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To grapple with

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Se battre avec / Contre

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Démonter / Démanteler

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Dismantle

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Prendre ses fonctions / Arriver au pouvoir

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Take up one’s duties

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Sneer

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Ricaner / Sourire avec mépris

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Embedded

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Enfoncé /Incrusté

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To blow one’s mind

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Choquer / Surprendre fortement / Rendre fou

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Embrace

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Adopter / Epouser / Prendre dans ses bras

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Lampoon

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Ridiculiser / Tomber en dérision

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Sensor

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Capteur / Détecteur

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To bristle with

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To have a lot of

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To wreck

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Détruire / Anéantir / Ruiner

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Formidable

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Impressionant / Terrifiant

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To founder

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Sombrer / Couler / Echouer

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Wobbly

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Bancal / Chancelant

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To shrug off

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Ne pas tenir compte de

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Steep

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Raide / Abrupte / Escarpé

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To Rubber-stamp

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Approuver sans discussion (le Congrès Républicain US pour US)

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En voie de guérison

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On the mend

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Drawbridge

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Pont-levi

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Thread

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Fil / Fil conducteur

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A leverage

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Un levier / Un avantage

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To leverage

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Tirer profit de / Exploiter/ Rentabiliser

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To weave

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Tisser

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Exagérer

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To overstate

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Strip

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Déshabiller / Enlever

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Fingertips

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Bout des doigts

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Agence fédérale de protection de l’environnement

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Federal agency of environmental protection

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Soutenir financièrement

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To sponsor

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Etre étourdi

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To be a scatterbrain

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To be offset

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Etre compensé / Etre combalancé

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To harry

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Tourmenter / Harceler / Faire chier continuellement

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Mainstream

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Idée de courant principal, général donc ordinaire

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To be poised to

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Etre prêt à

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Secouer / Bousculer / Agiter une région

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To rattle a region

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Etre sévèrement critiqué / Semoncé / Fustigé

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To be lambasted

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Contre toute attente / En dépit de toutes contraintes

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Against the odds of extreme contraints

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Dépérir / S’étioler

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To wither

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Alarmiste

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Scaremongering

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39
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To Shell out

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Payer / Débourser (Souvent dans le sens hésite pas à dépenser)

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To bow out

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Se retirer / Tirer sa révérence

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41
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Etouffer un scandal

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To stifle a scandal

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42
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Signification de FOR

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Pour
Depuis
Car
En dépit de

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43
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Pavement

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Chaussée / Trottoir

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To loiter

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Flaner / Vagabonder

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45
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A scholar

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Un universitaire / Un savant / Un érudit

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46
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China

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Porcelaine

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47
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Trunk

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Coffre / Tronc / Malle

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48
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Smugness

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Autosuffisance / Autosatisfaction

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Cushion

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Coussin / Appuie / Amortir

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At the helm

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Aux commandes / A la barre

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The Helm

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Barre / Gouvernail / Tête

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Louer / Mettre en location

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To rent out

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53
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Vexing

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Problématique / Difficile / Qui fâche

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Smorgasbord of

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Un large éventail de

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Astonishing

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Etonnant / Allucinnant

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56
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Embezzle

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Détourner / Escroquer

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Inept

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Inepte / Incompétent / Inapte

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Bum

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Clochard / Clocharde / Flemmard / Flemmarde / Fainéant

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To throw the bums out

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Ejecter / Foutre à la porte

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Smother / Smother with

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Etouffer / Couvrir de

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To rig a price

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Fixer illégalement

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Rig sth

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Truquer (élection)

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Oil rig

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Plateforme pétrolière

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To Rubber-stamp

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Tamponner / Approuver sans discussion

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Stamp

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Timbre / Tampon / Cachet

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Choked

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Emu / Retourné

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Choked up

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Emu / Bouche bée

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Littered

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Jonché de déchets

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Awash with

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Inondé de / Bondé de / Rempli de

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Overdue

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Impayé / En souffrance / Pas encore payé / Encore impayé / Qui aurait du être fait depuis longtemps

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To surrender

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Abandonner / Se rendre / Capituler

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To surrender sth

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Rendre / Remettre / Abandonner

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A surrender

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Une reddition / Capitulation

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A surrender

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Un abandon

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A cash-surrender value

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Valeur de rachat

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To ramp up

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Redoubler d’efforts

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To ramp sth up

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Accroître / Accélérer (vitesse / Production)

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Fanciful

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Capricieux / Fantasque / Fantasque / Irréaliste

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Fanciful

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Elaborate

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Sway

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Se balancer / Chanceler

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To sway sth / To sway sb

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Influencer (opinions / Croyances ) / Impressioner

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Sway

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Influence / Emprise / Rayonnement

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To sway

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Chanceler

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A stash

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Réserve / Stock / Planque / Cachette

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To stash (away)

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Mettre de côté

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Squarely

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Honnêtement / Carrément / Directement / A la loyale

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To squarely refuse

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Refuser catégoriquement

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To slip

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Glisser / Echapper

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A slip

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Une perte / Un manque

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Complacent

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Content de soi / Suffisant / Complaisant

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To differ

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Ne pas être d’accord / Différer / Etre différent

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Sober up

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Se dégriser / Reprendre ses esprits / Revenir à la réalité

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Sicken

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Dégoûter / Ecoeurer / Donner mal au coeur / Tomber malade

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Cross off

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Barrer / Rayer / Eliminer

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Stump

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Souche / Chicot / Coller / Poser une colle à / Pas lourd

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Stump

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Faire une tournée électorale

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Stump

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Marcher d’un pas lourd

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Stump

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Mettre hors jeu

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Hollow (sens propre)

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Creux / Creuse / Vide / Creusé

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To choke up

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Etre étranglé par l’émotion / Avoir la gorge serrée

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To spearhead

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Mener / Conduire / Etre à l’origine de / Etre le fer de lance de / Etre à la pointe de

102
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The spearhead

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Le fer de lance

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Haze

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Brume / Brouillard

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To Haze over

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Etre obscurci / Se retrouver obscurci

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To Haze sb

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Bizuter

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Chubby

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Rebondi / Rondelet / Potelé / Joufflu

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Cavort

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Cavaler / Faire des cabrioles / S’ébattre

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Bridal

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Qui est relatif au mariage

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Shipyard

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Chantier naval

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Nappy

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Couche / Couche-culotte / Couche-culotte

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To void sth

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Composter une billet / Ticket

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The void

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Le vide (intersidéral)

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Void of

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Dénué de / Dépourvu de

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To be void

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Ne pas être valable (ticket) : Annulé

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To void

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déféquer

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Groan

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Grogner / Grincer / Crisser / Rouspéter / Râler

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Groan

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(gémissement / Plainte / Grincement)

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Tame (animal)

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Apprivoisé / Domestiqué

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Tame

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Fade / Insipide / Ennuyeux / Ennuyeuse

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Tame sth

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Apprivoiser / Domestiquer / Dompter

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Curse

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Sort / Malédiction / Calamité / Malheur / Fléau

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To curse sb / sth

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Maudire / Jeter un sort

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Navigate

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Guider / Indiquer le chemin

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To navigate sth (boat / Steer / Direct)

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Diriger / Piloter / Gouverner

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To navigate sth

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Se frayer un chemin dans

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Démarcher

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Canvass

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Headcount

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Effectif / Nombre de personnes

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Grind out

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Ressortir / Resservir (des politiques)

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Seed

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Graine

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Semer (graines)

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Sow

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Queasy

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Nauséeu

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Vilified

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Diffamer / Calomnier

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Malevolent

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Malveillant

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S’en prendre à qqun

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Turn on sb

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Faire la fine bouche / Cracher sur

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Turn one’s nose up at

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Uncanny

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Remarquable / Mystérieux / Etrange

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Cannily

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Astucieusement

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Rant

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Diatribe / Coup de gueule

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Spawn sth

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Engendrer / Donner naissance à

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Brinkmanship

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Stratégie de la corde raide

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Hit one’s stride

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Trouver son rythme de croisière

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gouffre

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