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voc commun Flashcards

1
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plonger dans / fouiller dans

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to delve into sth

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dévoiler / mettre à nu

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to lay bare

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impliquer, causer, entraîner

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to entail

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se dérouler

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to unfold ( as the text unfolds )

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pousser qqn à, exhorter à

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to urge sb to do sth

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souligner, mettre en évidence

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to underscore

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affirmer

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to affirm

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railler / tourner en dérision

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to deride

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être établi / vérifié

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to be ascertained

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déterminer / vérifier

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to ascertain

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qui se chevauchent

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overlapping

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faire appel à l’expérience

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to draw on experience

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mener qq en bateau / tourner en bourrique

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to gaslight

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s’occuper de

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to address sth

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s’occuper d’un pb

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to address a problem

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dominant

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prevailing

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céder

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to yield

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fausser

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to skew

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prétendre que / affirmer que / soutenir que

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to contend that

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entraver / gêner

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to hinder

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perspicacité / éclairage / aperçu

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the insight

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enchevêtrement

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enmeshment

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freiné / entravé

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hampered

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dévier de, s’écarter de

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to depart from sth

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identifier, localiser, mettre le doigt sur

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to pinpoint sth

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enraciné, tenace, établi

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entrenched

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ainsi

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thereby

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réprimer / étouffer

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to stifle

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un problème actuel / récurrent

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an ongoing issue

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annihilé / contrarié

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stymied

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énigme, casse-tête

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a conundrum

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répandu / omniprésent

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ubiquitous

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poudre aux yeux / quota ethnique

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tokenism

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(fig) s’étendre, couvrir

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to span sth

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programme pol

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platform

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féminité

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femininity

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consolider/ étayer

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to shore sth up

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déjouer l’attention

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to deflect attention

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un cliché

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a trope

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éluder

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to elide

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attrait, charme, intérêt / un appel (supplication)

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an appeal

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une esclave

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a bondwoman

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captivé / fasciné

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enthralled

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substitution

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a proxy

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comparable / similaire

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analogous

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métonymie

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metonymy

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parfait / typique

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quintessential

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semblable à

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akin to sth

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se heurter à qqch / se confronter à qqch

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to grapple with sth

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punition / châtiment

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a retribution

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51
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premier plan

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foreground

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aux moeurs légères / libérées

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promiscuous

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53
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franc parler / franchise

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the outspokness

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simple / franc, direct

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straightforward

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entremêlé

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intertwined

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se fondre / s’unir

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to coalesce

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les liens

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the threads

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58
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le travail domestique

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the menial labor

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59
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vu et revu

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well-worn

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exercer le pouvoir

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to wield (the) power

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donner le droit de vote à

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to enfranchise sb

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émouvant

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stirring

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improviser

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extemporise

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64
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accusations

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indictments

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65
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augurer

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to bode

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droit, justifié (moralement correct)

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righteous

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longue souffrance

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meekness

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faire naître / engendrer

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to beget sb

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se pavaner

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to strut

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alloué

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allotted

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exercer (sur)

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to wield (upon)

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inspecter minutieusement

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to scrutinize

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dévier / détourer

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to deflect

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revitaliser / revigorer

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to vitalize

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naturel / pur

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unaldulterated

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entrelacé / entremêlé

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interwoven

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insatiable

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unquenchable

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onduler

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to ripple

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digne de / convenir à

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befitting

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l’esclavage / la servitude

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the thrall

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81
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suffisance / supériorité

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priggishness

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une situation difficile

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a predicament

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83
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la réplique

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the cue

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84
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sans surveillance

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unattended

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85
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l’irascibilité

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the petulance

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86
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une querelle

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a feud

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87
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dénigrant / le dénigrement

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belittling / the belittling

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un panacée

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a panacea ( a cure for everything )

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clair, cristallin

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unclouded

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90
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malheur / infortune

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the woe

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91
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rectitude / vertu, justesse

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righteousness

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réprimer / étouffer

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to stifle

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93
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en accord

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attuned

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le plus haut / élevé / important

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the uppermost

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enchaîner, retenir / entraver

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to fetter

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candide

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guileless (adj)

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une sous-couche, une couche sous-jacente

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a substratum

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une tâche / une souillure

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a blot

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écusson

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scutcheon

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maussaderie / morosité

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the sullenness

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gaspiller / gâcher qqch

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to squander sth

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102
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breveté

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patentee (patents holder)

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103
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déduire

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to infer

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responsable de qqch, auteur, créateur

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author of

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écrire

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to author sth

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hors pair

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unparalleled

107
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fondateur, précurseur, phare

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seminal

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vue d’ensemble

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overview

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habilement

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astutely

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mot à la mode

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buzzword

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étayer / soutenir

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to underpin sth

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l’importance / le sens, la portée

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the significance

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paradigme, exemple, référence

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a paradigm

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l’influence, le poids

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the clout (informal)

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sonder, examiner

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to probe

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la pénurie, le manque

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the paucity

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engendrer, donner naissance

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to spawn sth (fig)

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récupérer

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to retrieve sth

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maelström (courant marin qui forme un tourbillon)

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maestrom

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manque de qqch, pénurie de qqch

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the scarcity of sth

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bribe de qqch, bout de qqch

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snippet of sth

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une estimation, un calcul

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a reckoning

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le socle, la base de

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the bedrock of st h

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secouer, ébranler

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to jar sth

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une parabole (histoire avec morale)

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a parable

126
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discours, narration, récit

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a narrative

127
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résumer / comprendre, contenir

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to encapsulate sth

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éloge funèbre, oraison funèbre

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an eulogy / plural: eulogies

129
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rétrograde, arriéré

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backward

130
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Obeah

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Obeah is a system of spiritual and healing practices developed among enslaved West Africans in the West Indies.

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soutenir / étayer

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to underpin

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dépasser

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to outreach

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le joug de qqch

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the yoke of sth

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louer, vanter

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to extol

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un affront

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a slight

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courroucé.e/furieu.x.se

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wrathful

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justification

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vindication

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incontesté

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undisputed

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fouet

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lash

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avec adresse / dextérité

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deftly

141
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l’affirmation de soi

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the assertiveness

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direct.e / franc.he

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forthright

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dédramatiser / minimiser l’importance de

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to downplay

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puérilité

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childishness

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souvenir / mémoire

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recollection

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indomptable

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indomitable

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élaborer / écrire

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to craft sth

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l’écriture / la rédaction

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the penning

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écrire

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to pen

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soutenir, promouvoir

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to endorse

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de peur que +subj, au cas où+ cond

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lest

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ramper

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to grovel

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d’avant la guerre de Sécession/guerre civile américaine

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Antebellum

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intimidant

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daunting

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le salut

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the salvation

156
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combiner qqch avec qqch

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to conflate sth with sth

157
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point de vue

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viewpoint

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imprégné de qqch, enraciné ds qqch

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steeped (in sth)

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ouvertement

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overtly

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un catalyseur

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a catalyst (= an instigator)

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naturaliser

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to naturalize sb

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epistemological

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relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion.

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en difficulté

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hard-pressed

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seulement, uniquement

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solely

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se battre, lutter

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to struggle with

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sans intérêt

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mundane

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partisan.e, adept.e, avocat.e

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proponent

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alphabétisation, fait de savoir lire et écrire

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literacy

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engendrer

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engender

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jeter par terre

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to throw down

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lancer un défi

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to throw down the gauntlet

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pions, chairs à canons

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fodder

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dériver de, provenir de

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to derive from

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couper qqn, lancer

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to interject (interrupt by saying)

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insérer, intercaler

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to interpole

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jargon

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vernacular (colloquial)

177
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léguer, transmettre

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to bequeath

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audace, hardiesse, intrépidité

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the audacity

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regretter, maudire

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to rue

180
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corde raide

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the tightrope

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abroger, révoquer

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to repeal

182
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jouer un rôle (important), important

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instrumental

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mener, être à l’origine de, ê le fer de lance de

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to spearhead

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le fer de lance

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to spearhead

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s’attarder, traîner

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to linger

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surpasser, battre, prendre le dessus sur

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to trump

187
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prétendre faire qqch

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to purport to do st h

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miner, saper

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to undermine

189
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tendu, stressant

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fraught

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dyade

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dyad (related pair)

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perturbé, en suspens, qui n’a pas été réglé

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unsettled

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inflexible, catégorique

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adamant

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maquereau, proxénète

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a pimp

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prévoir, anticiper

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to foresee

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hostile, ennemi

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inimical

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substitut, remplaçant

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surrogate

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projet, plan

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a blueprint

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pas, foulée, enjambée

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the stride

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la détresse, situation désespérée

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the plight

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d’où

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whence

201
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couvrir, s’étendre

A

to bridge

202
Q

rejeter, fuir

A

to eschew

203
Q

proéminent.e/ important.e

A

salient

204
Q

écueil, danger, piège

A

pitfall

205
Q

comprendre, se constituer de / constituer, représenter

A

to comprise sth

206
Q

déformer, dénaturer, donner une fausse image

A

to misrepresent

207
Q

sous couvert de

A

under the guise of

208
Q

influencé par, inspiré par

A

informed by

209
Q

rechercher qqch

A

to court sth

210
Q

être l’égal de qqch

A

on a par with

211
Q

s’étoffer

A

to flesh sth out

212
Q

hypothèses, postulats

A

premises

213
Q

baser qqch sur qqch

A

to premise sth on sth

214
Q

banaliser / dévaloriser

A

to trivialize

215
Q

oublié.e, omis.e / négligé.e

A

overlooked

216
Q

responsable / compréhensible

A

accountable

217
Q

faire respecter, maintenir

A

to uphold

218
Q

exposer les grandes lignes de, brosser un tableau de

A

to outline

219
Q

franc.he / direct.e

A

outspoken

220
Q

oubli, omission / erreur

A

oversight

221
Q

s’opposer à, contrer

A

to counter sth

222
Q

un parti pris

A

a bias

223
Q

autonome

A

self-reliant

224
Q

promouvoir / encourager

A

to foster

225
Q

l’autonomie, l’indépendance

A

the self-reliance

226
Q

selon, conformément à

A

in accordance with

227
Q

poursuivre

A

to proceed

228
Q

admonester / disputer

A

to admonish

229
Q

complet.e, global.e, total.e

A

comprehensive

230
Q

affaiblir, saper, ébranler

A

to undercut

231
Q

imprégné de, chargé de

A

steeped (in)

232
Q

taxinomie

A

taxonomy (classification system)

233
Q

manifestement, absolument, clairement

A

patently

234
Q

dénoncer / contester

A

to decry

235
Q

inspiré de

A

modeled on

236
Q

à la place de, au lieu de

A

in place of

237
Q

se débarrasser de

A

to dispose of

238
Q

un pion

A

a pawn

239
Q

consentement

A

acquiescence

240
Q

insinuer, sous entendre / suggérer

A

to suggest sth

241
Q

ironiquement

A

wryly

242
Q

tenir compte de / écouter

A

to heed

243
Q

apparaître en tant que

A

to emerge as

244
Q

approprié, pertinent

A

germane

245
Q

au nom de, pour, pour le compte de

A

on behalf of

246
Q

résumer, synthétiser

A

to summarize

247
Q

sonder, examiner

A

to probe

248
Q

l’influence, le poids

A

the clout (informal)

249
Q

paradigme, exemple, référence

A

a paradigm

250
Q

l’importance / le sens, la portée

A

the significance

251
Q

étayer / soutenir

A

to underpin sth

252
Q

mot à la mode

A

buzzword

253
Q

habilement

A

astutely

254
Q

vue d’ensemble

A

overview

255
Q

fondateur, précurseur, phare

A

seminal

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