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1
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Un atout, un point fort

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an asset

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Être diamétralement opposés

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to be poles apart

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être en cause

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to be at issue

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Être dans une situation difficile

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to be in a scrape

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L’épine dorsale (fig.), l’essentiel

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the backbone

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Avoir un effet inverse que prévu

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to backfire

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Mettre quelque chose en attente

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to put something on the backburner

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Une affirmation brutale

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A blunt statement

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L’essentiel

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the bottom line

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Un fardeau

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a burden

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Combler un “fossé”

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to bridge a gap

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Se tromper d’adversaire

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to bark up the wrong tree

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Un film / un livre à grand succès

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a blockbuster

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Une expression à la mode

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a buzzword

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La fuite des cerveaux

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brain drain

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Un exemple frappant

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a case in point

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Affronter un problème

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to come to grips with a problem

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Convaincant

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cogent

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Une répression

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a crackdown

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Remettre en question

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to call into question

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Une situation inextricable

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a catch-22 situation

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S’arrêter sur

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to dwell on

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Minimiser

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to downplay

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Une date butoir

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a deadline

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Profondément enraciné

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deep-rooted

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Être nuisible à

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to be detrimental to

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27
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Restructurer

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to downsize a company

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Une récession

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a downturn

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Être en crise, dans une mauvaise passe

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to be in the doldrums

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Le moindre mal

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the lesser of two evils

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Un groupe marginal

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a fringe group

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32
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des conséquences d’une grande portée

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far-reaching consequences

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33
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tiré par les cheveux

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far-fetched

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À part entière

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fully-fledged

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35
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Un remède miracle

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a quick fix

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L’essentiel, le point principal

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the gist (of the matter)

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Un obstacle

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a hurdle

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38
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Tout repose sur

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it all hinges on

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Un extrémiste pur et dur

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a hard-liner

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40
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Le juste milieu

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the happy medium

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Un cliché

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a hackneyed expression

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Une liste noire

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a hit-list

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Les rares privilégiés

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the happy few

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Une priorité à l’ordre du jour

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high on the agenda

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Les riches et les pauvres

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the haves and the have-nots

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Coûte que coûte, par tous les moyens

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by hook or by crook

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Un sujet brûlant

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a burning issue

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Se débarrasser de, abandonner

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to jettison

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Mettre en danger, menacer

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to jeopardize

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La clé de voûte

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the keystone

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Une répercussion immédiate

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a knock-on effect

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Un danger menaçant

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a looming danger

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Mettre l’accent sur

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to lay stress on

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Être perplexe, ne pas savoir que faire

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to be at a loss

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Vivre en marge de la société

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to live outside the mainstream of society

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Un tournant, un événement marquant

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a milestone

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Progresser

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to make headway

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Ne rien comprendre

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to miss the point

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Hétéroclite

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motley

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Une perspective

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an outlook

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Partial, partisan

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one-sided

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Un médiateur

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an ombudsman

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Un point discutable

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a moot point

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Être à côté de la question

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to be beside the point

65
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Une situation difficile

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a predicament

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Un piège

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a pitfall

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Un exemple type

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a prime example

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Ouvrir la voie à

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to pave the way for

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Le pour et le contre

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the pros and cons

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Un dilemme

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a quandary

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Stagner, être au point mort

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to be at a standstill

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Une impasse

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a stalemate

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S’en tenir aux faits

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to stick to the facts

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À partir de zéro

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from scratch

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L’enjeu est de taille

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the stakes are high

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Un critère

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a standard

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Restructurer, rationaliser

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to streamline

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Une mesure

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a step

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Un parasite

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a sponger

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La vérité telle qu’elle est

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the stark reality

81
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Un inconvénient

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a snag

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Un point de vue

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a standpoint

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Faire pencher la balance en faveur / contre

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to tip the scales in favour of / against

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À long / court / moyen terme

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in the long / short / medium term

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Entièrement

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from top to bottom

86
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À la réflexion

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on second thoughts

87
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Fermer les yeux sur

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to turn a blind eye to

88
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Un groupe de réfléxion

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a think tank

89
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Un atout, une carte maîtresse

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a trump card

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Un euphémisme

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an understatement

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Un fossé insurmontable

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an unbridgeable gap

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Un bouc émissaire

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a scapegoat

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Un bouleversement

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an upheaval

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Un changement radical

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a U-turn

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Les hauts et les bas

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the ups and downs

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À la suite de

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in the wake of

97
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Être en diminution

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to be on the wane

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Des vœux pieux

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wishful thinking

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Modifier, changer

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to alter

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