Vocabulaire Blaise Pascal (2) Flashcards

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un violeur

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a rapist

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au moins

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at least

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anéantir, se précipiter

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to dash

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évoquant qch

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redolent of

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lascif

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prurient

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le moyen-âge

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the Middle Ages

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se vanter

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to boast

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la progression sociale

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social mobility

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reconnaître (= admettre)

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to acknowledge

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nommer (2)

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to nominate / to appoint

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avoir le beurre & l’argent du beurre

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to have your cake & eat it too

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le mélange

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mixture

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la lumière des projecteurs

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floodlight

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la tranche d’âge

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age bracket

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la Manche

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the Channel

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draconienne

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draconian

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les ménages

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households

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durable / chronique

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perennial

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approprié, adapté

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suitable

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effroi mêlé de respect

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awe

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totalement

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thoroughly

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croyances

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beliefs

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le recensement

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the census

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le niveau de vie

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the standard of living

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un brouillon

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a draft

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la confusion, le désordre, émoi

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turmoil

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démissionner

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to resign

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pur & dur

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dyed-in-the-wool

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accomplissement personnel

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personal fulfilment

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un obstacle/une haie

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an hurdle

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le tunnel sous la manche

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the Chunnel

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abyssal / insondable

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unfathomable

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33
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alimenter

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to fuel

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faire baisser, réduire

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to push down

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époustouflant

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staggering

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tituber / vaciller

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to stagger

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entre, parmi

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among

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effrayant

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horrendous

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problème secondaire

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side show

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une abondance de preuve

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a wealth of evidence

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peu qualifié

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low-skilled

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un sur cinq

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one in five

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un comptable

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an accountant

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un cabinet comptable

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accountancy firm

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le grand argentier

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the finance minister

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une étude

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a survey

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le fisc (2)

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the tax authorities / the IRS : Internal Revenue Service

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le manque à gagner

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the shortfall

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diminution d’impôt

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tax cut

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l’objectif affiché, le but avoué

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the avowed aim

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souhaiter faire

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to be eager to do

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prétendument

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allegedly

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l’équité

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fairness

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régler un conflit

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to settle a dispute

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louer, embaucher

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to hire

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56
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licencier

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to lay off

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57
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un congés maternité

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a maternity leave

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travailler à temps partiel

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to work part-time

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un bizuth

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a freshman

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une marre

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a pond

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régi par les chiffres

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number-driven

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une blouse, un bleu de travail

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an overall

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fournisseurs

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suppliers

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orienter

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to channel

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supporter

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to bear

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pousser

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to prod

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goûts

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tastes

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désir

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eagerness

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prudence

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stand-off

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fournir qch à qn

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to supply sb with sth

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un souci

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a sake

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rancunier

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spiteful

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convoiter

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to covet

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amer

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bitter

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la rancune

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rancour

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venger qn

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to avenge sb

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l’ardeur

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ardour

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fastidieux (2)

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tedious / irksome

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(se) lasser

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to weary

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la lassitude

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weariness

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un jeu de mots (2)

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a pun / a play on words

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une victoire, si l’on peut dire

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a victory of sorts

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rare

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scarce

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prétendre

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to allege

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inconvénient

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drawback

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la loi de l’offre & de la demande

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the law of supply and demand

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le dépit

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spite

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avec rancune

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spitefully

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envieux / avide

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covetous

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l’amertume

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bitterness

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une querelle

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a feud

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(se) venger

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to revenge

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plein d’entrain

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buoyant

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ennuyer

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to bore

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las

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weary

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sans enthousiasme (2)

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reluctant / half-hearted

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jovial

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jocular

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sage

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witty

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l’esprit

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wit

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un canular

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a hoax

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une contrepèterie

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a spoonerism

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malicieux

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mischievous

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endetté

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indebted

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paupériser

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to pauperize

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sans ressources

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penniless

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défavorisé

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underprivileged

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démuni

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destitute

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priver

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to deprime

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les laissés-pour-compte

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the underdogs

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un bidonville

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a shantytown

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un parasite / pique-assiette

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a freeloader

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secourir / venir en aide

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to relieve

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misérable

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poverty-stricken

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hériter de

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to inherit

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dilapider

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to dissipate money

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la philanthropie

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philanthropy

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un clochard (3)

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a tram / a bum / a hobo

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effroyable, consternant, affligeant

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appalling

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un vagabond

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a vagrant

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le combat

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the struggle

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vivre en parasite

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to freeload

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vivre aux crochets de

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to scrounge on sb

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les prestations sociales

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welfare

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gaspiller

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to squander

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un héritage

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a legacy

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aisé

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well-off

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un philanthrope

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a philanthropist

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affreux

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awful

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un marginal

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a dropout

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se battre

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to struggle

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une doléance

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a grievance

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une grève de la faim

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a hunger strike

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le féminisme

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feminism

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enceinte

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pregnant

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se faire avorter

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to abort

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maltraiter

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to mistreat

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lapider

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to stone

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réduire en esclavage / asservir

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to enslave

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le statut

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the status

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harceler

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to harass

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mettre sur la touche

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to sideline

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la garde des enfants

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childminding

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élever

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to bring up

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une garderie

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a nursery

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chronophage

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time-consuming

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le contrôle des naissances

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birth control

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un plafond de verre

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a glass ceiling

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un martyr

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a martyr

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un contraceptif

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a contraceptive

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une grossesse

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pregnancy

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un avortement

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an abortion

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battre / martyriser

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to batter

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la lapidation

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stoning

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les disparités

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disparities

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déséquilibre

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imbalance

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sous-représenté

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outnumbered

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l’éducation des enfants

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childrearing

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la maternité

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childbearing

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une crèche (2)

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a crèche / a day care center

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une corvée

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a chore

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161
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consacrer

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to devote

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162
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le planning familial

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family planning

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jongler entre famille & carrière

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to juggle family & career

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l’écart des salaires

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the pay gap

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concilier travail & famille

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to balance work & family

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une femme battue

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a battered wife

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167
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parvenir à l’égalité

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to achieve equality

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une politique d’égalité des chances

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an equal opportunities policy

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des sévices

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abusive treatment

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l’égalité homme/femme

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gender equality

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un congé prolongé

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extended leave

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construire des crèches

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to set up childcare facilities

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l’escalade de la violence

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escalating violence

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174
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faire de la contrebande

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to smuggle

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175
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escroquer qn

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to swindle sb

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176
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malhonnête

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croocked

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177
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contrefaire

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to counterfeit

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178
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agresser

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to mug

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179
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détourner (un avion)

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to hijack

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180
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cambrioler

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to burgle

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181
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une tentative de vol

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attempted robbery

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182
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un viol collectif

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a gang rape

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183
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l’égalité des droits

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equal rights

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184
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briser les barrières à l’avancement professionnel

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to break down boardroom barriers

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promouvoir l’aménagement du temps de travail

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to promote flexitime

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186
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la fraude fiscale

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tax evasion

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187
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un escroc (3)

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a crook / a swindler / a con man

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188
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une escroquerie

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a sram

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189
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détourner

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to embezzle

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190
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la contrefaçon

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counterfeiting

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191
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poignarder

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to stab

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192
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incendie criminel

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arson

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193
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faire sauter

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to blow up

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194
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cambrioler une maison

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to break into a place

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195
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une blessure à coup de couteau

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a stab wound

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196
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un meurtre prémédité

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a wilful murder

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197
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un cocktail molotov

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a petrol bomb

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198
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organiser une pétition contre

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to get up a petition against

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199
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une manifestation pacifique

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a peaceful protest

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200
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se livrer au saccage

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to go on the rampage

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201
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un attentat à la voiture piégée

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a car bombing

202
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une grenade fumigène

A

a smoke grenade

203
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disperser un rassemblement

A

to disperse a gathering

204
Q

un soulèvement

A

an uprising

205
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une barricade

A

a barricade

206
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déclencher (2)

A

to trigger / to spark off

207
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lever un couvre-feu

A

to lift a curfew

208
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un ordre

A

an order

209
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tout un émoi

A

quite a stir

210
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la valeur

A

the value

211
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s’élever à (un prix)

A

to run into $1.000

212
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une vague de criminalité

A

a crime wave

213
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agiter des banderoles

A

to wave banners

214
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organiser une manifestation

A

to stage a protest

215
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lancer des pierres sur

A

to hurl rocks at

216
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une alerte a la bombe

A

a bomb scare

217
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du gaz lacrymogène

A

tear gas

218
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une charge a la matraque

A

a baton charge

219
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s’insurger contre

A

to rise up against

220
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un insurgé

A

an insurgent

221
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être le détonateur

A

to ignite

222
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décréter un couvre-feu

A

to be operated on

223
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vice-ministre des AE US

A

the deputy Secretary of State

224
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d’abord & avant tout

A

first & foremost

225
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petit budget

A

shoestring

226
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avoir des problème d’argent

A

to be in financial trouble

227
Q

faire des bénéfices

A

to be profitable

228
Q

assiéger

A

to storm

229
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régler un problème

A

to tackle an issue

230
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les malades du SIDA

A

AIDS patients

231
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de piètre qualité

A

inadequate

232
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renverser (un gouvernement)

A

to topple

233
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relever un défi

A

to take up the challenge

234
Q

2x plus de temps

A

twice as much time

235
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un courtier

A

a broker

236
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politique d’austérité

A

belt-thightening policy

237
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comme tout un chacun

A

like anybody else

238
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un cendrier

A

an ashtray

239
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la police anti-émeute

A

the riot police

240
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un gouvernement provisoire

A

a provisional government

241
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cette idiote de voisine

A

that idiot of a neighbor

242
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un arriviste

A

a go-getter

243
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un train de marchandise

A

a goods-train

244
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personne ne sait ….

A

…. is anybody’s guess

245
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les prestations de bases

A

essential services

246
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depuis que

A

ever since

247
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à mon grand étonnement

A

much to my surprise

248
Q

une marée noire

A

oil spill

249
Q

ce n’est qu’en … qu’ils

A

Only through v+ing … will they

250
Q

délit d’initié

A

insider dealing

251
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on peut dire qu’il … ?

A

didn’t he … ?

252
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un procès équitable

A

a fair trial

253
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s’exercer

A

to practice

254
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nommé tout seul

A

self-appointed

255
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à la radio

A

on the radio

256
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se méfier

A

to beware

257
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la sélection naturelle

A

the survival of the fittest

258
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Liban

A

Lebanon

259
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Ce livre de Boyd

A

that book by Boyd

260
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quelle dommage

A

what a shame

261
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Ils étaient douze

A

There were twelve of them

262
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crier au secours

A

to shout for help

263
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comme ma poche

A

inside out

264
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le parfait client éventuel

A

an ideal prospective buyer

265
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vif

A

bright

266
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un établissement psychiatrique

A

a mental home

267
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en si peu de temps

A

in such a short period of time

268
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remercié / viré

A

dismissed

269
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expliquer, justifier

A

to account for

270
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les durs du parti

A

the hardliners

271
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quel bazar ici !

A

what a mess in here !

272
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la priorité à l’ordre du jour

A

priority on the agenda

273
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obéir à

A

to obey ø

274
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la pelouse

A

the grass

275
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tous les meeting écolo

A

all environmental rallies

276
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l’essence sans plomb

A

lead-free petrol

277
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épuisé (pour un livre)

A

out of print

278
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les circonstances

A

the circumstances

279
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poudre

A

powder

280
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HLM

A

council house

281
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Je peux vous faire visiter

A

I can show you round

282
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les stations-services

A

service-stations

283
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une standardiste

A

a switchboard operator

284
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gai

A

chirpy

285
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la position

A

stance

286
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pour plus amble renseignements

A

for further information

287
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ces chiffres

A

these figures

288
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prendre des mesures de répression

A

to crack down on

289
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facile à utiliser

A

handy to use

290
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une fois encore

A

once again

291
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la majorité des experts politiques

A

Most political analysts

292
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absurde

A

preposterous

293
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respecter le règlement municipal

A

to mind the by-laws

294
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il devrait vraiment

A

he really ought to

295
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naïf

A

candid

296
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une aussi grosse bêtise

A

so gross a mistake

297
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tes verres de contact

A

your contact lenses

298
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assister à un cours

A

to attend ø a class

299
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accorder

A

to grant ø

300
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insister sur

A

to emphasize ø

301
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jouer

A

to play ø

302
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large (2)

A

wide, broad

303
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la chaleur

A

warmth

304
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décevant

A

disappointing

305
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intriguant

A

puzzling

306
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inquiétant

A

worrying

307
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déroutant

A

bewildering

308
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perplexe

A

bewildered

309
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bien que (4)

A

though / although / even if / even though

310
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puisque (4)

A

as, since, given (that), considering (that)

311
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à moins que

A

unless

312
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si

A

whether

313
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profiter de

A

to benefit ø

314
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une récession

A

a slump

315
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un piéton

A

a pedestrian

316
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faire confiance à, se fier à

A

to trust ø

317
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faire face à (2)

A

to face ø / to confront ø

318
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manquer de

A

to lack ø

319
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abuser de

A

to abuse ø

320
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mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

A

Prevention is better than cure

321
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largeur (2)

A

width / breadth

322
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fatiguant

A

tiring

323
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gênant

A

embarrassing

324
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stupéfiant

A

amazing

325
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convaincant

A

convincing

326
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pénible

A

distressing

327
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affligé

A

distressed

328
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tandis que (2)

A

whereas / while

329
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tant que, pourvu que (4)

A

provided (that), providing (that), on condition (that), as long as

330
Q

comme si (2)

A

as if, as though

331
Q

un hangar

A

a shed

332
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s’attendre à

A

to expect ø

333
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lutter contre

A

to fight ø

334
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influer sur

A

to influence ø

335
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devoir 100€ à un ami

A

to owe a friend €100

336
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rivaliser avec

A

to rival ø

337
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honnêteté

A

honesty

338
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cruauté

A

cruelty

339
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premièrement, en premier lieu (3)

A

First, firstly, first of all

340
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de plus, en outre (4)

A

besides, furthermore, moreover, additionally

341
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cependant

A

however

342
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fanatisme

A

fanaticism

343
Q

analphabétisme

A

illiteracy

344
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prendre une douche

A

to have a shower

345
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faire une fête

A

to have a party

346
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fumer une cigarette

A

to have a smoke

347
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nager

A

to have a swim

348
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essayer, faire une tentative (2)

A

to have a try, to have a god

349
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prendre des vacances

A

to have a holiday

350
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certes (3)

A

granted, true, admittedly

351
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de la même façon, de même (2)

A

similarly, likewise

352
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ainsi

A

thus

353
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avoir besoin de

A

to need ø

354
Q

insister sur une idée

A

to stress ø a point

355
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souveraineté

A

sovereignty

356
Q

inaptitude

A

inability

357
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christianisme

A

Christianity

358
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enfin (4)

A

finally, last, lastly, at last

359
Q

en fait (2)

A

actually, in fact

360
Q

néanmoins (2)

A

nevertheless / nonetheless

361
Q

cynisme

A

cynicism

362
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manger un morceau

A

to have a bite

363
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faire une pause

A

to have a break

364
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se reposer un peu

A

to have a rest

365
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faire un rêve

A

to have a dream

366
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faire une promenade

A

to have a walk

367
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se faire couper les cheveux

A

to have a haircut

368
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A quelque chose malheur est bon

A

every cloud has a silver lining

369
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en tout cas, de toute façon

A

anyway

370
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donc

A

therefore

371
Q

par conséquent

A

consequently

372
Q

des logiciels

A

software

373
Q

des loisirs

A

leisure

374
Q

des absurdités

A

nonsense

375
Q

avidité

A

greed

376
Q

sec

A

dry

377
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pénurie, manque

A

shortage

378
Q

habilité à

A

entitled to

379
Q

Voici …

A

Here is …

380
Q

passer un examen (2)

A

to take an exam, to sit an exam

381
Q

réussir à faire qch (2)

A

to manage to do sth / succeed in doing sth

382
Q

réussir en chimie

A

to do well at chemistry

383
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peu après

A

soon after

384
Q

dix ans plus tard

A

ten years later

385
Q

à cette époque

A

in those days

386
Q

d’habitude

A

more often than not

387
Q

de temps à autre

A

now and then

388
Q

désormais

A

from now on

389
Q

jour après jours

A

day by day

390
Q

le ménage

A

housework

391
Q

des insultes

A

abuse

392
Q

des ordures

A

rubbish

393
Q

sécheresse (catastrophe)

A

drought

394
Q

sagesse

A

wisdom

395
Q

décevoir, tromper

A

to deceive

396
Q

la moquette

A

the carpet

397
Q

écraser ta cigarette

A

to put out your cigarette

398
Q

la barrière

A

the fence

399
Q

réussir un examen

A

to pass an exam

400
Q

réussir dans la vie (2)

A

to succeed, to do well in life

401
Q

il y a peu

A

not long ago

402
Q

de nos jours

A

these days

403
Q

à l’époque de Victoria

A

in Victoria’s days

404
Q

parfois

A

every so often

405
Q

jusqu’ici

A

so far, up to now

406
Q

autrefois

A

in the past

407
Q

pour l’instant

A

for the moment

408
Q

particulièrement

A

particularly

409
Q

entièrement

A

wholly

410
Q

avec succès

A

successfully

411
Q

un carrefour

A

a crossroads

412
Q

une espèce

A

a species

413
Q

un moyen

A

a means

414
Q

appeler au calme

A

to appeal for calm

415
Q

espérer

A

to hope for

416
Q

demander instamment

A

to press for

417
Q

s’occuper de

A

to to care for

418
Q

chercher

A

to search for

419
Q

payer

A

to pay for

420
Q

faire une remarque (2)

A

to point out / to remark that

421
Q

Comme il fallait s’y attendre

A

Unsurprisingly

422
Q

maintes fois

A

repeatedly

423
Q

une écorce

A

a bark

424
Q

le grand capital

A

big money

425
Q

le 1er mai

A

May Day

426
Q

la toussaint

A

All Saints’ Day

427
Q

lourdement

A

heavily

428
Q

régulièrement

A

regularly, steadily

429
Q

publiquement

A

publicly

430
Q

vraiment

A

truly

431
Q

la douane

A

customs

432
Q

une série

A

a series

433
Q

inattendue

A

unexpected

434
Q

demander un visa

A

to apply for a visa

435
Q

accuser qn de

A

to blame sb for

436
Q

faire campagne

A

to campaign for

437
Q

être candidat

A

to run for

438
Q

attendre

A

to wait for

439
Q

s’apercevoir de qch

A

to notice sth

440
Q

ce qui est étonnant

A

surprisingly

441
Q

se signer (faire la croix)

A

to cross his self

442
Q

aboyer

A

to bark

443
Q

les petits actionnaires

A

small shareholders

444
Q

les grandes entreprises (2)

A

big business, large corporations

445
Q

la pentecôte

A

Whitsun

446
Q

pâques

A

Easter

447
Q

par chance

A

luckily

448
Q

heureusement

A

happily

449
Q

régulier

A

steady

450
Q

tante

A

aunt

451
Q

faire passer le temps

A

to while away one’s time

452
Q

ce qui fait que (2)

A

with the result that, so that

453
Q

prendre parti pour

A

to side with

454
Q

se moquer de

A

to laugh at

455
Q

se vanter de

A

to boast about

456
Q

s’occuper d’un enfant

A

to look after a child

457
Q

faire reculer l’inflation

A

to curb inflation

458
Q

faire payer 50€ à qn

A

to charge sb €50

459
Q

s’identifier à

A

to identify with

460
Q

remplacer quelque chose par

A

to replace sth with sth

461
Q

traverser, connaître une récession

A

to go through a recession

462
Q

se plaindre de

A

to complain about

463
Q

simplement

A

merely

464
Q

réaliser un projet

A

to carry out a project

465
Q

réaliser un rêve, une ambition

A

to fulfil, achieve a dream / an ambition

466
Q

pour l’instant, pour le moment

A

for the time being

467
Q

à l’heure

A

on time

468
Q

encore & encore

A

time after time

469
Q

en un rien de temps

A

in no time

470
Q

pendant ce temps

A

in the meantime

471
Q

différent de

A

different from

472
Q

féru de

A

keen on

473
Q

responsable de

A

responsible for

474
Q

réaliser un sondage

A

to conduct a survey

475
Q

une expérience

A

an experiment

476
Q

de temps en temps

A

from time to time

477
Q

dans les temps

A

in time

478
Q

tout le temps (2)

A

the whole time, all the time

479
Q

avec le temps

A

over time

480
Q

loin de

A

far from

481
Q

sévère avec

A

hard on

482
Q

dépendant de

A

dependent on

483
Q

désolé de

A

sorry for

484
Q

reconnaissant de

A

grateful for

485
Q

préoccupé par

A

concerned about

486
Q

près de

A

near

487
Q

content de

A

glad about

488
Q

le désarmement

A

disarmament

489
Q

il reste à voir si …

A

It remains to be seen whether

490
Q

une occasion à saisir

A

an opportunity to be seized

491
Q

On croire souvent que

A

it is often thought that

492
Q

faire appel à

A

to appeal to

493
Q

faire allusion à

A

to refer to

494
Q

susciter des inquiétudes

A

to give rise to concern

495
Q

un problème à éviter

A

a problem to be avoided

496
Q

appartenir à

A

belong to

497
Q

être contre une proposition

A

to object a proposal

498
Q

réagir à une crise

A

to respond to a crisis

499
Q

céder à des pressions

A

to give way to pressure

500
Q

recommander qch à

A

to recommend sth to