Voc 1 Flashcards

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Un mythe à dégonfler

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A myth to deflate

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une grave pénurie d’acier

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A serious shortage of steel

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subventions

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subsidies

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atteindre

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to reach

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gazoduc

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pipeline

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ramener

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to bring back

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À cause d’une grève

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Because of a strike

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Les libraires

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The booksellers

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Menacer

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To threaten

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Par la guerre des prix

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By the price war

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La Faillite

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Bankruptcy

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Excédentaire

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Surplus

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Davantage

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More

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Prévu

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Planned

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Suffisamment

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Enough

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Coupures budgétaires imposées

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Budget cuts imposed

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S’acquitter

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To pay

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Les sables bitumineux du Canada

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The oil sands of Canada

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Si la perte des approvisionnements en pétrole iranien

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If the loss of Iranian oil supplies

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s’inquiètent

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Worried

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En fait

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By the way / actually

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Aborder

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To broach, to address

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Acheminer

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To send, to forward

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Appuyer

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To support or tu press on

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Avouer

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To admit, to confess

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Boucler

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To complete, to buckle or fasten

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Concourir

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To contribute

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Déplorer

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To find regrettable, to deplore

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Disposer de

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To have, to dispose of

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Enquêter

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To inquire or to investigate

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Entraîner

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To lead to, to bring about to train

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Fournir

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To supply or to provide

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Joindre

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To join or to reach

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Jouir dec

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To enjoy, ro benefit from or to have

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Nuire à

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To harm or damage

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Obtenir

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To obtain

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Percevoir

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To perceive, to receive or collect

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Préconiser

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To advise, to recommend

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Prévenir

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To prevent or to warn

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Rapporter

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To report or to bring back

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Recueillir

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To collect or to gather

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Rédiger

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To write

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Régler

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To solve, to settle or to resolve

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Remettre

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To submit, to postpone or to put back

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Résoudre

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To solve or to resolve

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S’appliquer

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To apply oneself, to try to one’s hardest

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S’attendre à

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To expect

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Attendre

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To wait

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S’employer à

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To work on or to apply oneself

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S’inscrire à

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To register oneself

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51
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S’y prendre

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Go about something

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Saisir

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To seize, to take or grasp

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53
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Se soucier de

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To worry about or to take grasp

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Subir

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To suffer, to be subjected to , to endure

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Tacher de

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To try to , to attempt

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Tenter

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To attempt, to try, to tempt

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Traiter

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To treat or to process

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Veiller à

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To ensure or to make sure

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Vérifier

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To check or to verify

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Avoir ( aura) lieu

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To take or will take place

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Être au courant

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To be aware or informed of something

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Être en mesure de

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To be able to do something

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Être partant

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To be willing

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Être porté à

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To be inclined to do something

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Être prié de

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To be asked to do something

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Faire en sorte que

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Do something or so that

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Faire face à

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To face something or to cope with

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Faire l’objet de

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To be the object of or to be the target of

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Faire le tour de

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Examine a question from all sides

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Faire preuve de

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To show

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Il s’agit de

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It’s about

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Mettre fin à

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To put an end to

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Prendre part à

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To take part in

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Se faire passer pour

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To pass oneself off as

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Tirer profit de

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To benefit from

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Accru

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Accumulated or increased

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Agréable

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Enjoyable or pleasant

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Cru

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Grew

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79
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Des biens immobiliers

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Real estate properties

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80
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Des fonds

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Funds

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81
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La concurrence

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Competition

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La covoiturage

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Carpooling

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Pécuniaire

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Pecuniary/financial

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Un aperçu

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An overview/ a glimpse

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Un bénévole

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A volunteer

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Un bilan

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A statement of account/ an assessment

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87
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Un contribuable

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a taxpayer

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Un dédommagement

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Indemnification, compensation

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Un domicile

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A home/dwelling

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Un fournisseur

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A supplier or provider

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91
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Un immeuble

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A building

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Un impôt foncier

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Property tax

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Un logiciel

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A software

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Un pari

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A bet

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Un particulier

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A person/ individual

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Un redémarrage

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Restarting

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Un sondage

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A survey

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Un taux

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A rate

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99
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Un terrain

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A field, land

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Un habilité

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An ability

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101
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Une pièce jointe

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An attachment

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102
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Une reprise

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Resumption/Recovery time

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103
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Un rétroaction

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Feedback

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104
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Une trousse de renseignements

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Information kit/ package

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À cette fin

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To this end

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À l’intention de

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For, intended for

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À l’inverse de

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Unlike

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À savoir

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Namely, that is to say

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Au fur et à mesure

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Gradually

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Au sein de

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Within

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Au-delà de

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Beyond

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D’ici

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By/ here

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D’un bout à l’autre de

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From one end to another

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De la part de

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From someone

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Des

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As of

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En effet

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Indeed

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En matière de

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Concerning/ regarding

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En vertue de

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In virtue of

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En vue de

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With the aim of

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Lorsque

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When

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Malgré tout

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Despite everything

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N’importe quel

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Any one

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Pour ce qui est de

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As for, regarding

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Relatif à

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Relating to

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Ci-joint

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Attached

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Ci-dessous

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Below

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Par voie électronique

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Electronically, via computer

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Chez soi

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Aux alentours

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Around

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Réticentes

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Recalculant, hesitant and unwilling

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Les coupures budgétaires = les réductions du personnel

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Reductions in staffing

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Mettre sur pied

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To setup

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Mettre en œuvre = exécution

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To implement

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Mettre de l’avant

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To promote

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Mettre en application

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To apply

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Mettre en veilleuse

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To put on the back of black burner

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Mettre de côté

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To put aside

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Mettre en vigueur

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To come into effect / force

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Avoir l’intention

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To intend, to plan, to mean

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S’attendre à

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To expect

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Pourvu que

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Let’s hope as

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Penser

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To intend

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Aimer

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Would like

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Désirer

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To wish, to would like

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Compter

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To intend, to expect

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Vouloir

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To want

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Tenir à

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To want very much to be determined to

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Souhaiter

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To hope, to wish

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Exiger

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To demand

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Bien que

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Although

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Différend

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Dispute

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Aussi

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Too / also

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Puis

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Then

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Même

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Even

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Même si

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Even if

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Également

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Likewise

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Assez

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Quite / enough

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Peut-être

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Perhaps

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Environ

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About

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Autour

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Around

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Derrière

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Behind

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Presque

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Almost

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À peine

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Barely

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Non plus

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Neither

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En fait

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Actually

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Autrement

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Otherwise

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Entre temps

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Mean while

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Évidement

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Obviously

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Accroître

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To increase

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Appuyer

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To support or to push or click

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Avérer

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Prove true or turn out to be

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Composer

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To write or to dial a number

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Dépendre à

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To depend upon

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Disposer de

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To have, to dispose of

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Effectuer

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To do, carry out

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Embaucher

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To hire

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Empêcher

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To stop something or to prevent

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Endommager

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To damage

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Engager

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To hire

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Enseigner

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To teach

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Entreprendre

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To begin something

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Fournier

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To provide

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Manquer

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To miss

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Œuvrer

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To work

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Pallier

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To compensate

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Prcourier

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To travel, to browse

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Partager

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To share

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Parvenir

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To reach, attain, to manage to

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Prévenir

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To warm or to prevent

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Purger ( une peine)

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To serve a sentence

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Ralentir

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To slow down

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Reporter

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To postpone

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S’affairer à

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To be busy with something

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S’apprêter à

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To be about to do something

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S’attendre à

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To expect

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S’engager à

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To commit to

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S’entretenir avec

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S’étendre

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To stretch out, to extend

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Se joindre à

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To join

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Se prévaloir de

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To claim to invoke

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Survenir

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To occur

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Traiter

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To treat or to process

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Veiller à

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To ensure

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Viser

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To aim

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Avoir recours à

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Have recourse to, to resort to

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Entendre dire

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To hear something be said

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Être issu de

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From stemming from

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Être ravi de

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To be delighted about

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Être sur le point de

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To be about to do something

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Faire affaire

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To do business with

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Faire appel à

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To call on, to appeal to

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Faire défaut

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To be lacking

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Faire en sorte que

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To do something so that

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Faire part de

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To announce something to somebody

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Faire preuve de

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To show

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Faire signe

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To nod or gesture at someone

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Mettre au courant

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To inform someone

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Mettre en œuvre => exécution

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To implement

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Mettre au point

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To develop or to finalize

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Mettre sur pied

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To put in place or to setup

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Prendre connaissance de

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To become acquainted with, to read

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Prendre en charge

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To take charge of

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Prier que

A

To ask

224
Q

Se rendre compte de

A

To realize something

225
Q

Aucun

A

No, none

226
Q

Avéré

A

Proven, recognized

227
Q

Des coordonnées

A

Contact information

228
Q

Des économies

A

Savings

229
Q

Des preparatifs

A

Preparation

230
Q

Des travaux d’entretien

A

Maintenance work

231
Q

Eau courante

A

Running water

232
Q

Eau potable

A

Drinking water

233
Q

Éventuel

A

Possible, potential

234
Q

Imbuvable

A

Undrinkable

235
Q

L’ordre

A

The order

236
Q

Le charge de travail

A

Workload

237
Q

Le main d’œuvre

A

The workforce

238
Q

La veille

A

The day before the eve

239
Q

Un avertissement

A

A warning

240
Q

Un avis

A

Advise or a notice

241
Q

Un bon de commande

A

An order form

242
Q

Un catelogue

A

A catalogue

243
Q

Un exemplaire

A

A copy of

244
Q

Un horaire

A

Schedule

245
Q

Un porte parole

A

A spokesperson for

246
Q

Un régime de retraite

A

A pension plan

247
Q

Un renseignement

A

Information

248
Q

Un robinet

A

A tap, a faucet

249
Q

Un scrutin

A

A vote

250
Q

Un soin

A

Care

251
Q

Un stagiaire

A

A trainee

252
Q

Un suivi

A

A follow up

253
Q

Une audience

A

An interview or a hearing

254
Q

Une entente

A

An agreement

255
Q

Une icône

A

An icon

256
Q

Une mise en œuvre

A

The implementation

257
Q

Une notice

A

Instructions or precaution

258
Q

Une periode

A

A period of time

259
Q

Valable

A

Valid

260
Q

Valide

A

Valid