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Thème/version Ecricome Piépié Flashcards

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pousser qqun à faire/recommander vivement

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to urge

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paradis fiscaux

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tax havens

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transférer/déplacer

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to shift

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pourtant/néanmoins

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yet

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améliorer

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to improve

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de la même manière

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likewise

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tendance

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trend

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(une chose) concrète/réelle/physique

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brick and mortar

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dépourvu

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rootless

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contrairement à

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contrary to

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rester

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remain

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environ

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about

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frais de scolarité

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tuition fees

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un prêt

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a loan

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se réduire

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to narrow

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devoir

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to owe

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habitants

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dwellers

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campagne

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countryside

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plat à emporter/restaurant avec vente à emporter

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takeaway

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âme

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soul

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attendre en se cachant/roder

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to lurk

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une haie

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a hedgerow

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l’aube

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dawn

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faire la queue

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to queue up

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par miracle/gros coups de chance

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by some flunk

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incompréhensible/obscur

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arcane

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création de liens affectifs/rapprochement amical

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bonding

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vieux bonhomme

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a codger

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récupérer (passer prendre qqch/qqun)

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to collect/to pick up

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récupérer/reprendre qqch

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to ger back

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bonbon

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sweet/candy

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le choix

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the pick

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choisir/cueillir

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to pick sth

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un commerçant

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a shopkeeper

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depuis longtemps

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for a long time now

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vivre avec …$ par mois

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to live ON …$ a month

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le minimum

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as little as possible

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remplir

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to fill

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une enveloppe

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an envelope

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commercer

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to trade

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satisfaire un désir/une ambition

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to fulfill

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une fois par an

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once a year

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préconiser/recommander/prôner

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to advocate

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en ville

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in town/in A city

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un partisan

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an advocate

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faire des reproches

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to blame someone

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s’engager à

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to commit oneself to doing sth

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when/as soon as/until/while/once (conjunction of time)

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pas suivies d’une forme future

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conséquence/suite

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aftermath

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abondant/riche (société d’abondance)

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affluent (the affluent society)

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passage à l’antenne/sur les ondes

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on the air

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temps d’antenne

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air-time

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évaluer/estimer

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to assess

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avoir des rebondissements imprévus

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to backfire

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contrecoup/retour de bâton

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backlash

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baratin/baliverne

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balderdash

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embobiner

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to bamboozle sby

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repère/référence

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benchmark

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révélation fracassante

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bombshell

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faire monter/hausser

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to boost

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invention personnelle

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brainchild

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une victime

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casualty

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soutenir/défendre

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to champion

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revendiquer

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to claim

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revenir sur ses positions/céder

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to climb down

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poids/influence/pouvoir

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clout

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couverture médiatique

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coverage

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limiter

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to curtail

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réduire

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to cut back

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réductions/licenciements

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cutbacks

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impasse/blocage

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deadlock

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démentir (un démenti)

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to disclaim (a disclaimer)

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révélation

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a disclosure

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réfuter

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to disprove

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esquiver

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to dodge

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cautionner

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to endorse

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escroquer/détourner des fonds

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to embezzle

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empiéter sur

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to encroach on

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implication

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entanglement

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conclusion courue d’avance

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foregone conclusion

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prochain, à venir (adj)

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forthcoming (adj)

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sinistre/dur/pessimiste

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grim

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point chaud

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hotspot

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étouffer un scandale

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to hush up/to cover

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imminent

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impending (adj)

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motivation/incitation

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incentive

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secouer/ébranler

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to jolt

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en rapport avec

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in keeping with

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victoire écrasante

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landslide

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mind-boggling

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ahurissant

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point de divergence

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moot point

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élever/éduquer/cultiver/promouvoir

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to nurture

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évincer/forcer à démissionner

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to oust

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exagérer

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to overstate

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minimiser ≠ dramatiser

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to play down ≠ up

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scrupules/inquiétudes

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qualms

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embarras/dilemme

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quandary

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citer

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to quote

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sans prendre en considération

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regardless of

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pertinent

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relevant

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manquer à sa parole

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to renege

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s’attaquer à un problème

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to tackle

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vanter/faire la pub de

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to tout

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déchainer

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to unleash

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céder

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to yield

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avoir très envie de

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to yearn for

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enquéter sur/vérifier les infos sur

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to vet

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prendre des décisions

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to make decisions

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synonyme de

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synonymous with/a synonym of

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sale boulot

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dirty work

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emploi subalterne

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menial jobs

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se montrer à la hauteur de la situation

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to rise the occasion

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être à la hauteur

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to be equal to the task at hand

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satisfaire aux exigences de la situation/d’un règlement

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to meet the requirements of a situation/a regulation

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se montrer à la hauteur des attentes des gens

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to live up to people’s expectations

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être dépassé/ne pas avoir les compétences nécessaires

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out of his depth

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un français sur dix

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one French person out of ten

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même si = bien que

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even thought

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en fonction de

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depending on/ as a function of

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fidèle

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loyal/faithful (amour)

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reproches

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reproaches

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couper

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to cut off

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dirigeants

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leaders

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moyen

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average

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bien que

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although

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déjouer/détourner

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to game

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faille/niche fiscale

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tax loophole

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une série de scandales

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a string of scandals

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une multitude de

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a host of

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groupe de la grande distribution

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retail groups

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réprimer/une répression

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(to/a) crackdown on

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manifeste/visible/évident

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conspicuous

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tiède/peu enthousiaste

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lukewarm

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rater qqch

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to botch sth

Anglais (40 decks)

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