at the last moment

111
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OGM

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GM crops

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Être dupé

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To be deceived

113
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Des arrhes

A

A deposit

114
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Note de frais

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An expense account

115
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Preuves légères

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Flimsy evidence

116
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Encourager les investissements

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To foster investments

117
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Avec tous ces sites gratuits, les besoins sont faciles à satisfaire

A

What with all these free Internet sites, people’s need are easy fulfilled

118
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Alimenter le ressentiment

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To fuel resentment

119
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Injustice flagrante

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A glaring injustice

120
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Provoquer des réactions violentes

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To give rise to violent protests

121
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Perspectives

A

Prospects

122
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Il faut espérer que

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Let us hope that

123
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J’ai eu du mal à retenir mes larmes

A

I found it hard to hold back my tears

124
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Se décider à faire qlc

A

To make up one’s mind to do sthg

125
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Il vous faudra compter avec les frais d’entretien

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You will have to reckon with upkeep costs

126
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Dans une large mesure

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To a large extent

127
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Assister à une conférence

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To attend a lecture

128
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Considérablement

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Dramatically

129
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Les découverts (financiers)

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Overdrafts

130
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Faire pression sur qlq pour qu’il fasse qlc

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To pressure SB into V+ing

131
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A partir de

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As from

132
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Les ressources naturelles deviennent rares

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Natural resources are becoming scarce

133
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Une bourse

A

A scolarship

134
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Ça y est (c’est encore ceci..)

A

There were are

135
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Tu parles !

A

You bet !

136
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La sonneroe

A

The bel’

137
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Mon pote !

A

My buddy

138
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Ça n’ira pas

A

This won’t do

139
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Elle l’a laissé tomber

Ça c’était sur !

A

She has left him

She would!

140
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C’est bon, vous pouvez fumer

A

You may smoke (modal de l’autorisation)

141
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Vous ne me verrez plus jamais !

A

You shall never see me again!

142
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Dis moi quand il va rentrer

A

Tell me when he will go back

143
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Convoité

A

Covet

144
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une grève

A

a strike

145
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couler

A

to sink

146
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un assez grand nombre de

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a rather large number of

147
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vacanciers

A

holiday-makers

148
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pas une seule fois

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not once

149
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c’est là un problème épineux

A

That is a tricky problem

150
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soulever une question

A

to raise a question

151
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(soulever une autre question): celle de …

A

that of

152
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arbitre

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referee

153
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on fit venir le médecin

A

the doctor was sent for

154
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les misogynes

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women-haters

155
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faire allusion à

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to allude to

156
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un moyen de freiner l’inflation

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a means of slowing down inflation

157
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contre nature

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fire and water

158
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la moindre chance (de réussir)

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the slightest chance (of success)

159
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on lui a dérobé un tableau de Picasso

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he has been robbed of a painting by Picasso

160
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celui qu’elle aimait le moins

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the one she liked least

161
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vendre des pommes à la tonne

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to sell apples by ton

162
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émue

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upset

163
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elle pouvait à peine répondre

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she could hardly answer

164
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vous auriez pu tout aussi bien les emprunter à la bibliothèque

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you could just as well have borrowed them FROM the library

165
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reprocher aux écoles de faire qlc

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to criticize schools for doing sthg

166
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il est grand temps qu’il prenne sa décision

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it is high time he made up his mind

167
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étudier de quoi ce programme est formé

A

to study what this programme consists in

168
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il est grand temps que + sujet + V(subjonctif)

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it is high time + sujet + PRETERIT

169
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les secteurs les plus durement touchés par la crise

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the sectors hardest hit by the crisis

170
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Les Antilles

A

the West Indies

171
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Pâques

A

Easter

172
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décoller (avion)

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to take off

173
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téléphoner à temps pour la réunion

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to phone in time for the meeting

174
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faire son maximum

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to do one’s utmost

175
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reprendre la production

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to resume production

176
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ce qu’ils craignaient le plus, c’était …

A

what they feared most was..

177
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des gens dont beaucoup étaient…

A

people, many of whom were …

178
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A quoi bon insister ?

A

What is the use of insisting?

179
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pour le moment

A

for the time being

180
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J’avais beau écouter

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However hard I listened

181
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Passer sa main sur son front

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To run his hand across his forehead

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