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1
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Surgir

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To arise

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Le moyen-Age

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The middle Ages

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La peste

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The Plague

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La peste noir

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The black death

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Une plaie

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a plague

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le siège (d’une entreprise)

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headquarters

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Environ

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roughly

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cher (2)

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expensive and costly

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peu cher

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cheap

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7 millions

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7 million

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Quelques millions

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Few millions

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1 foot

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30cm

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1 inch (pouce)

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2,5 cm

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c’est prévu d’arriver

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it is due to happen

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cependant

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yet ou howewer

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1/5 de +

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a fifth more

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réseau/rail

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network

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égouts

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sewers

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divers

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various

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des bizarreries

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oddities

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motif

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Pattern

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étroit

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Narrow

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distant, loingtain

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far

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grue

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crane

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monte-charge

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lift

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Réputé

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renowned

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s’installer

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to settle

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Prendre, saisir, occuper

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To take up

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Décentralisé

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devolved

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notamment (2)

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particularly ou in particular

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atteindre (2)

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to achieve / to reach

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élever/améliorer

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improved

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campagne (électoral)

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campaign

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Grosso modo

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roughly speaking

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surtout

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especially

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humanitaire

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humanitarian

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réfugiés

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refugees

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quelque

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a few

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un petit peu

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few

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tu ferais mieux…

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you had…

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Je préfererai aller

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i would rather go (i’d rather go)

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42
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On dit d’elle qu’elle est jolie

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She is said to be nice

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43
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Depuis OU puisque

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Since

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un homme de 30 ans

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a thirty year old man

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Pendant 3 mois

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For 3 months

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Pendant noël

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During Christmas

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un véhicule qui consomme beaucoup

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a gas guzzler

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Ils sont 2. Le plus astucieux

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The cleverer

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Ils sont + que 2. Le plus astucieux

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The cleverest

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Ca te dérange si je fume ?

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Do you mind me/my smoking ?

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51
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la politique

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the Policie

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52
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Avec un échange de…

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For/In an exhang for…

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asyle

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asylium

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Dévoué à

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devoted to, aim at

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refouler

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to repress, to quell

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répandu

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widespread

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57
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compter sur

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count on / rely on

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exclu (3)

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expelled (from) evicted (from), trown out of

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Niveau de vie

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Standard of living

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vivre au jour le jour

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live from hand to mouth

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Sombre

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gloomy

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étrangers (au sens immigrés)

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foreigners

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étrangers AUTRE sens

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strangers

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faire face aux responsabilités

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to face responsability

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contourner

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to avoid, to by pass

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Décharges publiques

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dumps

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être fermé d’esprit

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to be narrow minded

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jointed

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articulés

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tristement célèbre

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notorious

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répression

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crackdown

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l’accord de réétablissement

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the resettlement accord

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être en garde à vue

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to be held in custody

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jusqu’à

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up to

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Toute la campagne

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the whole campaign

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passeurs

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smuggle

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s’élever

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to rise, to stand

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déchets

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garbage

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s’évanouir

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to faint

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trébucher

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to stumble

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Société de consommation

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The consumer society

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vêtements

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garment

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Tirs rééls (avec des vrais balles)

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live fire

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des dizaines

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scores

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épouvantable, sombre.. (2)

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dismal, appalling

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militants

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activists

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Répandu, généralisé

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widespread

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plutôt jolie

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pretty rather

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violations (du code pénal…)

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abuses

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égoiste (2)

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Selfish, egoistic

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fuir

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to flee

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troupeau

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flock

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s’assembler

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to flock

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maigre

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lean

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l’indifférence, le mépris

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disregard

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emprunter

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to borrow

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mis de coté

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put aside

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lutte, combat

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struggle

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soi disant

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so called

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chariots

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carts

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préoccupé, concerné

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concerned, worried

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expulsion

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eviction

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un problème de longue date

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a long standing issue

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régulièrement

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regular basis

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enterrer

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to shelve

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ne le laisse pas devant la porte

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don’t let him standing on the doorstep

106
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Après dans le temps… Genre 5 ans plus tard…

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Fast forward

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un travail

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labour

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pratiquement

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virtually

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déplacé

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displaced

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minuscule

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tiny

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petit logement

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tiny accommodation

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les passeurs

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people smugglers

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Vivre des allocations de l’état

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lived on welfare

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disperser, dispatcher

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to scatter

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Un voleur

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a thief

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Une victoire à la Pyrrhus

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a Pyrrhic victory

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les elections legislatives

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general election

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Guaranti

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guaranteed

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le départ

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the departure

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Ce que l’histoire retiendra…

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remember

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un mandat

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a term

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Juste après (3)

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Just after, right after, as soon as

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renverser un régime

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to overthrow a regime

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évincer

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to oust

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quelque (SANS s)

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about, some, approximatlly

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Selon

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According

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dans l’heure suivante

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in the hour following

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Un membre du parlement

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a member of parlement

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un membre du parlement européen

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a member of the European parlement

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une loi

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a bill

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Faire passer une loi

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to pass a bill

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imbécile/stupide

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foolish

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bibliotèque

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library

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à la place de…

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instead of

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Tous les cb ?

A

How often ?

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un formulaire

A

a form

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remplir

A

fill in

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la flamme olympic

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Olympic torch

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défiler

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to march

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les athlètes étrangers

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foreign athletes

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bizarre

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weird

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réussir un examen

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to pass an exam

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passer un éxamen

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to take an exam

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brillamment, brio

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flying colours

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difflamation

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libel

146
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une poursuite (judiciaire)

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a lawsuit

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engage une poursuite

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to file a lawsuit

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poursuivre

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pursue

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travail des enfants

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child labour

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a l’ordre du jour

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the agenda

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Il est grand temps

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it is high time

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