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1
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Il faut que nous nous décidons

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We have to made up our minds !

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Reporter notre départ

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To put off our departure

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Baisser les bras

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To throw in the towel

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En jeu

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At stake

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Dorénavant

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From now on

From then on

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Plus … Plus il sera difficile de renverser la tendance

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The more …. The more difficult it will be to reverse the trend

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Une bonne fois pour toute

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Once and for all

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D’autant plus

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All the more

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9
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S’enganger

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Commiting oneself

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Une loque humaine ( une épave)

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A wreck

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11
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Se lancer

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Go for it

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12
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Un point de non retour

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A point of no return

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13
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Les tenants et les aboutissants

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The ins and the outs of the plan

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14
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Un programme de plafonnement et de cap

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A cap and trade programs

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Adopter la politique du bâton et de la carotte

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To adopt a carrot and stick policy/approach

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16
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Le point de réfèrence

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The baseline

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17
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Étre similaire

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To be akin

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18
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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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Much ado about nothing

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19
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Faire semblant de

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To pay lip service to sthg

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20
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Faire passer la pilule

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To sweeten the pill

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21
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Ouvrir la voie

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To pave the way

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22
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Être d’accord

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To be reckoned with

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23
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Être déterminé

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To be hell-bent

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24
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Poursuivre qq en justice

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To sue somebody / to take somebody to court

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25
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Trouver refuge

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Toctake shelter from sthg

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26
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voir la vérité en face

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to face facts

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27
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faire quelque chose en douce

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to act on the sly

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28
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la crise des migrants est Un bon exemple

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the migrant crisis is a case in point

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29
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Dans le sillage de ..

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In the wake of this article i would like to focus on a few point that i thought particularly interesting. [CHERCHER]

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30
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Il est peu/pas étonnant

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it is no wonder that

it is little wonder that

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31
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On ne peut pas ignorer le fait que

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One cannot disregard the fact that

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32
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L’europe a été secouer par des biens des tempêtes, la plus grosses est en train d’arriver.

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Europe has been rocked by many storms. The biggest is breaking

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33
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Sonner le glas

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Spell the end

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Un afflux de migrants

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An influx of migrants

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Quand on veut on peut

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Where there is a will, there is a way

36
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beaucoup de journalistes voudraient nous faire croire

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Many journalists would have us believe

37
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Avec la crise grecque

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What with the GREEK debt

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L’europe semble aller à sa perte

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Europe seems to go to the dogs

39
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Il reste beaucoup à faire

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Much remains to be done

40
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Saper la stabilité Européenne

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To undermine Europe’s stability

41
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Trouver un terrain d’entente

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To find common ground

42
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Notre village global

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Our global village

43
Q

Mettre la barre trop haute

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To set the bar too high

44
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Précipiter

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To hasten

45
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préconiser

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to advocate

46
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ça m’était égal

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i didn’t mind

47
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Prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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it is wishful thinking

48
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loin des sentiers battus

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off the beaten track

49
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loin de la foule

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far from the madding crowd

50
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il n’y a pas de temps à perdre !!!

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there is no time for delay

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nous devons prendre conscience du sérieux de la situation

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We have to wake up to the seriousness of the situation !!!

52
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ces personnes ne trient même pas leurs déchets.

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these people do not even sort out their waste

53
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l’environnement

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THEenvironment

54
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POUR AGGRAVER LES CHOSES

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to make matters worse

55
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il a tout d’un soldat

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he is every bit a soldier

56
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Pourquoi diable

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Why on earth ? Why the hell !

57
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le temps presse

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time is of the essence

58
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A notre époque

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In this day and age

59
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c’est le comble

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that takes the biscuit !

60
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il pleut averse

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it’s pouring

61
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Le revers de la médaille

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The flip side of the coin

62
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Enfin, et le dernier point, mais pas des moindres

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last but not least

63
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il est loin d’être certain

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it is far from certain

64
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Peu importe

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Never mind

65
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être enclin à (la violence)

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to be prone to (violence)

66
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bien que l’on dise d’eux qu’ils sont …

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Although they are said to be

67
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être le moteur de ..

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to be the driving force behind /of

68
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dans la mesure ou, en ce qui concerne, pour autant que

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insofar as

69
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que cela soit ..

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Be it at work or at home

70
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les vieilles habitudes ont la vie dure

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old habits die hard

71
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être sur le banc de touche

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to watch from the sidelines

72
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suivre le rythme de l’inflation

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to keep pace with inflation

73
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Faire le jeu de quelqu’un

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to play into the hands of sbdy

74
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en difficulté, dans une situation désastreuse

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in dire straits

75
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BILAN …….

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Present perfect …. Obama term …

76
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les médias …

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the fourth power/estate

77
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ça va sans dire

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It goes without saying that

78
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sensibiliser

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to raise awareness of/about

79
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régulariser

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to regularize

80
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entrer en récession

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to enter a recession

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