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Anglais 2BCPST > Voc Livret > Flashcards

Voc Livret Flashcards

1
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Pressions directes

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Arm-twisting

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Une situation inextricable

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A catch-22 situation

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Une approche musclée

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A heavy handed approach

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Un projet stupéfiant

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A jaw-dropping project

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Une bureaucratie qui fourre son nez partout

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A meddlesome bureaucracy

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Une requête refoulée

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A pent-up demand

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Une story refoulée

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A telltale story

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Une escroquerie, une arnaque

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A scam, a sting

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Une situation épineuse

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A vexed situation, a thorny situation

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improviser un discours

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to ad lib a speech

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une improvisation

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an ad lib performance

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mettre sur le compte de = imputer de

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to ascribe sth to

to put down to

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circonvenir = contourner la loi

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to circumvent the law

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calmer

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to dampen enthusiasm

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accorder au compte goutte

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to dole out

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critiquer

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to excoriate sb or sth

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mentir de manière éhontée

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to fib brazenly

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empêcher qq chose d’arriver

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to forestall sth

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se préparer au combat

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to gird oneself for a fight

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20
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jubiler

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to gloat over / about sth

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se donner bcp de mal pour faire qq chose

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to go to great lenghts to do sth

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avoir maille à partir

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to have a brush with sb

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faire démarrer une industrie

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to kickstart an industry

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formuler des critiques à l’encontre de

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to level criticism against

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rater qq chose

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to make a hash of sth

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mettre au placard

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to mothball sth

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être battu aux voix par

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to be outvoted by

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28
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remuer ciel et terre pour

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to pull all the stops to do sth

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revenir en arrière

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to turn the clock back

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30
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tergiverser

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to prevaricate

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31
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tendre la main

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to reach out to one’s opponents

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32
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bazarder

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to scrap something

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33
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avoir des frissons dans le dos

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to send shivers down the spine

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stimuler

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to spur

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freiner à mort

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to step on the brake

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36
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être à cheval sur deux mondes

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to straddle two worlds

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contraindre qq’un à faire qq chose

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to strong-arm sb to do sth

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38
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se vanter de

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to swagger about

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39
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affronter un orage

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to weather a storm

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40
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résister à qq chose

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to withstand to sth

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c’est un beau parleur

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he’s all hat and no cattle

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42
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c’est incontestable

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it brooks no contradiction

43
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c’est de la poudre aux yeux

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it’s window-dressing

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c’est une justice à géométrie variable

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it is one rule for some and another for the rest

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ça nous ramène à

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it is a throwback to

46
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cela apporte de l’eau au moulin de

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it is grist to the mill of

47
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il se mêle de tt

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he’s a real busybody

48
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ce fut un feu de paille

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it was a flash in the pan

49
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quelles imbécilités

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what utter drivel

50
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être condamnable, critiquable

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to be blameworthy

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être inflexible

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to be unyielding

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être destiné à

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to be earmarked for

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reculer face à la protestation

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to back down in the face of protest

54
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s’en sortir

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to bail oneself out

55
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embobiner qq’un pour qu’il fasse qq chose

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to bamboozle sb into doing sth

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remonter le moral à qq’un

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to cheer someone up

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être imperturbable

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to be unfazed

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contester une décision

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to challenge a decision

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s’engager à faire qq chose

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to pledge to do sth

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faire fuite d’information

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to leak information

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s’armer de courage

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to steel oneself to do sth

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se porter garant pour qq’un

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to vouch for sb

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être un indécise

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to be a ditherer

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être plein aux as

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to be rolling in money

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le fanatisme

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bigotry

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un fanatique, sectaire

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a bigot

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le chauvinisme

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jingoism

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un spécialiste

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an expert

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une aubaine

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a windfall

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avoir le bras long

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to carry a lot of clout

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ressasser qq chose

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to hark back to sth

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rester dans le droit chemin

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to stay on the straight and narrow

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le machisme

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the chauvinism

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les moqueries

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gibes

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un silence de mort

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a pin-drop silence

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diaboliser

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to demonize

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toucher le fond

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to hit rock bottom

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ralentir l’inflation

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to curb inflation

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flatter qq’un

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to toady to sb

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être mal à l’aise

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to feel queasy about sth

81
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prendre des mesures

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to take steps

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fermer les yeux sur qq chose

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to turn a blind eye on sth

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pousser qq’un à faire qq chose

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to egg sb to do sth

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chercher le bon côté des choses

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to look for the silver lining

85
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les équipements

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the amenities

86
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un fléau

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a curse

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le par coeur

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rote learning

88
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un manque à gagner

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a shortfall in earnings

89
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un système dernier cri

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a state of the art system

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un écran tactile

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a touch screen

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c’est mon point fort

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it’s my strong suit

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prendre le taureau par les cornes

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to grasp the nettle

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avoir une marge de manoeuvre

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to have margin for action

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toucher un point sensible

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to touch a raw nerve

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enjoliver

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to put a gloss on sth

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un travail baclé

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a slapdash job

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un moment critique

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a crunch

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s’astreindre a

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to school oneself to do sth

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moins bien loti que

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to be worse-off than

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homologue

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counterpart, peer

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indexer sur

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to index to

102
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commencer à faire qq chose

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to start doing

103
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retraite par répartition

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the pay-as-you-go pension

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contrefaçon

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counterfeiting

Anglais 2BCPST (29 decks)

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