Vocabulaire Anglais Flashcards

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Seuil

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threshold

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évaluation/estimation

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appraisal

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vent contraire

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headwind

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largement

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broadly

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orientation, poussée

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thrust

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domaine/propriété

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Estate

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réaliser

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to achieve

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attente

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expectation

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dans l’attente de

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in expectation of

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preuve

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evidence

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évaluer, mesurer

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to assess

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entreprendre

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to undertake

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remarquable, exceptionnel

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outstanding

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déclaration

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statement

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splendide

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Gorgeous

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prévenir, avertir, mettre en garde

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to warn

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lier, engager, attacher

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to bind

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limite, frontière

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boundary

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mettre en évidence

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to highlight

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survenir

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to arise

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exemple

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instance

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dans ce cas

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in this instance

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bourse

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grant

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to grant

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accorder/octroyer

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tout au long de

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throughout

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permettre

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to enable

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équitablement

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fairly

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se fier à

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rely on

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au nom de

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on behalf of

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réorganiser/remanier

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to revamp

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restructuration

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revamp (n)

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mépriser

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run roughshod over

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transférer

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handing it off

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petites culottes

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tighty-whities

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puissant

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mighty

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en avoir marre

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to be pissed off

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je me suis dit

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I figured

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trouver, comprendre

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to figure out

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braconner

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to poach

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être affamé

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to be starving

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prendre des risques

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go out on a limb

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échappatoire, faille

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loophole (n)

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sortir, mettre dehors

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put out

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éteindre

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put something out

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ramper

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to crawl

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étendue

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extent (n.)

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cacher

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to stash

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pesée

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weighing

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arrêter

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to staunch

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probablement

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likely

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bondir

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to leap

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marchander

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to bargain

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une bonne affaire

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a bargain

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vénéré

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revered

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tenir compte de

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to heed something

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insouciant

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heedless

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contrebandiers

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smugglers

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butin

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loot

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dur labeur

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hard slog

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un rassemblement

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rally

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communiquer, transmettre

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to convey

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douleur

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sorrow

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admiration

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awe

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agile

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nimble

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Préjudiciable

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harming

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Exhaustif

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Comprehensive

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copieux

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Hearty

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Contempler

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To gaze

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Expression du visage

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Coutenance

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Envisager / admirer

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to contemplate

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Tromper

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to deceive

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débarrasser / disposer

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to dispose

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homme d’action

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légèrement

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affaiblissement

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Licencier

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impliqué

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échoué à

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entre-temps

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malheurs, difficultés

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rejeter

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to dismiss

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Ejecter

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to toss out

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présumé

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accumulation

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averti

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pourrait nuire

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could damage

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tel que

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éviter

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to stave off

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qui sape, qui amoindrit

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undercutting

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aérodrome

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reconnaître, admettre

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to acknowledge

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dépasser, accroitre, intensifier, redoubler d’efforts

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to ramp up

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bénéfice d’exploitation

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operating profit

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occupé

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réaliser

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un méfait / acte répréhensible

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wrongdoing

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il a démissionné

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He resigned

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procureur général

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Attorney General

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entrepôt

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cela a déclenché un incendie

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it sparked a fire

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Ils soutiennent que

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they argue that

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les autorités ont accepté de

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authorities agreed to

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fournitures

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L’enquete concerne

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The probe pertains

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un point de passage frontalier

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border crossing point

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est au bord de

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is on the brink of

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avait mis / fixé

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fervent partisan

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full-throated supporter

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renforcer / booster

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Il s’est présente contre FDR

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He ran against FDR in 1944

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démantèlement

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dismantling

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Il lui a confié la tâche

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he tasked him

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a laissé entendre

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Neutralisé

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Toutefois

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qui/que/quel

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Nier / refuser / priver

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capitalisation boursière

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market capitalisation

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rentabilité

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profitability

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a plaidé en faveur

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has argued

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Il a révélé

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He disclosed

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avait acquis une participation

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had built a stake

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a adopté une loi

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Passed a law

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Des frappes

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Entre en vigueur

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Came into effect

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Qui étaient arrivés

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Who had arrived

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L’accord exige

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The deal demands

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L’accord exige… et donne

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The deal demands… giving…

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Projet de loi / Facture

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obligera

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will require

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ultérieurement

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pourrait être condamné à une amende

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could be fined

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La plus haute juridiction de Roumanie

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Romania’s top court

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en cas de non-respect

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for failing to comply

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votes exprimés

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votes cast

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supposé

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Destituer

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To Impeach

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Changer de bord / de direction

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To change tack

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provocateur / provocant

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attitude provocateur / ton de défi

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defiant tone

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éphémère

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short-lived

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a promis

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promettre / donner sa parole

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qualifier

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called (smth/smn)

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simple / facile / direct

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straightforward

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à l’antenne

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responsable / redevable

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affirmation / réclamation / demande / droit

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à dix reprises

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pendant qu’il interviewait

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while interviewing

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condamné / reconnu coupable

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affaire civile

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civil case

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avait établi un contact direct

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had made “direct contact”

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semble montrer

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appeared to show

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Le renversement

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The overthrow

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revers / coup

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souffler / gaspiller

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revendiquer / réclamer / prétendre

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tribunal a inculpé

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court charged

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prendre ses fonctions

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take office

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relancer / ranimer / reprendre

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lot / fournée / paquet

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concevoir

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fournir

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to provide

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utilité

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usefulness

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veuve

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Nouvel accord budgétaire

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New spending deal

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Paralysie du gouvernement

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Government shutdown

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Abandonner

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To drop smt

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Premier ministre

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Volkswagen a annoncé son intention

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Volkswagen annonced plans

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Rationaliser

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Streamline

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Face

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Tariff

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Droit de douane

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The new levies would take effect on Monday

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Les nouvelles taxes entreront en vigueur lundi

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He also promised to slap reciprocal tariffs

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Il a également promis d’imposer des droits de douane réciproques

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Earlier

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Auparavant

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Has harbored hopes of emulating

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A nourri l’espoir d’imiter

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Hopes have been dashed

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Les espoirs ont été anéantis