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la publicité

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advertising

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une émission

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a programme

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la libre parole

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free speech

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la liberté de la presse

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the freedom of the press

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une diffusion

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a broadcast

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la rubrique (sportive)

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the (sports) section

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les médias

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the media

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les ventes

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sales

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éditer

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to publish

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éduquer

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to educate

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stimuler

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to stimulate

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museler la presse

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to muzzle the press

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étouffer

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to hush up

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le planning familial

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family planning

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la famille (monoparentale)

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(single parent) family

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l’union libre

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living together

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la conflit des générations

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The Generation Gap

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la cohabitation

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living together

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la natalité

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birth rate

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la cellule familiale

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the family unit

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la progéniture

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offspring

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les mœurs

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morals

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les frictions parents-enfants

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parent-child conflicts

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s’occuper des enfant

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to look after the children

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le viol

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rape

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le meurtre

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murder

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un procès

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a trial

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l’emprisonnement

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imprisonment

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un témoin

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a witness

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la peine de mort

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the death penalty

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la criminelle

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criminal / murderer

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la police

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the police

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une infraction

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an offence

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la punition

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punishment

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une cour

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a court

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la chasse

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hunt

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la prison

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prison

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exercer un effet de dissuasion

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to act as a deterrent

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tirer sur

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to shoot at

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commettre

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to commit

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détourner

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to hijack

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écrouer

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to lock up

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exécuter

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to execute

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un chômeur

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an unemployed person

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le commerce

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trade

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un demandeur d’emploi

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a job seeker

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embaucher

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to employ workers

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licencier

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to dismiss / make redundant

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toucher une allocation

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to draw a benefit

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faire une virée

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to go joyriding

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l’industrie

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industry

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la perte

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the loss

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l’allocation

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benefit payment

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une demande d’emploi

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a job application

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prendre la (pré-) retraite

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to take (early) retirement

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poser sa candidature

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to apply for a job

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former

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to train

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démissionner

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to resign

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le bac

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A-Level

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le programme

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the curriculum

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le collège

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secondary school

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un contrôle

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a test

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le système éducatif

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the educational system

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l’enseignement

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education

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la salle des profs

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staff room

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l’orientation

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guidance

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une licence

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a degree

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les grandes écoles

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top Universities

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les resultats

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the results

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passer un examen

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to sit an exam

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réussir

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to succeed

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échouer

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to fail

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éduquer

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educate

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étudier

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to study

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l’homme au foyer

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a house husband

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le changement

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change

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le féminisme

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feminism

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le harcèlement sexuel

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sexual harassment

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le sexisme

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sexism

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le salaire

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salary

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le mouvement

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movement

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un phallocrate

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male chauvinist

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l’inégalité

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inequality

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la carrière

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career

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la discrimination

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discrimination

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la condition féminine

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woman’s lot

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la liberté

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freedom

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les droits

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rights

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les pressions

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pressures

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se sentir

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to feel

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s’épanouir

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to blossom, to reach your potential

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exiger

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to demand

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subir

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to undergo

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l’effet de serre

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the greenhouse effect

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le recyclage

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recycling

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le rechauffement de la terre

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global warming

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le gaspillage

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wastage

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un cobaye

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a guinea pig

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un groupe de pression

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a pressure group

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l’environnement

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the environment

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l’énergie (nucléaire / solaire)

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energy (nuclear/solar)

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear power station

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l’écologie

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ecology

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une marée noire

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oil slick

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la pluie acide

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acid rain

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une bombe aérosol

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aerosol spray

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l’essence sans plomb

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lead free petrol

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la culture biologique

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organic farming

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la protection

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protection

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la chasse

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hunting

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les déchets nucléaires

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nuclear waste

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les combustibles fossiles

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fossil fuels

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les espèces menacées

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endangered species

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des énergies douces

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safe energy sources

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polluer

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to pollute

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sauvegarder

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to safegard

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protéger

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to protect

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nuire à

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to harm

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préserver

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to preserve

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le parlement

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parliament

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le marché unique

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the single market

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le traité

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treaty

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un pays

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a country

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un état membre

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a member state

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un citoyen

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a citizen

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le vote

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voting

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député

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an M.P.

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la monnaie unique

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single currency

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la frontière

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border

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la libre circulation

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free movement

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la communauté

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commuity

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l’identité nationale

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national identity

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la présidence

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presidency

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la bureaucratie

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bureaucracy

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le christianisme

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christianity

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l’Islam

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Islam

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un temple

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a church (protestant)

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le pape

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the pope

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un juif

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a Jew

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l’athéisme

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atheism

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l’intégriste

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fundamentalist

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l’espoir

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hope

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un musulman

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muslim

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la religion

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religion

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une messe

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a church service

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une église

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a church (catholic)/ Anglican

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la foi

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faith

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une juive

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a Jewess

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une mosquée

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a mosque

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une prière

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a prayer

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un(e) évangéliste

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born again Christian

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la poussée

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upsurge

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les croyances

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beliefs

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les mœurs

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morals

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les péchés

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sins

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prier

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to pray

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aller à l’église

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to go to church

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croire

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to believe

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se détourner

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to turn away from

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un parti

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a party

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le gouvernement

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the government

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un ministre

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a minister

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un sondage

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an opinion poll / a survey

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le pouvoir

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power

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le président

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the president

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le premier ministre

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the prime minister

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le Sénat

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the Senate (Upper House)

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un élu

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someone elected

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la politique

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politics / a policy

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la droite

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the right wing

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la gauche

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the left wing

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une élection (présidentielle)

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Election

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la proportionnelle

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proportional representation

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une voix

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a vote

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une circonscription

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a constituency

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l’Assemblée Nationale

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the National assembly (the Lower house)

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les pouvoirs publics

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the public authorities

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les affaires étrangères

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foreign affairs

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gagner un siège

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to win a seat

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cohabiter

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to work together

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voter

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to vote

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dépenser

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to spend (money)

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décider

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to decide

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le tiers-monde

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the third world

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un bidonville

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a shanty town

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l’occident

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the west

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un régime

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diet

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un pays sous-développé

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an under-developed county

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un pays en voie de développement

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a developing country

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le droit

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the right

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la famine

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famine

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la sécheresse

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drought

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la guerre (civile)

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(civil) war

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l’aide

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aid / help

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l’eau potable

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drinking water

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la surpopulation

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over population

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l’inégalité

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inequality

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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aider

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to help

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nourrir

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to feed

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