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To beseech

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Implorer

Supplier

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Apercevoir

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To glimpse

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Insaisissable

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Elusive

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Paralyser ( sens fig )

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To hamstring

Hamstrung

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To tighten your belt

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Se serrer la ceinture

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A part …. Ce qui est vraiment en jeu ici c’est

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Aside from … what is really at stake here is …

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has long been a bone of contention : …

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A longtemps été un point de discorde

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Il est universellement reconnu que…

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It is universally acknowledged that

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However, the line must be drawn somewhere.

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Cependant, il faut fixer une limité

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The first point I’d like to raise is …

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: le premier point que j’aimerais souligner est…

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It is a no-brainer to admit that

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c’est une évidence de reconnaître que

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Not to mention :

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Sans parler du fait que

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bien sûr, une opinion contraire pourrait être…

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Of course, a contrary opinion might be

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Unlike

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A la différence de

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A condition que

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Provided

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Namely :

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A savoir

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Par dessus tout

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Above all

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Comme en témoigne

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As testified by

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On peut soutenir que

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Arguably

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Presumably

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Vraisemblablement

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En fin de compte

To this end

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Ultimately

A cet effet

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As a matter of fact all this goes to show that

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En fait, tout cela prouve que

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Susiter l’attention

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To raise awareness

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To spur economy

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Stimuler l’économie

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Être un événement Marquant

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To be a watershed event

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To run counter to

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Aller à l’encontre de

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Agir en douce

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To act on the sly

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Dénoncer

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To blow the whistle on

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Céder a

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To cave into

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To pay lip service to

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Se déclarer favorable à

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The crux of the problem :

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Le nœud du problème

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A puzzling fact

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Un fait troublant

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Out of the blue

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Sans crier gare

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La crème de la crème

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The cream of the crop

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An ailing economy

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Une économie en difficulté

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Se maintenir au dessus de la concurrence

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To stay ahead of the pack

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Une campagne visant à susciter la peur

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A fear-mongering campaign

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Halcyon days

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Les jours pour la santé

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To advocate

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Prôner

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Négliger

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To overlook

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Faire le portrait de

Dépeindre

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To portray

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Native soil

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Terre natale ( fig)

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Crapulous

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Adepte des excès

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To be novel- gazing

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Être nombriliste

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Être sur le point de

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To be on the edge of

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Dégoûter quelqu’un de

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To put someone off something

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How come I can ?

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Comment cela se fait il ?

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An infringement of private life

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Une enfreinte à la vie privée

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To strike a blow to personal freedom

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Porter atteinte à la liberté individuelle

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Être de courte durée

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To be short-lived

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Au nom de

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For the sake of

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To go out on a limb

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Prendre des risques

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To pull the wool over someone’s eyes

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Faire croire n’importe quoi à quelqu’un

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To resume work

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Reprendre le travail

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To start from scratch

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Partir de zéro

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Rejeter la responsabilité sur qqun

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To offload the responsibility onto someone

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Être rusé

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To be cunning

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To have a grip on somebody

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Avoir l’emprise sur

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Prendre le pouvoir

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To come into office

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To be appalled at

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Être sidéré par

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Être un expert de

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To be an expert at

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Voir la vérité en face

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To face facts

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Faire de son mieux

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To do one’s utmost

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Dissuader qqun de faire qqchose

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To deter someone from doing something

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Toucher le fond

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To hit rock bottom

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A cet égard

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In this respect

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As regards

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En ce qui concerne

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Par ailleurs

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On top of that

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Par opposition

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By contrast

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Conversely

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Inversement

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On seconds thoughts

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Réflexion faite

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A quiver

To quiver with

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Un frémissement

Frémir de

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To spark

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Susciter

Provoquer

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At the drop of a hat

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Immédiatement

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I am stuffed

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J’ai trop mangé

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Idle

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Fainéant
A l’arrêt
Inactif

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Démolir

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To pull down

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Into heaps

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Dans les amas

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79
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Stairway to Hell

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Descente aux enfers

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80
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At the helm

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Au pouvoir

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81
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Influence politique

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Clout

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To break new ground

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Innover

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Par tout les moyens

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By fair means or foul

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Des horizons inexplorées

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Uncharted territories

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To ride out the political storm

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Surmonter la crise politique

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Le travail au noir

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Moonlighting

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A slowdown in the economy

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Un ralentissement économique

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Être renvoyé

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To be made redundant

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A drop in the living standards

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Une chute du niveau de vie

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Booze-free

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Agin

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Spontaneous

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Spontanée

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To depict

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Dépeindre

Exposer

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Faire éloge

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To praise

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Susciter

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To arouse

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Fuir

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To flee

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Déconcertant

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Unnerving

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Être au confins

A la limite

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To verge on

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Debt-ridden

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Criblée de dette

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Rembourser

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To pay off

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To handle

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Prendre en main

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Sinistre

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Bleak

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Imprudence

Audace

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Recklessness

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Majoritaire

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Mainstream

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Remède-miracle

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Silver-bullet

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Plight

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Situation difficile

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To lull into

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Donner des faux sentiment à qqun pour plaire

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Critiquer constamment

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To nag

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Réprimander

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To chide

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Fouiller

Mettre la pression

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To prod

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Remettre sur le droit chemin

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To set on the right path

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To roll back

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Faire reculer

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Faire du bruit

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To rattle

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Atténuer l’impact de qqchose

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To blunt

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Terminer

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To wind up

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Freiner

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To rein in

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Somnolent

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Drowsy

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A staple

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Un élément principal

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Rayonner

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To beam

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To extol

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Louer

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Malmener

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To bully

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A disavowal

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Un desavoueux

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Greed

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Avarice

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A huge difficulty in

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Une grosse difficulté à

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L’essentiel

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The bottom line

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Far-reaching consequences

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Des conséquences de grandes portes

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It all hinges on the question whether

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Tout repose sur la question de savoir si

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This document dates back to

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Ce document date de

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To begin with, the first chart shows

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Pour commencer le premier graphique montre que

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Turning to the pie chart, it can be seen that

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A propos du camembert on peut observer que

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As for the second chart it shows that

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Quand au second graphique il montre que

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The first result worth pointing out is

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Le premier truc qui doit être souligné est

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Se stabiliser

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To level off

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To slump

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S’effondrer

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All in all this document gives a impression of

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Ce document donne une impression de

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To plummet

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Chuter

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A matter of life and death

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Une question de vie ou de mort

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Cupidité

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Greed

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A shield

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Un bouclier

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To conceal

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Dissimuler

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Un défaut

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A shortcoming

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Avoir le dessus

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To get the upper hand

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La bonté

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Goodness

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A decent person

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Une bonne personne

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Une bonté

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A kindness

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Congenial

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Agréable

Sympathique

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Bien s’entendre

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To get on well

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Direct

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Straightforward

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Upright

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Droit

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Digne de confiance

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Trustworthy

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Wicked

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Mauvais

Pervers

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Trompeur

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Misleading

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Sévère

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Harsh

Stern

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To mistrust

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Se méfier

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It’s tit for tat

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Œil pour œil dans pour dent

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Irriter quelqu’un

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To vex someone

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En vouloir à

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To resent

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Se moquer de

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To poke fun at someone

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To have the nerve to do

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Avoir le culot de

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Un lache

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A coward

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Wrench

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Clef à molette

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Abuse

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Maltraitance

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A sweatshop

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Un atelier clandestin

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Maladroit

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Clumsy

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La situation critique des enfants

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The children’s plight

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Prôner l’intégration

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To advocate integration

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L’intégration

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Desegregation

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Parvenir à l’égalité

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To achieve full equality

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Consulter un siteweb

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To visit a website

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To brief someone on somethinh

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Mettre qqun au courent de

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An inquiry

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Une demande de renseignement

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S’informer

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To make enquiries about

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Se renseigner sur qqchose

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To find out about something

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Dévoiler

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To uncover

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Établir les faits

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To get the facts straight

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Publier un communiqué

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To issue a statement

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Faire une allusion à

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To drop a hint about

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Une fuite

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A leak

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La censure

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Censorship

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L’internet haut débit

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Broadband internet

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Un fournisseur d’accès

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An internet access provider

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Créer un signet

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To bookmark

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Un moteur de recherche

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A search engine

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Combler le fossé informatique

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To bridge the digital divide

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Capter

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To pick up

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Se mettre à l’écoute de

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To tune in to

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Rediffuser

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To repeat

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Un créneau horaire

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A time slot

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A newcaster

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Un présentateur

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Un journal de qualité

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A broadsheet

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La presse à scandale

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The gutter press

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A pulp magazine

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Un magasine à sentation

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Le journal local

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The local rag

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To make the headlines

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Faire la une

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Faire de la publicité pour

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To advertise something

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Un prospectus

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A brochure

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Equal opportunities

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L’égalité des chances

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Un brevet

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A patent

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Le financement

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Funding

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A sample

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Un échantillon

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DNA

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L’ADN

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Stem-Cell research

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Recherche sur les cellules souches

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Un aimant

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A magnet

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Une ampoule

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A bulb

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Une blouse

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A lab coat

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Kinetics

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Cinétique

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A breakthrough

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Une découverte majeur

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A conundrum

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Une énigme

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Comparison

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Comparaison

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A capacitor

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Un condensateur

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A vat

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Une cuve

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Effet Doppler

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Doppler shift

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A Lens

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Une lentille

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Equipment

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Matériel

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Principe

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Principle

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Savant

Érudit

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Scholar

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Tracer

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To plot

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Accouchement

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A delivery

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Col de l’utérus

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Cervix