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Une série de

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A string of

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Démenti

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Denial

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Payer les frais (figuré)

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To bear (bore, borne) the brunt

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Évasion fiscale

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Tax avoidance

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Exiger

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To call for

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Le soutien

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The backing of

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Manifeste, visible, évident

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Conspicuous

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Une multitude de

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A host of

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Groupes de la grande distribution

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Retail groups

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Être composé de

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To be made up with

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Cote de popularité

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Approval rating

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Pour couronner le tout

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To crown it all / into the bargain

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S’assurer de qq chose

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To ensure / make sure of, that

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Assurer (assurance)

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To insure

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Monter dans un transport

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To get on

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Insupportable

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Unbearable

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Pas le moins du monde

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In the least

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Se tromper

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To go wrong

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Blesser

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To injure

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Désormais

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From now on

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Devoir, sens de déjà prévu

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To be to

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N’arrête presque jamais

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Hardly ever stop

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Ne pas cesser

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To keep doing sth

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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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Un emprunteur

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A borrower

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Compter faire qq chose

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To intend + verbe

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As tu envie de..

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Do you fancy + ing

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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A l’ordre du jour

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On the agenda

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La Bourse

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The Stock Exchange

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Un poste

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A position

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Le tiers

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Ø one third

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De moins en moins

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Less and less

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Atterrir

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To land

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Avoir le mal du pays

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To be homesick

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Sévère, dur

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Harsh

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Approuver un acte (sens juridique) // approuver qq chose

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To approve sth // to approve of sth

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Un foyer

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Household

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Démolir

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To pull down

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Dégringoler

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To tumble down / to nose-diving

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Confier qq chose à qq’un

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To entrust sb

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Il est grand temps

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It is high time

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Il est temps

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It is time + preterit

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Déranger qq’un de faire qq chose

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To mind doing sth

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Envisager de

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To consider + ing

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Immédiatement

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Right away

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Pratique

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Practical, handy

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Agréable

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Nice, enjoyable

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Proposer

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To offer, to suggest

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Deux fois moins

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Half as…as

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Banque centrale us

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The FED

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Continuer ds le sens poursuivre

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To go on with

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Regretter qq chose / qq’un

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To wish sb + bv / to regret

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Peu probable

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It is unlikely to

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Si…que

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However…may

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Pirater

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To hack into

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Actuel

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Present / current

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Je dois admettre que

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I must confess

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A l’avenir / l’avenir

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In ø future / the future

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Élections législatives

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General election

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Personnel (propre)

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Vested

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Entreprendre

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To undertake

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Bondé

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Full / packed

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Journaliste indépendant

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A free-lance journalist

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Mieux faire de…

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To had better

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Passer (mouvement)

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To drop by

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Estimation

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Estimates

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Aide sociale

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Welfare benefits

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Rester

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Remain

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Freiner (sens figuré)

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To curb

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S’attaquer

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To take on / to tackle

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D’autant plus que

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All the more… As

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Dévoiler

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To disclose

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Vacanciers

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Holidaymaker / vacationer

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Tourisme de masse

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Mass tourism

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Pas que

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Mere

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Clientèle

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Customer base / customers

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Faire plaisir, répondre aux attentes

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To please

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Pour ainsi dire

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As it were

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Faire entrer quelqu’un

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To show (shew, shown) sb in

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Légèrement

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Slightly

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S’évanouir

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To faint

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S’incliner

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To bow

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S’attarder

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To linger

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Même trop bien

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Only too well

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Se faire comprendre

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To make oneself understood

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Ne rien faire (ds la vie)

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To do nothing for a living

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Marche haussier

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Bullish market

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Valider

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To condone

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Déclencher, provoquer

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To trigger

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Répandu, courant

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Widespread

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Vivre dans la précarité, au jour le jour

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To live a hand-to-mouth

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Prêt immobilier

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A mortgage

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La restauration

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Catering

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Programme, manifeste

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Manifesto

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S’atténuer

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To abate

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Débourser

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To fork out

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Ces derniers temps

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lately

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fabrication

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manufacture

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VRP

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sales representative

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égalité des chances

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equal opportunities

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ébranler, miner, saper

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to undermine

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partial / impartial / une préférence pour

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biased / unbiased / a bias for

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les partisans de

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proponents of

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blanchiment d’argent

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money laundering