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1
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Accepter, se résoudre à
Tolérer
Etre d’accord

A

Come To term with sth
Tolerate/ put up with smth
Agrée To so sth

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Accorder

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To grant

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Admettre qqch
Admettre d’avoir fait qqch
Admettre ces erreurs

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To admit sth
Admit To doing sth
To acknowledge one’s errors

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Aggraver

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To worsen

To get worse

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Amasser

De l’argent

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To accumulate

Build up a fortune

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Abuser de qqun
Abuser d’un privilège
Abuser : aller trop loin

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To mistreat a person / take advantage of a person, a situation
Abuse a privilege
Exaggerate in doing smth

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Assiste à une réunion,…

Assister :etre témoin

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To be présent at / To attend sth

To witness a scene

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S’associer avec qqun

Associer à qqun

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To join forces with sb in doing sth/To do sth

To associate/combine with sb

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Assurer un résultat
Assurer sa voiture
S'assurer contre
Assurer à qqun, dire
S'assurer que qqch arrivera
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To ensure/ guarantee a result
To insure a car
To insure oneself against sth
To affirm that/ To assure sb that
To make sûre that sth Will happen
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Avantager

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To favorise sth

Give the advantage To sth

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Bouleverser

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To upset
Turn a situation upside down
To disrupt

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Concevoir (pensee) 
Concevoir, desiner, fabriquer
Une idee 
Élaborer une Stratégie
Un plan
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To envision, imagine
To design an object
To devise an idea
To Map out a strategy
To work out a plan
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Confirmer (théorie)

Confirmer une réservation

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To bear out

To confirm

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Constater

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Determine à fact
To note that
To etablish that
To remark on a phenomenom

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Déclencher

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To trigger

To set off

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Diffuser une idee, un doc
Diffuser émission
Diffuser des livres

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To circulate
To broadcast
To distribute

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Diriger une entreprise
Diriger un projet
Diriger un débat
Diriger un orchestre

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To manage/run a business
To be in charge of a project
To lead a debate
To conduct an orchestra

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Discuter, remettre en cause

Discuter un problème

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To question/ dispute an order

To discuss/examine/debate an issue

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S’efforcer

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To strive To do sth

To struggle To do sth

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Éliminer

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Do away with sth
Eliminate sb from sth
Cut sth out
Wipe sth out
Eradicate (desease)
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Encombrer qqun avec qqch

Encombrer, gêner une personne

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To burden sb down with sth

To get in sb’ s way

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22
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Entretenir machine

Idee

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To maintain

To uphold, sustain

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23
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Étouffer

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To stifle

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24
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Livrer (un colis)

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To deliver

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25
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Lutter (contre un ennemi)

Lutter : se battre pour/contre

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To struggle/wrestle with

To fight for/against

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Manifester
Se manifester
Faire Preuve de

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To demonstrate (against)
Appear, show up
To show (ex : courage)
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Nuancer

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To qualify

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28
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Participer

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Take part in

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29
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Peser en faveur de

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Tip sth scales in favour of

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30
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Plaire

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Tth pleases sb

To Like sth

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Prétendre, revendiquer (un droit, un titre)

Prétendre que

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To claim a right/title

To contend that

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Produire (usine)
Produire (agricole)
Se produire, arriver

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To produce
To yield
To happen, occur

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Rejoindre (matériel)

Rejoindre (qqch de dit)

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To join/ link things up

To correspond/ ties up with sth

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Relier deux choses

Relier ca à ca

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Connect two things

Link sth to sth

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35
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Rentabiliser

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Make sth profitable

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36
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Se répercuter sur

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To impinge on

To have répercussions on

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37
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Reperer

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To spot
To detect
To catch sight of a person

38
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Reprendre ce que qqun a dit
Reprendre sa phrase
Reprendre son travail

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To take back
To begin a sentence again
To Resume one’s work

39
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Réunir des amis

Réunir des faits

A

To bring some friendster together

To gather some facts (together)

40
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Soumettre

Se soumettre

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To submit sth To sb

To submit To an authority

41
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Soutenir
Soutenir une opinion
Soutenir une personne

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To hold up
To maintain/uphold
To support someone

42
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Toucher (physiquement)
Émotionnellement
Problème touche qqch

A

Touch
Affect
A problem concerns

43
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Traiter qqun d’une certaine manière
Traiter send des affaires
Traiter des données

A

To treat sb in
To deal with/ have dealings with
To processdata

44
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Transmettre une info
Transmettre un message
Transmettre une experience

A

To transmit
To convey
To pass on

45
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Valoriser, mettre en valeur

Valoriser, donner de la valeur

A

To enhance sth

To give added value To sth

46
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grossir

maigrir

A

to put on weight

to lose weight

47
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stocker

A

to store

48
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handicaper, nuire

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to hinder

49
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lier

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to bond

bound, bound

50
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constituer

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to make up

51
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relacher

resserer

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to loosen

to tighten

52
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hocher la tête (signe approbation)

A

to nod

53
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agrandir

A

to enlarge

54
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se tourner (mouvement)

A

tu turn round

55
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sangloter

A

to sob

56
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évaluer

faire une évaluation de

A

to assess

to make an assessment of

57
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dater de (2)

A

to date back

to date from

58
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abimer

etre abimer

A

to mess up

to be messed up

59
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déménager (dans un appartement)
déménager (dans une ville)
déménager (quitter les lieux)
emmenager

A

to move into an appartement
to move to a city
to move out
to move in

60
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Adopter (figurer)

A

To embrace

61
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Compenser

A

To offset

62
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Imprégner

A

To pervade

63
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S’occuper de

A

To adress sth

64
Q

oser

A

to dare
attention a la construction (comme need)
I don’t dare to do / I daren’t

65
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décevoir fortement

A

to distress

66
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maudire

A

to curse

67
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jouer (de l’argent)

A

to gamble

68
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durer

A

to last

69
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resider qqpart

A

to stay

un séjour = a stay

70
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examiner (2)

A

to examine

to look into

71
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souffrir de

A

suffer from

72
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s’opposer à qqch

A

to oppose sth

73
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représenter (sens figuré)

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to account for

to make up

74
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confier (dire) à quelqu’un

A

to confide in sb

75
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survivre à qqch

A

to survive sth

76
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rassurer

A

to reassure

77
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abîmer

A

to damage

78
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avouer

A

to confess

79
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décevoir qqun

A

to fail sb

80
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confier

A

to entrust sth TO sb

to entrust sb WITH sth

81
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freiner

A

to brake

82
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Soupirer

A

To sigh (sighed)

83
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Se promener

A

To take a walk

84
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Arriver qqpart

A

To show up

85
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Habiller

A

Cloth, clad, clad

86
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S’émerveiller

Merveilleux

A

To Marvel at sth

Marvelous

87
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être révolté

Se révolter

A

To be outraged

to rebel/ rise up

88
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révèler, dévoiler

A

to disclose

to unveil

89
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atténuer

A

to mitigate

90
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entreprendre

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undertake

91
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confier qqch à qqun

A

to entrust sth to sb

92
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se confier à qqun

A

to confide in sb

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