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Discriminations sont théoriquement interdites mais restent encore largement une réalité

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Discriminations are nominally totally prohibited but are still widely a reality.

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provisoirejus’

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tentative

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à première vue

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at first sight

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demander à tour de role

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ask in turn

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dissuader qqn de faire qqc

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to deter sb from doing smt

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les Etats Unis sont

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The US is

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Ce n’est qu’un enfant

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He is a mere child

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jusqu’ici

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to date

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Ringard

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Cheesy

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Se montrer réticent à

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To prove reluctant to

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les proches

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the relatives

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contribuer à faire qqc

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contribute to doing smt

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être mis en lumière

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coming to the open

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un point de vue

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a take (US) 
What's your take in the issue?
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poursuivre en justice

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to sue

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augmenter, améliorer

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to enhance

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mal interpréter

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misconstrued

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un fervent défenseur

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a staunch partisan

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il est clair

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there is no denying

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en quelque sorte

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somehow

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OMC

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WTO

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manifester

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to take to the streets

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abandonner

céder

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give up

give in

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empiéter sur

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infringe on

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derrière every –>

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toujours singulier

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laisser les choses se faire

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to let things run their course

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par hasard

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by chance

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Mettre à feu à sang

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Put to fire and sword

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Manifester leur ressentiment

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Vindicate their resentment

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sur un pied d’égalité

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on a equal footing

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beaucoup de blessés

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several wounded persons

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démoralisant

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disheartening

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primordial

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paramount

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un lanceur d’alerte

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a whistleblower

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Une étonnante proportion

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An astonishing proportion

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Dans quelle mesure?

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To what extent ?

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empiéter sur

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infringe on

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38
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pour couronner le tout

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to crown it all

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différence entre
I’ve lived in Paris for ten years
I lived in Paris for ten years (pas forcément faux)

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je vis à Paris depuis 10 ans.

j’ai vécu à Paris pendant 10 ans.

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à toutes les échelles

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every walk(rien!) of life

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élever un enfant

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to raise, to bring up a child

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42
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selon moi

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in my opinion

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43
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repprocher qqc à qqn

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to reproach sb for doing smt

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hors de portée

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out of reach

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mettre en lumière qqc

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to shed light on something

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un rassemblement

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a gathering

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Avoir des difficultés à faire qqc

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To have difficulty doing smt

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48
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Une question de detail

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A matters of detail

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le changement climatique entraine de grave problèmes

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Climate change entails serious problems.

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un sondage

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a survey, a poll

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avoir des difficultés à faire qqc

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to have difficulty in doing smt

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52
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la solution à

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the key to

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rejeter la responsabilité sur qqn

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to offload the responsability onto sb

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Profondément

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Pervasively

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55
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déclenché par

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triggered by

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56
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le monde de l’entreprise

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the corporate world

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57
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la participation

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the turnout

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58
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faire face

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to cope with

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être en proie à quelque chose

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to be a prey to smt

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60
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abandonner

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to scrap

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Le plafond de verre

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The glass ceiling

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un échec

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a failure

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être sur le point de

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be on the edge of

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64
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au contraire

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rather

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une enfreinte à la vie privée

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an infringement of private life

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il y a de l’orage de l’air

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the air is not clear

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67
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sortir de nulle part

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out of the blue

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déconcerter, dérouter

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baffle

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Une aubaine

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Doon

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voir la réalité en face

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to face facts

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en raison de

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on accompt of smt

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dissimuler

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to conceal

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un cercueil

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a coffin

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Saisir une occasion

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To seize on

75
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renverser la vapeur

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reverse the trend

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se mêler de qqc

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to meddle with smt

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lâche (inverse de serré)

desserrer

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loose

to loosen

78
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tenir sa promesse

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to keep one’s promise

79
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cela vaut le coup d’être sauvé

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It is worth saving

80
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Le marché est dynamique

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Business is brisk

81
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C’est là que la bât blesse

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There’s the rub

82
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au même moment

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at the same time

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aller aux urnes

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to go to the polls

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puisque –>

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penser à –> since

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faire un parallèle avec

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to draw a parallel with

86
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a toutes les échelles

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every walk of life

87
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cela revient à la même chose

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it boils down to the same thing

88
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exprimer une opinion

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air an opinion

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être pris au dépourvu

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to be flabbergasted (très fort)

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être enclin à

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to be prone to do smt

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commencer à faire qqc

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to take up

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un effort

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a strain

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supporter une situation difficile qui est inévitable

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to bite the bullet

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se calmer, s’apaiser

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to abate

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à savoir

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namely

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Condamner qqn à faire quelque chose

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Doom (ed) sbd to do smt

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Le Royaume-Uni a ete sujet à des controverses animées

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UK has benn suject to heated controversies

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aider qqn à faire qqc

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help smd do smt

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la délocalisation

délocaliser une entreprise

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the relocation, the offshoring

relocate

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au nom de

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for the sake of

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electorat

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electorate

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moment décisif

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a turning point

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risquer une amende

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face fines

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aller mal

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be ailing

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Huppé

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Push

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grandir pour finir par retomber

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wax and wane

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minimiser l’importante de

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to play down the importance of

108
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Par exemple

A 
For example ( pas de s)
For instance
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Tergiverser

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Equivocate

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Au vue de

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In view of

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le gros des réfugiés

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the bulk of the refugees ( pas de i)

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Pour ne pas arranger la situation

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To make matters worse

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d’un côté, de l’autre

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one the one hand, on the other hand

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Sortir de l’impasse

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Break the logjam

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avoir un aperçu de

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to have an insight into

116
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traverser une mauvaise passe

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to go through a rough patch

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la colère monte

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anger bubble up

118
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absurde, grotesque

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preposterous

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Un tiroir

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A drawer

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Une armoire

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A wardrobe

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Colliers de perle

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Bead necklaces

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Des petites culottes

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Knickers

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Un cendrier

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Ashtray

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Chaussures a talons

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Highheeled shoes

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Coquille

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Shell

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Taniere

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A squalor

127
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Sleeky

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1 lisse et gluant

2 élégant et chic

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le problème majeur

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the key issue

129
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avoir une opinion libérale

prêcher le protectionnisme

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be free market oriented

praise (d,d) protectionnismus

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la probabilité

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likelihood

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alors que

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toujours while

wheras (quand temporel, risqué)

132
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to be sure of

to be sure to

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of : la personne est sûre que

to : criconstances font que c’est inévitable

133
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étant donné que

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given that

134
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toucher

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affect (marche toujours)

135
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faire faire qqc à qqn

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have sbd do smt

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cela s’explique par

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it is accounted for by

137
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d’ici les 10 prochaines années

d’ici juin

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within the next next ten years

by June

138
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un beauf

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a bangers and mash

139
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avec slogan revenchard Make America great again

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with the revanchist “make America great again” moto

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se mettre à (ponctuel ou habitude?)

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ponctuel : begin to

habitude : to take to doint smt

141
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bien réfléchir à / mesuré

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to pounder over / poundering

142
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ignorer

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overlook

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affirmer

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to state

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franchement

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decidedly

145
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le mal, nuire

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the harm (to harm)

146
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les dégats que pourraient causer les grandes entreprises

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harm corporate giants might unleash

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l’étendue

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the scope

148
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élargir, amplifier

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to broaden

149
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cependant, pourtant

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still, yet, nonetheless

150
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peser le pour et le contre

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to weigh the pros and cons

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relever, remonter, élever

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to host

152
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s’en sortir bien

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to weather a storm

153
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à leur insue

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unwittingly

154
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froid, refroidir

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cool

155
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mesures de répression

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a crackdown

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bidonvilles / gratte-ciel

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shanty-town / high-rises

157
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évasion fiscale

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tax evasion

158
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prendre en compte

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to heed

159
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s’effondrer

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collaspe

160
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echafaudages

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scaffold(ing)

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Surprenant

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Startling

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Inconscient

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Oblivious

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Revendications démystifiées

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Debunked claims

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Rarement

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Seldom

165
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Contrecoup, retour de flamme

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Backlash

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Uniquement seulement

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Solely

167
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Bien souvent

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Quite often

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ignorer

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to overlook

169
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se ressembler comme deux gouttes d’eau

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be like two peas in a pod

170
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les tenants et aboutissants

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the ins and outs

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