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1
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Être sur le point de partir

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To be on the way out

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Occasion

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Particular Time
Opportunity
Reason

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Brume

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Mist

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Avoir hâte de …

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Looking forward to … + vbe ING

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entrepreneur perso

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selfmade man

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gravir les échelons

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to climb the social ladder

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homme d’affaire

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saleman / business man

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rendre hommage à

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to pay tribute to

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abandonner

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to give up / to surrender

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sur de soi, confiant

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self-confident

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11
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capacité

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ability

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12
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mauvaise langue

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gossipy

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audacieux, téméraire

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bold

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produire, élaborer

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to devise

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caractère

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temper

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confiance

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faith

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fidèle

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faithful

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faire la une

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to run the head line

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19
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injustice

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unfairness

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être sur le même pied d’estale

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to be to an equal footing

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21
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forcer, contraindre

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to coerce

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22
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etouffante

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sweltering

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chaleur

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heat

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engloutir

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ingulf / swallow

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colline

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hill

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poitrine

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chest

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joues

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cheeks

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mâchoire

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jaw

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fouet

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whip, lash

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compagnon (pote)

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fellow, guy

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enchère

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auction

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propriétaire

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owner

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manège

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marry-go-round

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considérer

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to regard, to consider

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légal

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lawful

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maltraité

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ill-treated

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ignorer

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to deny to refuse

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terrible, catastrophique

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awful, appalling

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dans la durée

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over the time

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insister

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to urge to

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gamin

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toddler, kid

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coupable

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guilty, culprit

43
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tragédie

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tragedy, mass shooting, murder, massacre

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sensibiliser

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to make people aware of

45
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campagne de sensibilisation

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awareness campaign

46
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famille endeuillée

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grieving family

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totalement

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utterly

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s’engager

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to get ivolve in / to commit

49
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fait bien connu

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welle known fact

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être susceptible de

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to be bound of

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mettre fin à

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to put end to

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en finir avec

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to end up with

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tenir quelqu’un pour responsable

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to hold sb responsible for / accountable for

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injurer

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to wound / to injure

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véritable

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genuine

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clément

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lenient, kind, diligent

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promoteur ≠ adversaire

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proponent ≠ opponent

58
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supporteur ≠ défenseur

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supporter ≠ advocates

59
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s’en débarasser

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to get ride of / to bin s.o / to fire

60
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frotter

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to rub

61
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saucisse

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wiener

62
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qui se plaint tt de tps

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whiner

63
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être de gauche

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be a leftist

64
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quelque chose de faux, imposture

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sham

65
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subventions

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subsidies

66
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blessures

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injuries

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marchandises

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commodities

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compter sur

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to rely on

69
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demander, solliciter

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to apply for

70
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dénoncer

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expose

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proposer

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offer

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elle sont à moi !

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these are ON me

73
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boulversement

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upheaval / turmoil

74
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garder la tête haute

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to keep one’s chin up

75
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menton

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chin

76
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voler

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rob / steal

77
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toge, barre

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rod

78
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récit

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narrative

79
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chagrin

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grief

80
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se passer, se dérouler

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unfold

81
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se résumer à

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to boil down to + NOM

82
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discuter avec

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argue with

83
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viser à

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aim at + ING

84
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perdre / manquer

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losing out on

85
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provenir de / une tige

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stem from / a stem

86
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être soumis à

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be submitted to

87
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s’en tirer avec / se tirer de, s’échapper

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get away with / get away from

88
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faire face à, régler (un pb)

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to adress + rien

89
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chasser déloger

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to smoke out, to kick out

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