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1
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maigrir

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to lose weight

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grossir

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to put on weight

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il est parti (sans être revenu)

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he has gone

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il est parti (il est revenu)

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he has been

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être abimé/amoché

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to be messed up

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dater de

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to date

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en quoi ça te regarde

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what does it got to do with you ?

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rendre visite (au passage)

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to call by

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passer voir

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to drop by

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rendre visite

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to come AND visit

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expliquer qqch à qqun

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to explain smtg to sby

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envisager de

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to consider doing smth

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avoir recours à

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to resort to doing smth

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charges patronales

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payroll taxes

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le monde du travail

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the working world

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ne pas cesser de

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to keep doing something

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la direction

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the management

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avoir confiance: croire à qqch // être optimistr

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to trust // to have confidence

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préfèrerait

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would rather

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un intérimaire

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a temp-worker

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reprocher à qqun de faire qqch

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to reproach sby WITH doing sth // to blame sby

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aller voter

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to turn out at the polls

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se disputer à propos de qqch

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to argue/fight/quarrel OVER something

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courir à la catastrophe

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to head for disaster

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un chef charismatique: c’est ça qu’il nous faut

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a charismatic leader: that’s WHO we need

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venir avec qqun

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to come along with sby

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mentalité

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mindset

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ce n’est pas prêt d’arriver

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it’s not likely to happen soon

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j’aime mieux celui là

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I like that one better

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un adjoint

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a deputy

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cette idée est apparue

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this idea immerged

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une part de responsabilité

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a share of responsibility

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un état de fait

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a state of affairs

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faire face à qqch

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to cope with smth

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faciliter

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to make it easier (for sby)

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Moyen-Orient

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Middle East

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l’espace Schengen

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the Schengen area

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servent-ils à qqch

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Are they any use? / Do they serve any purpose?

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faire le jeu de

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to play into the hands of

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gagner de l’influence

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to gain ground/momentum (xenophobic parties are gaining momentum)

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faire des migrants des boucs émissaires

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to turn migrants into scapegoat

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42
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clandestins

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undocumented

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43
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des déclarations

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statements

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44
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faire avancer la solution du problème

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to move forward the solution TO the problem

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finira par se faire sentir

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will eventually be felt

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diminuer de 10%

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to decrease by 10%

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empêcher qqch

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to stop smth

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48
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pour le moment

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for now

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49
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Beaucoup de

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Many

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Il y a quelque temps

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some time ago

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déménager

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to move INTO

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inculper

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to charge sby WITH

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détourner (frauduleusement de l’argent)

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to embezzle

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blanchir de l’argent

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to launder money

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réclamer qqch

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to call for sth

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sans succès/en vain

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to no avail

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Ce n’est pas la première fois que…

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It HAS NOT BEEN the first time that

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s’en prendre à/ s’attaquer à

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to take on

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59
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parlent trop peu

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speak too little

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60
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cambrioler une banque

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to rob a bank

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avoir bon coeur

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to be good hearted

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une malédiction

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a curse

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maudire

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to curse

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le mal

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evil

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65
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désoler

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to distress

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quant à

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as for

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être à même de

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to be in a position to do smth

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se mettre à faire qqch

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to take to doing smth

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J’avais quand même pensé à partir

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in spite of this I thought of living

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gagner sa vie

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to earn one’s living

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être à cours d’argent

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to be penniless

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vivre à credit

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to live on credit

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délabré

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shabby (pour une maison) / dilapidated

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le chaggrin

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sorrow

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destin tragique

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dum

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écrire à qqun

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to write to sby

77
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traduction de QUAND

A

quand il relie 2 propositions il ne peut pas être suivie de WILL

78
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Je n’espère plus rien de vous

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I hope nothing from you

79
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Je n’y peux rien

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there’s nothing I can do

80
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un héritier

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a heir

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jouer (casino)

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to gumble

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par hasard

A

by chance

83
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au hasard

A

at random

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l’égalité des chances

A

equal opportunities

85
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il y a de fortes chances pour que

A

there are many chances

86
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une rencontre fortuite

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a chance meeting

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la chance

A

luck

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être chanceux

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to be lucky

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un coup de chance

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a fluke of luck

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la chance

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serendipity

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sain

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sound

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construction d’augmenter

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to raise + complément

rise + ø

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la peste/ frapper/accabler

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to plague

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un silex

A

a flint

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enroué/rauque

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hoarse

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nier faire qqch

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to deny doing smtg

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une grasse matinée

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a lye-in

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être penché en avant

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to be bend forward

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le gardien

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the keeper of

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lancer qqch

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to fling/flang/flung

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soutenir

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to uphold

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un joug

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a yoke

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faire face à

A

to wrestle with smth

we’re wrestling with a pretty catastrophic budget shortfall

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agitation, tourmente (politique)

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political turmoil

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fusionner

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to merge

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opposer qqun à qqun

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to pit somebody against sby

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un fléau

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a scourge

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donner des frissons

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to draw shudders from

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une aubaine, une bénédiction

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a boon

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une graine

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a seed

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étrange, inquiétant

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eery

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attention, tenir compte de

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to heed

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sur le long terme

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over the long haul

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point critique

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tipping point

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laïque

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secular

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tarnish

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ternit

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radicalement, de façon spectaculaire

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dramatically

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faire une chute, chuter, plonger

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to plummet

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confession religieuse

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denomination

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voler en éclat, se fracasser, se briser

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to shatter

121
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qui créé des divisions

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divisive

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abandonner, délaisser

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to foresake

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oubli

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oblivion

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mépriser

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to despise

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trahir

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to betray

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malchanceux

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hapless

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joyeux, joyeuse

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gleeful

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imperturbable

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unabashed

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remodeler

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to remold

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promettre

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to pledge

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constitution, composition (ethnique)

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makeup

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être à la hauteur de

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to live up to

133
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revenir en arrière

baisser les prix

A

to roll back time

to roll price back

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présager qqch de mauvais

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to bode ill

That aging base, however, bodes ill for the party’s long-term prospects

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la base ( le peuple)@

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the rank and file

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rouler, entuber

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to shortchange

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échapper à

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to elude smth

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liquider

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to sell out

139
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ancêtres

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forebears

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invoquer, appeler

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to call by forth

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examen de conscience

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soul-searching

142
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réaction violente contre qqch

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a backlash

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louer, vanter, chanter

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to extol

144
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réévaluation

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reassessment

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faire partie des priorités

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to be on the agenda

146
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insatisfaction

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discontent

147
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la recherche de

A

the quest for

148
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souiller

A

to defiel

149
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imprudent

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reckless

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débridé

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unfettered

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faire le point sur/le bilan sur

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to take stock of

152
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diminuer, épuiser une ressource

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to deplete

153
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ne serait ce que

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albeit

154
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se vanter de

A

to boast about

155
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spectaculaire

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dramatic

156
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dramatique

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tragic

157
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se battre bec et ongles

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to fight tooth and nail

158
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un tournant

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a milestone

159
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fair edu chantage

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to blackmail

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des gisements (energie)

A

deposits

161
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schistes bitumineux

A

shale oil

162
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destabiliser

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to unsettle

163
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frapper durement, gangrener

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to plague

164
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de façon économe, avec parcimonie

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sparingly

165
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expirer (date)

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to lapse

166
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en ce temps là, à l’époque

A

back then

167
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chute libre

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free fall (The banking crisis had just sent the economy into free fall)