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sculpter qqch à partir de qqch

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To carve sth out of sth

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Apporter sa contribution/ remplir son role

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To do your bit

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Passer l’aspirateur

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Vacuum

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Qui s’ensuit

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Ensuing

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Echouer

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Fail

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Federer

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Federate

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Imbroglio, emmêlement

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Entanglement

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Prolongé, trés long, de longue durée

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Protracted

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Choc et stupeur (l’armée americaine utilise la force extreme ..)

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Shock and awe

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Mener a bien ou effectuer

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Carry out

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Attaque armée

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Onslaught

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Large/vaste/immense

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Broad

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Avoir une dent contre

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To have a beef with

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Prendre le dessus sur

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Trump

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Antagoniste (adjectif)

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Adversarial

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Parmi (non amond)

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Amid

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Brutalement/sans menagement

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Bluntly

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Depasser/envahir/surpasser

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Overrun

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Fer de lance

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Spearhead

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Croisade

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Crusade

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Detester/haïr

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Loathe

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Soutenir/etayer

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Buttress

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Agaçant

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Irksome

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Ameliorer

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Enhance

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Encombrant/embarassant

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Cumbersome

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Influencer/influence

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Sway

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Querelle/se quereller

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Feud

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Soulévement/bouleversement

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Upheaval

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Defaut/imperfection

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Flaw

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Surnommer

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To dub

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Sujet de plainte/doleance

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Grievance

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S’engager de nouveau

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Recommit

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Promettre/promesse

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Pledge

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Plausible/realisable

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Feasible

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Poudre aux yeux/purement figuratif/symbolique

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Tokenism

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Avantage/tirer profit de/exploiter

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Leverage

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Autonomie

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Home rule

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Faire plaisir a/ se prêter au jeu de

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Humour

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Osé/ audacieuse

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Bold

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Emouvant

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Stirring

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Bancal/chancelant

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Rickety

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Récipient

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Vessel

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Parsemer, joncher

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Strew

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Deconcerter/confondre

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Discomfit

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Omnipresent

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Ubiquitous

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Aveuglant/eblouissant/impressionant

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Dazzling

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Opportunité

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Bonanza

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Assailli par/encerclé par

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Beset by

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faire entrer qqch dans qqch (avc difficulté)

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Squezze sth sb into sth

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Modérer

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Temper

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50
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Le Vide

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Void

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Vide

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Empty

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Qui se consume

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Smouldering

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Plat/ à plat

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Flat

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Caracteristique principale/ marque de fabrique

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Hallmark

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Travail/labeur au lieu de “work”

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Toil

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56
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Criblé de/plein de

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-ridden

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57
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Monter en fléche/s’envoler

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Soar

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Perturbation/interruption

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Disruption

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Geant/mastodonte

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Behemoth

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Changement\renovation

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Revamp

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Changer/renover

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Revamp

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62
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Faille

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Loophole

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Delicat, epineux

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Tricky

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Situation embarrassante

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Predicament

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65
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Proposer une meilleur offre que

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Undercut sb

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66
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Surcharger qqn qqch

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Overburden sb/sth

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Etre dans la merde

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To be in a tight spot

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Surgir, apparaître

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Loom

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Chroniqueur

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Columnist

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Enquete

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Inquiry

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Precieux/ de valeur

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Valuable

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Radoter/ bassiner qqn avec qch

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Bang on about

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Péché/ pecher

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Sin

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Fonctionnement

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Workings

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Jurer de faire qch

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To vow

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Leurre, appat

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Bait

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Tordre

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To wring sth

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Préponderance/ qualité première ou point essentiel

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Salience

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Terne, sans interet, ennuyeux

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Dull

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Réamenager/ revoir

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Rejig sth

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Tenacité, constance, fermeté.

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Steadfastness

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Reconfort/ source de réconfort

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Solace

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Lâche

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Craven

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(Avec le) recul

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(In) Hindsight

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Tourner autour du pot

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Pussyfoot around

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Minimiser l’importance

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Downplay

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Les gens

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Folks

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Dépendant

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Reliant on

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Ultime effort

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Last-ditch

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Reunir/convoquer pas gather

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Convene

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Un élan de

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A momentum

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Soubresaut / secouer

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A jolt / to jolt

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Dissiper / apaiser

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Ease

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Tissu social

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The social fabric

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Bourbier

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Quagmire

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Vrombir

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Whirr

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Prendre peur

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Take fright

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Maintien en fonction

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Tenure

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A la derive

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Rudderless

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Interregne

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Interregnums

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Ecraser

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Crush

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Conseil d’administration

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Board

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Negligence/insouciance

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Carelessness

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Precipitamment/à la hate

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Hastily

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Courage

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Mettle

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Encourager/soutenir/faire pousser

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Nurture

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Aller de travers

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To go awry

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Repercussions

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Fallout

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Furieux

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Livid

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“bebe ancre”

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“Anchor babies”

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Aigre-doux, mitigè.

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Bittersweet

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Relever

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Point out

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Creux /vide

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Hollow

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Contrecarrer

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Thwart

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Redécoupage des circonscription électorales

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Gerrymandering

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Un groupe, une communauté

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Cluster

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Supporter, soutenir, appuyer

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Bolster

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Gros morceau

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Chunk

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Un chemin

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Pathway

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Decliner-refluer

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To ebb

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Toile de fond / decor

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Backdrop

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Qui s’y connait en qqch

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-savvy

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Contourner

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Circumvent

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Porter un coup à

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A major blow to

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Hors de portée de

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Beyond the reach of

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Le garant de

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The custodian of

127
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Dangereux

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Hazardous

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Être libéré

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To be released

129
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Renoncer à qqch

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Relinquish sth

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Empiéter sur

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To encroach on

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Un ennemi

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A foe

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Un synonyme

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A byword

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Un tollé

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An outcry

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Puissant

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Potent

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Mal/Interpreter

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Mis/construe

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Blaspheme

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Blasphemy

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De façon erronée/a tord

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Erroneously

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Fanatique

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Zealot

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Promotion de qqch

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Advocacy

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Cortége/spectacle

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Pageant

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Calmé

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Soothed

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Attiser

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Stoke

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Remuer

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Roil

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Negligemment

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Flippantly

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Mise en garde

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Caveat

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Marge de manoeuvre

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Leeway

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Bestial/ mechant/infect/abominable

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Beastly

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A l’ecart

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Aloof

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Rechigner /faire a contre coeur

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To do sth grundgingly

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Être enclin à

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Disposed to

150
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Baliverne/foutaises/

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Humbug

153
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Aller tout droit vers

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Make a beeline

154
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un tas de/ une ribambelle/ flopée

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a bunch of

155
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donner du courage/ enhardir

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embolden

156
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renverser/s’ecrouler/s’effondrer

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topple/Collapse

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mot d’ordre

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mantra

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jadis

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yore

159
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laisser entendre/insinuer

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intimate

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capital/historique

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momentous

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De bon augure/propice

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Auspicious

162
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on s’accorde généralement à dire que

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common wisdom has it that

163
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l’incarnation de

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the embodiment of

164
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l’ascenseur social est en panne

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the engine of social mobility is no longer working

165
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se répandre, s’insinuer dans

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to pervade

166
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l’homologue

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sb’s counterpart

167
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sous-traiter

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to contract out

168
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progresser dans la hiérarchie de l’entreprise

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to climb the corporate ladder

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être plus performant que/ surpasser/ faire mieux que

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outperform

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tromper/attirer ou persuader par la ruse

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lure

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bien de première nécessité/élément de base

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staple

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