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Malgre (tous ses defauts)

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For all( their drawhacks)

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Soutenir

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To endorse

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Peu de chance de

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To be unlikely to

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Pour le moment

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For the time being

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Imminent

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Upcomming

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Laisser tomber

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To ditch

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Un stagiere

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An intern

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Un stage

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An internship

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Sous les ordre de quelqu’un

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At someon’s behest

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S’adresser à qqun

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To adress sbd

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Un meeting

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A rally

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Une inculpation

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A conviction

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Un escroc

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A crook

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Un proces

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A trial

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Diriger une entreprise

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To run a company

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Adoucir

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To soften

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S’effondre

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To collapse

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Les preuves

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The evidence

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Les competences

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The skills

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20
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Un pdg

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A CEO( chief Executive Officer)

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Se vanter

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To boast

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Sans gene

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Brazen

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se Retourner

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To flip

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Valeur professionnel

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Proficiency

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Un protecteur

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A firewall

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Evaluer

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To assess

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Faire des longues etude

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To embark on long studies

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Pratiquement

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Virtually

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Consideré comme acquis

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Taken for granted

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30
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Qui explose

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Skyrocketting

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31
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Le paradoxe

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Strangely enough

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32
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Faire les frais de

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To have born the brunt of

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33
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Il est prouvé que

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It is well documented

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34
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A pour consequence

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Have result in

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Provient de

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To result from

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36
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Plus d’argent

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Cash-strapped

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37
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Jadis

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Once

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38
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Ce temps est revolue

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those days seem to be gone

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39
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S’articuler autour de

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To be hinged around

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40
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Pour n’en citer que x

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To name but x

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41
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Sur fond de

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Amid

42
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Ca tient la route

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It holds water

43
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Prendre le controle de qqchose , le relais

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To take over

44
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Injecter de l’argent dans

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To pump a lot of money into sth

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Contourner

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To bypass

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Mettre en avant

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To put forward

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Etre benefique pour qn

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To benefit sb

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S’averer

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To turn out to

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Permettre

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To enable

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Ne figure pas parmi les priorité

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To slip down on the list of priorities

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Considerer comme

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To regard as

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La raison meme

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The very purpose

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Comprendre bien( plonger dans)

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To get more insight into…

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C’est vraiment n’importe quoi

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Sheer ( it is a sheer waste of money)

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Investir

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To pump

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Reprendre

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Take over

57
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Metaphore sur l’espace

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The sea of tranquilty

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Simple( simplet)

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Mere

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Insupportable

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Unbearable

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Par dessus tout

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Above all

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Notamment != au moins

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Not least= notamment

At least= au moins

62
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En dessous de

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Below

63
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Frais de scolarité

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Tuition fees

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Peu importe

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Regardless of

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Priver de

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To deprive

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À condition de

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Provided

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À la suite de

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In the wake of

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Tres dur

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Harsh

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De la meme maniere

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Likewise

70
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President actuel

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Incumbent president

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Accepter tolerer

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To condone

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Cas d’ecole, typique

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A case in point

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Indissociable

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To be intertwined

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Interet totalement opposé

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To be at cross purposes

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Aucune discrimination de race

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To be gender-blind

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Etre gravé dans

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To be enshrined

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De ce fait

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Hence

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Dans la mesure ou

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In that

79
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Quoi qu’il en soit

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Be that as it may

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Il y a une rumeur

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To rumere

81
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Quelqu’un qui ne boit pas d’alcool

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A tea-total

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Prevoir

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To forecast

83
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Un jeune

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A youngster

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Prendre parti pour/contre

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To come out for/against

85
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To further

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To promote

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Land a job

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Avoir un job

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Avide by

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Respecter

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Domages

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Dommages et intérêts

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To jeopardise

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Mettre en danger

90
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Undocumented

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Clandestin

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Main d’oeuvre

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Labour force/manpower

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Remedy

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Remédier

93
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Hence

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D’où

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Atout

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Asset/Trump

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Remarquable

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Outstanding

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Allocation

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Benefits

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Une lutte

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A crackdown

98
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Pour faire comme tout le monde

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To keep up with jonses

99
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Les cadres en entreprise

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White collar workers

100
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Du berceau à la tombe

À utiliser pour l’etat providence

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From the craddle to the grave