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unit 5: manifestations, grèves - à qui le pouvoir Flashcards

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agreement

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l’accord (m)

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doggedness; tenacity

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l’archarnement (m)

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member

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l’adhérent(e)

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to become a member of

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adhérer à

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to decline; weaken

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s’affaiblir

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member ( not adhérent(e) )

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l’affilié (e)

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call to strike

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l’appel (m) à la grève

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to attend

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assister à

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insurance

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l’assurance (f)

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godsend

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l’aubaine (f)

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advance; progress

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l’avancée (f)

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to flout

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bafouer

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to build: construct (not construire)

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bâtir

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railway campaign

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la compagnie ferroviaire

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leave, holiday

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le congé

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collective bargaining agreement

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la convention collective

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to summon

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convoquer

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subscription, contribution

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la cotisation

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to turn one’s nose up at

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cracher sur

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to defend

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défendre

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representative

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le/ la délégué(e)

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disagreement

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le désaccord

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led astray

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dévoyé(e)

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manager/ director

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le/ la dirigeant(e)

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provision

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la disposition

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case (not le cas)

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le dossier

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right

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le droit

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permanent; open-ended

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à durée indéterminée

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way out, loophole

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l’échappatoire (f)

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completion date, expiry

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l’échéance (f)

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development

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l’élaboration (f)

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to elect

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élire

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to take on; hire

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embaucher

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to recruit

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encarter

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business, company

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l’entreprise (f)

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closure

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la fermeture

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civil service

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la fonction publique

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training

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la formation

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to bother (not s’ennuyer)

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gêner

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to manage; deal with

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gérer

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administrator

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le/ la gestionnaire

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pay scale

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la grille de salaire

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impact

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l’impact (m)

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considerable

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important(e)

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tax

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l’impôt (m)

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representative, spokesperson

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l’interlocuteur (-trice)

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to dismiss/ sack (from a job)

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licencier

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workforce

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la main-d’œuvre

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small measure

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la mesurette

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level

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le niveau

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work

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l’œuvre (f)

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equal representation

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le paritarisme

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boss

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le patron

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to snivel; whinge

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pleurnicher

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weight

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le poids

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spokesperson

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le/la porte-parole

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position/ employement

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le poste

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to go on; continue

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se poursuivre

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to offer; suggest; propose

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proposer

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industrial tribunal

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les prud’hommes (mpl)

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relationship

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le rapport

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to renew

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reconduire

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pay

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la rémunération

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renewal, extension

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le renouvellement

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to go back to work

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reprendre le travail

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reprisals

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les représailles (fpl)

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resumption of work

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la reprise du travail

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retirement

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la retraite

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meeting

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la réunion

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assistance

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le secours

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to stop work

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suspendre le travail

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trade union

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le syndicat

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rate, level

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le taux

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to approve

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valider

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to pay in

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verser

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indicated

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marqué

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railway workers

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les cheminots

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torn; divided (be divided; torn in opinion)

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partagé(e)/ être partagé(e)

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annoying; hard (not dur)

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penible

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to take legal action

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ester en justice

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81
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employee

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salarié(e)

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to end; close; bring an end to

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conclure

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except/ except for

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hormis

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to protest; to take to the streets

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battre le pavé

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a march

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un défilé

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brawl; scuffle

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l’échauffourée (f)

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tricky; thorny

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épineux

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Prime minister’s residence

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( l’Hôtel) m Matignon

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with a view to…

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un vue de + faire

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with a view to (hint: not vue)

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dans l’espoir de

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proposal

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projet/ proposition

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once again

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encore une fois

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to take place

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se dérouler

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Union leaders

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les dirigeants syndicaux

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strikes the most

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le plus gréviste

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to act

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agir

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benefit

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le bienfait

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blockade

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le blocage

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job

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le boulot

100
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executive

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le cadre

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troublemaker

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le/ la casseur(-euse)

102
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to-ing and fro-ing; back and forth

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le chassé-croisé

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leader; head

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le chef

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unemployment

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le chômage

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procession

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le cortège

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gap, discrepancy

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le décalage

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march

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le défilé

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crime; offence

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le délit

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to denounce

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dénoncer

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to overtake

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dépasser

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to lay down the law

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dicter

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management

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la direction

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to supervise; police

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encarder

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period in time

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l’époque (f)

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demand

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l’éxigence

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to express

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exprimer

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tear gas

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le gaz lacrymogène

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strike

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la grève

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striker

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le/ la gréviste

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enduring

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imprescriptible

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sacrosanct

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inviolable

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day of action

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la journée d’action

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to lauch

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lancer

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struggle

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la lutte

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demonstrator/ protester

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le/ la manifestant(e)

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demonstration

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la manifestation

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to threaten

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menacer

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rallying

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la mobilisation

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to mobilise; rally

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mobiliser

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negotiation

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la négociation

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worker

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l’ouvrier (-ère)

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peaceful

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pacifique

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route

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le parcours

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disruption

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la perturbation

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to support

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porter

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gathering

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le rassemblement

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to assemble

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rassembler

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demand

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la revendication

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session

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la séance

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to support

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soutenir

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leaflet

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le tract

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negotiations

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les tractions (fpl)

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job

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le travail

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factory

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l’usine (f)

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the day/ evening before

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la veille

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gangster; thug

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le voyou

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confrontation

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l’affrontement (m)

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to annoy; iritate

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agacer

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to amplify; get bigger

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s’amplifier

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to cancel

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annuler

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banner

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la banderole

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anger

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la colère

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to compromise; contain

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comporter

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condemnation

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la condamnation

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simmering conflict

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le conflit larvé

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to fear

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craindre

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growing

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croissant(e)

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to blame

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culpabiliser

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decriminalised

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dépénalisé(e)

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to depart from

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déroger

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distress

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la détresse

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recruitement

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l’embauche (f)

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to prevent

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empêcher

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job

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l’emploi (m)

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survey

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l’enquête (f)

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to avoid

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éviter

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incentive

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l’incitation (f)

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offence

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l’infraction (f)

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to insult

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injurier

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ban

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l’interdiction (f)

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to arrest

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interpeller

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uselessness

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l’inutilité

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legitimate

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légitime

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public prosecutor’s department

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le parquet

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disruptive

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perturbateur(-trice)

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to disrupt

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perturber

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fear

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la peur

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power

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le pouvoir

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instability

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la précarité

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to explain; clarify

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préciser

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pressure

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la pression

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to benefit from; make the most of

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profiter de

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to protect

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protéger

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to react

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réagir

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to claim

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réclamer

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employee

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le/ la salarié(e)

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to praise

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saluer

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sensitive; delicate

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sensible

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illegal confinement

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la séquestration

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worry

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le souci

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outcry

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le tollé

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worker

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le/ la travailleur(-euse)

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banner

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la banderole

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troublemaker

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casseur(-euse)

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minimum wage

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le salaire de base

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to achieve

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arracher

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to be sacked; made redundant

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licencier

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to wait; expect

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attendre

199
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to hear say/ talk

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entendre dire

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episode/ situation

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épisode

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rewarded

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récompensé

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on/ upon arrival

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à (notre) arrivée

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stalement

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l’enlisement (m)

204
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dispute; protest

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une contestation

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scattered; sparse

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clairsemé

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a weapon

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une arme

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minimum wage

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le SMIC

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on a local scale

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à l’échelle locale

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in addition

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par ailleurs

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before in the old days

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auparavant

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to bend; hold; yield

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plier

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striker

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le/ la gréviste

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to take into account

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prendre en compte

214
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received

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écopé(e)

215
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to mobilie; rally

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mobiliser

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to be worth it

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valoir le coup/ la peine

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the big picture/ schema

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le schema majoritaire

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to spread (out)

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semer

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to consider; take into account; be kept informed

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tenir compte de..

220
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not necessarily

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pas forcément

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gangster/ thug

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voyou (m)

222
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the accused

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le/ la prévenu(e)

223
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to be strongly opposed (to)

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être vent debout (contre…)

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to lock up; hold prisoner

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séquestrer

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to bail out

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écoper

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