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1
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Une perte

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A loss

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Ces dernières années

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Over the last few years

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Engrais

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Fertilizer

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Enquête

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Investigation = enquiry

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Scolaire/universitaire

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Academic

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La divulgation

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The disclosure

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Un témoin

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A witness

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Susciter la polémique

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To arouse controversy

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Rencontrer

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Encounter

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Élever un enfant

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Raise/bring up a child

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Encourager

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To cheer

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Chercher (un emploi)

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To seek (a job)
NB: seek/sought/sought
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Confrontation

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Showdown

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S’excuser

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To apologize

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Répondre

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To retort/reply/answer

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Se vanter de…

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To boast/ to brag about sth

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17
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Coups et blessures

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Battery and assault

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Agresser

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To mug

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Harcèlement

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Harassement

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La fuite

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Leak

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Retirer

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Withdraw

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Soutien

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Endorsement

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Chambre des représentants

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House (GB)

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Porte parole

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Spokesman

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Quelques conseils

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A piece of advice

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Renier qqn

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To renounce sb

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Éducation (école puis parents)

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Éducation / upbringing

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Obtenir un diplôme

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Graduate

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Afin que

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So that

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30
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Établissements

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Schools

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Brevet

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GCSE

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Éloigner

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To remote

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Malgré

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For all

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Tolérer

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Condone

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Répondre à la demande

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To meet demand

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Un exemple parfait

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A case in point

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Litigieux

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Contentious

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Dominant

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Mainstream

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Être différent

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To be poles apart

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Défectueux

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Flawed

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Abandonner

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To scrap

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42
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Moindre

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The lesser

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43
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Parti travailliste anglais

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Labour

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Une proposition (de loi)

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A bill

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Fusionner

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To merg

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(Être) au point mort

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At a standstill

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Mettre quelque chose au 2nd plan

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To put sth on the back burner

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48
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La bourse

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Stock Exchange

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Autoriser (lever une interdiction)

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To lift a ban

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Complet

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Comprehensive

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51
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Résister

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To hold out

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52
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Ancien étudiant

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Alumnus

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53
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L’ensemble des arguments pour…

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The case for…

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54
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Tirer le maximum de qqn

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To stretch sb

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55
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Haut de gamme

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Posh

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56
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Quartiers défavorisés

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Inner cities/ social deprives areas

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57
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Donner un avantage à qqn

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To give sb an edge over sb

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58
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Être plus important

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To outweigh

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Faire les frais de qqc

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To bear the brunt of sth

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60
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La chasse gardée

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The preserve

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Pas convainquant

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Unconvincing/ lame/ tenuous

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Être à la traîne

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To lag behind

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63
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Un groupe de réflexion

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A Think-tank

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Supporter qqc

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To back up/ to support

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Un statisticien

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A pollster

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Être médiatisé

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To be hyped/ publicized

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67
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Être à la base de…

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To underpin

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Mettre en œuvre/ appliqué

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To implement

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69
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S’atteler au problème

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To Come to grips

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70
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Faire les frais

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Bear the brunt

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Abandonner

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To scrap/ jettison

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Échouer

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To backfire/ fail

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Affecter

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To plague

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74
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Bac

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A-level

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75
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Faire des progrès

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Make headway

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76
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Se réconcilier

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To mend fences

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77
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Se lancer dans quelque chose de difficile

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To embark

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78
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Être en désaccord (de façon polie)

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To beg to differ

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79
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Un dilemme

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A quandary

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80
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Un atout

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An asset

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81
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Un obstacle/ une haie

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An hurdle

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82
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Du jour au lendemain

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Overnight

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83
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Problème important

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Major issue

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84
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Essence et pétrole

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Petrol and oil

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85
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Événement marquant

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Milestone/ landmark / watershed

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86
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Le futur de qqc

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Outlook

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87
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Pessimiste

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Gloomy/ Grim

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Optimiste

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Rosy/ brilliant

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89
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Entre … et …

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What with….

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90
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Prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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Wishful thinking

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Un petit obstacle

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A snag

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92
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Volte-face

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U-turn

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93
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Une impasse

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A stalemate

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Entrer/Sortir d’une impasse

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Reach/break a stalemate

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Une carte maîtresse

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A trump card

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Intro Khôlle

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What we have here is an…

The opinion article understudy is about

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Douter de qqc

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To be Dubious about sth

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98
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Une affirmation/ déclaration

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A claim

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99
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Hypothèse/principe

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Premise

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100
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Interdit de fumer dans les locaux

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No smoking on the premises

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Sciences de l’économie

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Economics

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Un Concurrent

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A Competitor

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Un chef d’entreprise

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A manager

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engager qqn

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To hire

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Bénéfices

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Profits

106
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Le Marché du travail

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The labour/job market

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Entreprendre

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To Undertake

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Un croque mort

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An undertaker

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Concilier … et ….

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To accommodate

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Prestations sociales, prospectus

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Hand outs

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Demander une augmentation

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To ask for a pay rise

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Les données chiffrées

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The data

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Le sexe faible

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The fair sex

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Rattraper qqn

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Catch up with sb

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Demander un salaire équivalent pour un même travail

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To demand equal pay for equal work

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Être prioritaire

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To be top of/high on the agenda

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Faire une découverte capitale/ sans précédent

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To achieve a breakthrough in (medicine)

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Un criminel endurci

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A hardened criminal

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Un jusqu’au-boutiste

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A diehard

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Un Mot d’ordre

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A watchword

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Une devise

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A motto

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Les mots à la mode

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Buzzwords

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Influence/pouvoir

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Clout

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Son idée personnel

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Brainchild

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Se faire Donner le feu vert

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Be given the Green light/ go-ahead

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Le fond du problème

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The bottom line

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Confiance

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Confidence/ faith

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Responsable

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Official

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Se réjouir

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To be delighted with

130
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Morose

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Gloomy

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Trancher avec qqn

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To stand in sharp contrast

132
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…. qui caractérise qqc

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… which is characteristic/ typical of sth

133
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Experts

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Pundits

134
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Faire le bilan

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Assess

135
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A ce jour

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Up to now
Until now
So far
To date

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“…”, précise MJ

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Point out

137
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Professeur

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Lecturer

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Plan de relance

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Recovery plan/package

139
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S’est vu attribuer un prix

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Was awarded a prize

140
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Romancier

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Novelist

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Être une Préoccupation commune

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To be a matter of common concern

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La direction

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The board (of directors)

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La crise économique

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The economic downturn

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Actionnaires

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Shareholders

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Il ne m’en reste plus

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I haven’t got any left

146
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C’est la première fois

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It’s the first time

147
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Il est tellement ému

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He is so moved

148
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Récompenser

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Reward

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S’enfuir

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Flee/ fled/ fled

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Elle est portée (disparu)

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She is reported (missing)

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Mes Frères et sœurs

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My siblings

152
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Être un bon (très) élève

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To be an A student

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Tenter de faire changer d’avis à qqn/ le raisonner

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To make sbdy see sense

154
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Un pédophile

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A groomer

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Un message contre qqc

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A counter message

156
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Poursuivre en procès

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To prosecute/ sue/ take sbdy to court

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Au cas par cas

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A case by case scenario

158
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Relever des défis

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To take up challenges

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Laïc

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Secular

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Tirer une leçon de qqc

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To draw a lesson

161
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Quelque que soit

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Regardless

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D’autant plus + adj

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All the more

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Méfiant

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Suspicious

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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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Tôt ou tard

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Sooner or later

166
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Survivre à qqc

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Weather sth

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Un britannique

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A briton

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Dégringoler

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Plummet/ slump

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Confier qqc à qqn

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To confide sth to sb

170
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Avoir l’intention de

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To intend to do sth

171
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C’est notre devoir de

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The onus is on sb to do sth

172
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Nous ne pouvons nous en prendre qu’à nous même

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We have only ourselves to blame

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Paradis fiscal

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Tax haven

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Ménages

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Households

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Salaires

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Wages

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D’autant plus que + prép

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All the more … so/as….

177
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Installation d’un système

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Set up a system

178
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En mer

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Off shore

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A partir de maintenant/ désormais

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From now on

Henceforth

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Démolir

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Tear down
Pull down
Knock down

181
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Il est grand temps

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It is high time….

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Une aide

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An aid/ a relief

183
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Une démission

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A resignation

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Un citoyen respectueux des lois

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A law-abiding citizen

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Quel que soit

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Whatever

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Il se pourrait qu’elle

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She might

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car

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For

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Tu devrais

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You ought to

189
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Attention aux chiens

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Beware of dogs

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La faillite

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Bankruptcy

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Est ce que cela te dit

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Do you fancy

Do you feel like

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Préfères-tu

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Would you rather

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J’envisage de faire

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I consider doing

194
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Des preuves

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A piece of evidence

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La signature de qqc

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The hallmarks of sth

196
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Porter (la marque de qqc)

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To bear/ bore/ bore

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Ça s’est avéré être

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To turn out to be

198
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Une alerte

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A scare

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S’emparer d’un avion par la force

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To hijack a plane

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Faire du chantage

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To Blackmail sb

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Un dispositif/ équipement

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A device

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Le bilan des morts

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The death toll

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S’élever à

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Rose to

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Faire un canular à quelqu’un

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To play a hoax on sb

207
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Empêcher une bombe d’exploser

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To defuse a bomb

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Être Mutiler

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To Be Maimed

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Un état voyou

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A rogue state

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Victimes (mortes ou blessées)

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Casualties

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Un kamikaze

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A suicide bomber

210
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Entreprise

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Company

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A l’étranger

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Abroad

212
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Ce qui rassure qqn

A

What sb find(s) reassuring

213
Q

Le prix du pétrole a baissé

A

The price of oil had lowered

214
Q

Augmenter

A

Increase

215
Q

Abîmer qqc

A

To damage sth

216
Q

Éoliennes

A

Wind turbines

217
Q

Prendre en compte

A

Take into account

218
Q

Un discours

A

A speech

219
Q

Accuser

A

To blame

220
Q

aussi longtemps que prévu

A

As long as forecasted

221
Q

Respecter la loi

A

To comply with the law

222
Q

Publier des résultats

A

To publish/ issue/ release results

223
Q

Etre sensible à qqc

A

To be sensitive to sth

224
Q

Les dettes ne cessent de s’alourdir

A

Debts keep on growing

225
Q

Enfin

A

Eventually

226
Q

Que cela te plaise ou non

A

Whether you like it or not

227
Q

Expert-comptable

A

expert accountant

228
Q

Un taux de fécondité

A

A fertility rate

229
Q

Être accueilli comme un joli symbole

A

To be ailed as a great symbol

230
Q

Bonheur

A

Happiness

231
Q

Une discipline/ un domaine

A

A field

232
Q

Etre perplexe

A

To be puzzled

233
Q

Si

A

If/ whether

234
Q

Imaginer le futur de qqc

A

To picture/ imagine the future of sth

235
Q

Ministre

A

Secretary/ minister

236
Q

… qui risquent de révéler une nouvelle baisse

A

…which are likely to show a further fall

237
Q

Malgré son éloignement

A

For all its remoteness

238
Q

La technologie de pointe

A

State-of-the-art technology

239
Q

Ordinateur portable

A

Laptop

240
Q

Si tel était le cas

A

Were it the case

241
Q

Dépasser largement (profits)

A

Outstrip

242
Q

Un décalage (pensée/réalité)

A

Disjuncture

243
Q

À laquelle vient s’ajouter

A

Coupled with

244
Q

Soulignant

A

Pointing to

245
Q

Une relation difficile

A

A rocky relationship

246
Q

Tenir compte de qqc

A

To reckon with sth

247
Q

J’estime (être meilleur que)

A

I reckon …

248
Q

La probabilité

A

The likelihood

Anglais perso (1ere année) (9 decks)

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