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mener qqun à faire qqchose/ameer qqun à faire qqchose

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lead to

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une tentative

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an attempt

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les frontières s’estompent

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blurring the lines

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effectuer/réaliser/mener à bien

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to carry out

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rédiger/établir

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to draw up

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dépense

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expenditure

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budgétaire

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fiscal

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déclencher/provoquer/donner lieu à

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to give rise to

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renforcé/intensifié

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heightened

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je te dois qqhose

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I owe you smtg

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traditionnel

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mainstream

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aucun

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none

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s’opposer à

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to object to(+ing)

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urgent

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pressing

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scrupules

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qualms

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reposer sur

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to rest on

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installer/monter

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to set up

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économie chancelante

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teetering economy

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deterrer/mettre au jour/révéler

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unearth

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une veillée

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vigil

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(se) retirer

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to withdraw

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priorités

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agenda

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rendre des comptes à

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to be accountable to

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éviter

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to avoid

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en conséquence

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accordingly

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la réponse à une question

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the answer TO a question

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hypothèse/présupposition

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assumption

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ce qui explique que

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which is accounts for

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d’autant plus que

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all the+comparatif+as

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assister à (une réunion)

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to attend

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assister qqun

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to assist

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prévoir/anticiper

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to anticipate/to foresee

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dès que

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as soon as

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préconiser

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to advocate

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conseillers

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advisers

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nominations

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appointments

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avènement

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advent

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à cette époque là

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in those days

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hélas

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alas

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horrifié/atterré/accablé

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aghast

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venger

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to avenge

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supporter

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to bear

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faire face aux plus fortes critiques

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to bear the brunt of

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une affiche

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a bill

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le support de

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the support of/ the backing of

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élargir/approfondir

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broaden

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courtier en bourse

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broker

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confirmer

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to bear out

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postes de dépenses

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budget items/lines

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division d’une entreprises

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a branch

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rendre publique

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to be made public

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faire de la politique

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to be in politics

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tirer d’affaire

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to bail out

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relier

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to bind

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un carnage/ effusions de sang

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bloodshed

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enterrer/ensevelir

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to bury

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ministre du budget

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chancelor

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exiger

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to call for something

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manifeste/de manière très visible

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conspicious

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n’aboutir à rien

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come to naught

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conformité

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compliance

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systématiquement

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consistently

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élever des enfants

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child rearing

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rattraper

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catch up

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se faire à l’idée que

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to come to terms with

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s’engager dans qqchose

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to commit yourself to smthg

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conseillers en communication

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communication advisers

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informatique

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computer-industry

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forcer/obliger qqun à faire qqchose

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to compel sby to do smthg

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résorption (de l’inflation/du chômage)

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curbing

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en garde à vue/détention provisoire

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custody

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être coincé

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to be cornered

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mettre les choses à la poubelle

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to ditch

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concevoir/imaginer

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to devise

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machine électronique

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a device

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manière d’agir

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person’s device

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concevoir

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to design

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nier avoir fait qqchose

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to deny doing smthg

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dénégation

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denial

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spectaculairement

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dramatically

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sécheresse

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drought

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déformer

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to distort

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rabaisser les notes

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to down grade

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expulser

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to deport

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induire en erreur

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to delude sby (deluding thus into thinking that..)

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déréglementer

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to deregulate

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to be deem

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être considéré

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à la tombée de la nuit/ au crépuscule

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at dusk

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représentation/description

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depiction

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englober/recouvrir

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to encompass

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faire l’expérience de/connaitre

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to experience

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appareils électroniques

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electronic appliances

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incarner

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embody

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ex-/ancien

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former

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usines

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factories

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libre entreprise

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free enterprise

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craindre que + …

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to fear that..+MIGHT

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la finance

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the financial sector

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s’affaiblir/s’estomper

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to fade

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s’agiter/s’inquieter

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to fret that

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arrêter brutalement

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to go cold turkey

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contourner/déjouer

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to game smthg

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la “base”/ qui vient du peuple

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grass roots

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crédule

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gullible

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triste/sinistre/sombre/menaçant

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grim

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machin/truc/gadget

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gizmo

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PIB

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GDP (gross domestic product

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gagner du terrain

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gaining round

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blocage

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gridlock

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services fiscaux britanniques

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HMRC

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une grande quantité de

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a host of

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foyer

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household

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entendre parler de qqchose

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hear of smthg

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avoir des nouvelles de

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hear from sby

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en vue/ très médiatisé

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high-profile

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heberger/loger

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to house

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éléctroménager

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household electrical goods

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traquer/pourchasser

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to huntdown

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annoncant que

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heralded that

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être salué comme qqch

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to be heralded as smth

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système fiscal américain

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Internal Revenue System IRS

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altéré, détérioré

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impaired

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avoir l’intention de

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to intend

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insolvable

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insolvent

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au milieu de

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in the midst of (smthg)

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une ultime tentative

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a last ditch attempt

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une niche fiscale

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a tax loophole

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un groupe de pression

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a lobby

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tiède

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lukewarm

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emrpunt/prêt étudiant

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loan (student loan)

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chargement/charge

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load

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logiciel

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software

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du moins/au moins

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at least

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répondre aux attentes de

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to live up to voters/citizens expectations

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ces derniers

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the latter

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riposter

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to lash out

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une période (de travail)

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a stint

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des mesures répressives/ une répression

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a crackdown

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déclaration/affirmation

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statement

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lourd/pesant

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burdensome

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paperasse

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red tape

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attirer par la ruse

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to lure

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contraindre qqun a faire qqchose

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to compel sb to do smth

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esclavage, servitude

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bondage

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frais

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fees

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actifs/capitaux

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assets

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épouvantable, effroyable, affreux

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appalling

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selon lequel/laquelle
par lequel/laquelle
au moyen duquel …

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whereby

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impitoyablement/sans pitié

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ruthlessly

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testament, dernière volonté, volonté

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will

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révolte/agitation/bouleversement

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upheaval

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attaquer/prendre d’assaut

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to storm

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bouchon, embouteillage

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gridlock

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transgresser/violer (la loi)

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to breach

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obstacle/cloture/barrière

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fence

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frappé

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struck

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faire du mal (à qqn)

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to harm sby

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de manière significative

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meaningfully

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lancer (un projet)

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to launch

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cambrioler/dévaliser

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to burgle smth

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scrupules/doutes/hésitations

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qualms

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OTAN

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NATO

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communiquer, transmettre, faire part de qqch

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to convey

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manipulation

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handling

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repousser, ignorer

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to snub

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une querelle

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a feud

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maintenir, confirmer

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to uphold

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simplement, seulement

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merely

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très critique, blessant

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scathing

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appel, demande, requête

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plea

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s’accrocher à, se cramponner à (un mandat)

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to cling (clung-clung)

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un tournant majeur, décisif

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a watershed

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marché intérieur

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domestic market

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économie informelle

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informal economy

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saisir l’opportunité, profiter de

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to cash in (on a situation) ex: In India, rural people don’t cash in on globalization.

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exode massif

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massive exodus

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explosion

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a blast

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mitigé

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bitter-sweet

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dilemme

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dillema

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seuil de pauvreté

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poverty line

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à propos

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by the way

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rattraper qqun

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to catch up with

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un monsieur

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a gentleman

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où il allait ? chez moi

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TO my place (direction)

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louche

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sleazy/shifty/suspicious

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étrange

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weird

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à ce point là

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at that point

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je suis là

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I’m here

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de vos amis

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a friend of yours

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plus…plus

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the more…the more (attention ordre des mots)

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rassembler son courage

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to summon up your courage

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éviter

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to pass by

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nécrologies

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obituaries

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un destin tragique

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a doom

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d’une manière ou d’une autre

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somehow

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de manière inoffensive

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harmlessly

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sangloter

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to sob

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