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1
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Restreindre

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To abridge

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Susciter des préccupations

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To raise concerns

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Être déclaré coupable de

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Be convicted to

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Trésor

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Trove

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De la part de

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On the part of

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Défendre, maintenir, faire respecter

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Uphold

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Un comptable

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A bookkepper, an accountant

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Falsifier les comptes

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To cut books

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Licensier

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To cut jobs

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Reduire la paperasserie

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To cut red tape

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Prendre des mesures audacieuses

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To take bold steps / actions

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Être garantie par

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To be enshrined IN

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Base, fondation

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Bedrock

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La tradition des Lumières

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The Enlightenment

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Soutenir les forces de guerre des Etats-Unis

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To be behind the US war effort

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Se dérober à

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To shirk

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Envoyer une onde de choc

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To send a shock wave (the crime sent shock waves throughout the country)

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Atteindre son paroxysme

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To reach / to come to a climax

things came to a climax with a large protest on June 30th

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Sanglant, acerbe

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Scathing

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Être critique par rapport à quelque chose

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To be scathing about something

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21
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Le président en exercice

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The incumbent president

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22
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Un canard boiteux

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A lame duck

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Reprendre

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To resume

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24
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Dresser un portrait accablant de

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To provide a devastating portrait of

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Liberté du culte, liberté religieuse

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Freedom of worship

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Avoir le projet de

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To have it in one’s mind

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Laïc

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Secular

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28
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Prêter serment sur la Bible

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To take an oath on the Bible

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29
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Déclarer quelqu’un coupable de

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To convict somebody of + vb ing / nom

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Par

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Out of ( i did it out of fear )

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Donner raison à, soutenir

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To uphold / upheld / upheld

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Renverser

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To overturn, to overthrow, to topple

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Dénoncer, réveler

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To expose, to uncover

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Être à cran, être à bout de nerfs

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Overwrought

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Éclater en sanglot

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To burst into tears

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Amer

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Bitter

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Contester

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To dispute

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38
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Jusqu’à un certain point

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To a certain extent, somewhat

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Trompeur, fallacieux

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Misleading, deceptive

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Alimenter

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To fuel

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41
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Adresser une pétition au Parlement européen

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To petition the Government

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42
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Les syndicats

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Unions

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43
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Ériger des barrières

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To raise barriers

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Décision

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Ruling

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45
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Porter atteinte à

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To infringe upon

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Confidentiel

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Classified

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Statuer sur, prendre une décision sur

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To rule on

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48
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Plaque d’immatriculation

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License plate

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49
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Avant-gardiste

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State-of-the-art

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50
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Enquêter sur quelque chose

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To investigate into sth

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Aiguiser l’appétit de / la curiosité de

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To whet the appetite / the curiosity of

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52
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Façonner les opinions

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To mould opinions

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53
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Gros titres racoleurs

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Straight news

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Battage médiatique

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Media hype

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Être un critique partial, impartial

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To be a biased / an unbiased critic

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56
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Critiquer qqn

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To level criticism at sb / to critisize sb

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57
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Répandre de faux bruits sur

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To spread false rumours about

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58
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Diffamer

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To libel

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Museler

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To muzzle

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60
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Empiéter sur les libertés

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To infringe on liberties

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Bâilloner la presse

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To gag the press / to put a gag on the press

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Un telespectateur

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A viewer

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Un auditeur

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A listener

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64
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Regarder une émission à la télévision

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To watch a programme on TV

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65
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Zapper

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To switch channels

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66
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Diffuser

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To broascast

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67
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Passer un documentaire à la tv

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To show a documentary on TV

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68
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Heures de grandes écoutes

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Peak viewing hours (tv) / peak listening hours (radio)

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Indices, audimat

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Ratings (to get good/poor/bad ratings)

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En raison de

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Owing to / on account of

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Exiger

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To require

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72
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Savant, érudit

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Scholar

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73
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Lieu

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Venue

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74
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Dans son ensemble

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Dans sa globalité

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75
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Ordre, commande

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Order

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76
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Occurence

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Apparition

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77
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Faire face à

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To grapple with

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78
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S’efforcer

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To strive

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79
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Injurié

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Reviled

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80
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Preuve de

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Evidence of

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81
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Un groupe de surveillance

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A watchdog group

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82
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Aborder

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To address

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83
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Propos alarmistes

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Fearmonger

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84
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A civil servant

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Un fonctionnaire

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85
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Être accusé de

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To be charged with

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86
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Discrimination sexuelle / sexisme

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Gender bias

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87
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Imprégner / envahir / pénétrer

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To pervade

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Évalué

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Assessed

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89
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Réprimé, opprimé

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Downtrodden

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90
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Déroutant, énigmatique

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Puzzling

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91
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Saisir

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To grasp

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92
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Représentation, description

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Depiction

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93
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Consentement

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Acquiescence

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94
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Semblable

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Alike

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95
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Programme universitaire

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University syllabus

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96
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Faire de la place pour

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To make room for

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97
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Zone litigieuse, point chaud

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A flashpoint

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98
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Remettre

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Hand in

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99
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Distribuer

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To hand out

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100
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Une démission

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Une résignation

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101
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John est sur de gagner / il est certain que John gagne

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John is sure of winning / John is sure to win

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102
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L’ONU

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The UN

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103
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L’OTAN

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NATO

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104
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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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105
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Rarement

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Seldom / Rarely

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106
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Directeur général

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CEO

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107
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Faire tout son possible pour

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To strive to do sth / to strive for smthg

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Erroné, peu judicieux

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Misguided

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109
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De tout bord politique

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On all political stripes

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110
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Courant, répandu

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Prevailing

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111
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Prévaloir sur

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To prevail over sthg

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112
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Faire des affaires avec

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To do business with

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113
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Être à bout de souffle

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To be on one’s lask legs

the company is on its lask legs

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114
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Se mettre sous la protection du chapitre 11

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To file for chapter 11

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115
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Acheter qqchose a qqn

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To buy smthg FROM sby

To buy somebody smthg

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116
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Une voiture d’occasion

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A secondhand car

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117
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Acheter qqchose d’occasion

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To buy something second hand

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118
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La fracture numérique

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The digital divide

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119
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Chronophage -/- qui fait gagner du temps

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Time-consuming -/- time saving

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120
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Accéder à / avoir accès à

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To access sth / to have access to

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121
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Se connecter à

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To log in/on

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122
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Vérifier une source

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To check a source

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Convivial

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User-friendly

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124
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Un informaticien

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A computer scientist

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125
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Se lancer dans

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To embark on

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126
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Aller à la dérive

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To drift / to go adrift

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Expliquer / tenir en compte

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To account for

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128
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Aggraver

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To compound

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129
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Fléchir

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To falter

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130
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Perturbateur

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Disruptive

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131
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Être sorti de la misère

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To be lifted out of poverty

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132
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Engendrer

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To breed

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133
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Prendre l’initiative de

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To take the lead in

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134
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Prendre la tete de

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To take the lead in

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135
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Mou, atone

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Sluggish

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136
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Débattre, tergiverser

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To haggle

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137
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Marchander sur qqchose

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To haggle over

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138
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Une cuisinière

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A stove

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139
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Faire de la contrebande

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To smuggle

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Aller à la dérive

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To drift / to go adrift

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Expliquer / tenir en compte

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To account for

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Aggraver

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To compound

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Fléchir

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To falter

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Perturbateur

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Disruptive

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Être sorti de la misère

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To be lifted out of poverty

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Engendrer

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To breed

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Prendre l’initiative de

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To take the lead in

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Prendre la tete de

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To take the lead in

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Mou, atone

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Sluggish

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Débattre, tergiverser

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To haggle

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Marchander sur qqchose

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To haggle over

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Une cuisinière

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A stove

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Faire de la contrebande

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To smuggle

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Unr Escarmouche, un accrochage

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A skirmish

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Démarrer

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To get under way

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La confédération

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Confederacy

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Determinant

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Instrumental

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Relancer le débat

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Reignite debate

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Strict

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Stringent

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Locaux

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Premises

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Mettre le doute sur

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To cast doubt on

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Un sondage

A

A poll

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Neutre en carbone

A

Carbon-neutral

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Impliqué dans

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Embroiled in

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Participer à

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To take part in

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Manifestation

A

Demonstration

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Endiguer la criminalité

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To curb crime

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Venir à bout de la criminalité

A

To eradicate crime

169
Q

Rétablir l’ordre

A

To restore law and order

170
Q

Respecter la loi

A

To abide by the law

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Q

Être respectueux de la loi

A

To be law-abiding

172
Q

Enfreindre la loi

A

To break the law

173
Q

Un délinquant

A

A law-breaker

174
Q

Être pris en flagrant délit

A

To be caught in the act / to be caugh red-handed

175
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La délinquance

A

Deliquency

176
Q

Banaliser la violence

A

To make violence look common

177
Q

Devenir insensible à

A

To become insensitive TO

178
Q

Émeute

A

A riot

179
Q

Massacre, tuerie

A

Slaughter

180
Q

Effusion de sang

A

A blooshed

181
Q

Association américaine militant pour le droit au port d’armes

A

NRA

182
Q

Flagrant

A

Blatant

183
Q

Détourner l’attention de

A

To divert attention from

184
Q

Une evidence

A

A no-brainer

185
Q

Figure de proue / figure emblematique

A

A figurehead

186
Q

Aller jusqu’à

A

To go as far as to + vb

187
Q

Privilégier qqchose sur qqchose

A

To prioritise sth OVER something

188
Q

Être de mèche avec

A

To be in cahoots with

189
Q

Sévir

A

To hold sway

190
Q

Un bon exemple

A

A case in point

191
Q

Stratagème, ruse

A

A ploy

192
Q

Donne un peu d’espoir pour des progrès …

A

Provide a little hope for progress

193
Q

Défiler

A

To parade

194
Q

Soulever

A

To lift up

195
Q

Isadora, elle, s’est détourné

A

As for Isadora, she looked away

196
Q

La prunelle de des yeux

A

The apple of his eye

197
Q

A moins que

A

Unless

198
Q

En attendant

A

In the meantime

199
Q

Devenir la norme

A

To go mainstream

200
Q

L’auteur soulève la question essentielle

A

The author raises the key issue

201
Q

Engendrer

A

To spawn (new technologies have spawned new businesses opportunities)

202
Q

Rigoureux, strict

A

Stringent

203
Q

Annoncer qqchose

A

To announce that / to announce sth

204
Q

Informer qqn de qqchose

A

To inform sb of sth

205
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Avoir une emprise sur qqn

A

To have a hold over sby

206
Q

Attraper qqchose/qqn

A

To take hold of sth/sby

207
Q

Demander, exiger

A

To call for

208
Q

Éradiquer, détruire

A

To stamp out

209
Q

Etre une cause perdue

A

To be a lost cause

210
Q

Mener une bataille perdue d’avance

A

To fight a losing battle

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Etre indecis par rapport à

A

To be dither about/over sth

212
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Se disputer avec qqn a propos de

A

To argue with sb about sth

213
Q

Prendre les choses entre ses mains

A

To take matters into your own hands

214
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Une douzaine d’oeufs / des douzaines d’oeufs

A

A dozen eggs / dozens of eggs

215
Q

Se résoudre à faire / à ne pas faire

A

To decide to do sth, to decide against sth

216
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Faire preuve d’attentisme

A

To have a wait and see attitude

217
Q

Une effusion, un deferlement de

A

An outpouring of

218
Q

Liberer, déclencher

A

Unleash

219
Q

Trainer les pieds

A

To drag one’s feet

220
Q

Rompre les liens avec qq1

A

To serve all ties with sby

221
Q

Facteur d’unité

A

A unifying factor

222
Q

Sans fondement

A

Groundless

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Q

Eclipser, assombrir

A

To overshadow

224
Q

Pour des raisons plus pratiques

A

For convenience

225
Q

Vain

A

Pointless

226
Q

Décrier, dénigrer

A

To disparage

227
Q

Perdre son eclat

A

Lost some of its lustre

228
Q

Une mèche de cheveux

A

A lock of hair

229
Q

Cireux

A

Sallow

230
Q

Vider son verre

A

To drain one’s glass

231
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Déposer qqn qqpart

A

To give sby a lift

232
Q

Faire une bise a qqn

A

To peck sby

233
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Faire au revoir de la main

A

To wave goodbye

234
Q

Faillir

A

Almost

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Q

Indifférent

A

Oblivious

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A male teenager

A

A youth

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En pleine nuit

A

The dead of the night

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Un destinataire

A

A addressee

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Avoir fait son temps, être révolu

A

To have had its day

240
Q

Vote anticipé

A

Early voting

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Permettre a qqn de faire qqchose

A

To permit/enable/allo sby to do sth

242
Q

Bouleversement

A

Upheaval

243
Q

La Maison Blanche

A

The White House

244
Q

L’administration Trump

A

The Trump administration

245
Q

Le vice-président

A

The vice-president

246
Q

L’administration /!\

A

The civil service

247
Q

Un haut fonctionnaire

A

A top-ranking civil servant

248
Q

Le département d’Etat (= le ministere des Affaires étrangères)

A

The State Department

249
Q

Le secrétaire d’Etat (=le ministre des Affaires étrangères)

A

The Secretary of State

250
Q

Le ministère de la Défense

A

The Department of Defense

251
Q

Le ministre de la Défense

A

The Secretary of Defense

252
Q

Le ministère de l’Intérieur

A

The Department of the Interior

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Q

Le ministère de la Justice / le ministre de la Justice

A

The Justice department / the Attorney General

254
Q

Le Capitole

A

Capitol Hill

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Q

Discours sur l’état de l’Union

A

The State of the Union Address

256
Q

Le congrès

A

Congress

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Q

La chambre des representants

A

The House of Representatives

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Q

un membre de la Chambre des Représentants

A

a congressman / a congresswoman

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Q

Le Sénat / un sénateur

A

The Senate / a senator

260
Q

La séparation des pouvoirs

A

The separation of powers

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Q

Le pv éxécutif

A

The executive branch

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Q

Le pv legislatif

A

The legislative branch

263
Q

Le pv judiciaire

A

The judicial branch

264
Q

Poids et contrepoids

A

Checks and balances = a system that allow each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch so as to prevent any one branch from exerting too much power

265
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Rédiger des lois

A

To draft legislation

266
Q

Faire accepter, réussir à faire voter

A

To push through (he is determined to push the bill through Parliament)

267
Q

S’opposer à un projet de loi

A

To oppose a bill

268
Q

Mettre son veto à

A

To veto

269
Q

Défendre qqchose

A

To advocate sth / to be a strong advocate of (nom)

270
Q

Étroitement liés

A

Intertwined

271
Q

Estomaqué, sidéré

A

Fladdergasted

272
Q

Candidate retenue

A

Appointee

273
Q

Le systeme educatif

A

The educational system

274
Q

De la maternelle à la terminale

A

K-12

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Q

École primaire / ecole secondaire

A

Primary / secondary school

276
Q

Lycee

A

Senior high school

277
Q

Collège

A

Junior high school

278
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Une ecole publique

A

A public / state school

279
Q

Une ecole privée

A

A private school

A preparatory school

280
Q

Une «école à charte» (publique)

A

A charter school

281
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Classe, année

A

Grade

282
Q

Etre en terminale

A

To be in the twelfth grade

283
Q

Obligatoire

A

Compulsory / mandatory

284
Q

Facultatif

A

Optional

285
Q

De rattrapage (car on a été absent)

A

Make-up (to take a make-up exam)

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Q

Être bachelier

A

A high school graduate

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Q

Diplôme de fin d’études secondaires

A

High school diploma

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Q

Un conseiller d’orientation

A

A career counselor

289
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Abandonner ses études

A

To drop out (of school)

290
Q

Un examen de séléction à l’université

A

The SAT (the take the SAT)

291
Q

Un conseiller d’orientation

A

A career counselor

292
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Université

A

College (+ petit) / university (+ large)

293
Q

Frais de scolarité

A

Tuition fees

294
Q

Une bourse

A

A scholarship

295
Q

Contracter un prêt étudiant

A

To take out a student loan

296
Q

Rembourser un prêt étudiant

A

To pay back a student loan

297
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Dette

A

Debt

298
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S’endetter

A

To go into debt / to run into debt

299
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La «Ligue du Lierre»

A

The Ivy League

300
Q

Un ancien élève

A

An alumnus (pl : alumni)

301
Q

Un etudiant de 1er/2e/3e année

A

A freshman
A sophomore
A junior

302
Q

Un étudiant en licence

A

A senior

303
Q

Obtenir un diplôme

A

To graduate

304
Q

Un diplômé

A

A graduate

305
Q

Jour de la remise des diplômes

A

Commencement Day

306
Q

Regarder dans le vide

A

To stare into space

307
Q

D’un air maussade

A

Moodily

308
Q

La vie des gens

A

People’s lives

309
Q

S’en à prendre à qqn

A

To lash out at + sby

310
Q

Emboîter le pas

A

To follow suit

311
Q

Lutter à armes égales

A

To be on a level playing

312
Q

Donner un coup de pouce à qqn

A

To give sby a leg-up

313
Q

Faire la courte-échelle à qqn

A

To give sby a level-up

314
Q

Prendre le dessus

A

To get a leg-up

315
Q

Peu méritant, indigne

A

Undeserving

316
Q

Aller à l’encontre de

A

To fly in the face of

317
Q

Âgé d’une petite quarantaine d’années

A

He is fourty odd.

He is in his early forties.

318
Q

Prendre du poids

A

To put on weight

319
Q

Avoir le cran de

A

To have the guts to

320
Q

Jeter

A

To fling / flung / flung

321
Q

Avoir de l’avance

A

To be ahead of schedule

322
Q

Avoir du retard

A

To be behind schedule

323
Q

En finir avec

A

To get it over it

324
Q

Destituer

A

To impeach

325
Q

Faire la guerre

A

To go on war against

326
Q

Subir

A

To undergo

327
Q

Lutter becs et ongles

A

To fight tooth and nail

328
Q

Sans entrave

A

Unfettered

329
Q

La vie quotidienne de millions

A

The everyday lives of millions.

330
Q

Raillerie

A

A gibe

331
Q

Gagner du terrain

A

To gain ground

332
Q

Déceler le faux du vrai

A

To sift out the truth from the lies

333
Q

Rédaction /salle de presse

A

The newsroom

334
Q

Surmener qqn

A

To overwork sby

335
Q

Faire face à

A

To keep up with

336
Q

Ralentir

A

To Slacken

337
Q

S’embraser

A

To flare up

338
Q

Diminuer, se calmer

A

To subside

339
Q

Se calmer

A

To abate

340
Q

S’en prendre à

A

To pick on sby

341
Q

Une accusation

A

An allegation

342
Q

Prendre la releve de

A

To take over from

343
Q

La bourse de Paris

A

The Paris Stock Exchange

344
Q

Places financieres

A

Stock markets

345
Q

Le dollar avait decroché du yen

A

The dollar had fallen against the yen

346
Q

Renouer avec la croissance

A

To resume growth

347
Q

Je ne suis pas habitué à traiter avec des agriculteurs

A

I am not accustomed to dealing with farmers

348
Q

À son tour

A

In turn

349
Q

Dire son dernier mot

A

To spell to its end

350
Q

S’assombrir, s’estomper

A

To dim

351
Q

Svelte

A

Slender

352
Q

Pendant toutes les années précédentes

A

In all the years before

353
Q

Être beau à ravir

A

To be handsome as hell

354
Q

Il est ecrit au crayon

A

It is written IN pencil

355
Q

Une photo au dos de laquelle

A

A picture on the back of which

356
Q

Pèlerinage / un pèlerin

A

A pilgrimage / a pilgrim

357
Q

Dont il ne reste rien

A

Of which nothing remains

358
Q

Beneficier de

A

To benefit from

359
Q

Adopter

A

To embrace

360
Q

Consolider, enraciner

A

To entrench

361
Q

Franchir les frontières

A

To cross borders

362
Q

Participation / taux de participation

A

Turnout

363
Q

Simplement

A

Merely

364
Q

Maisons de presse

A

Media houses

365
Q

Faire de même, suivre le pas

A

To follow suit

366
Q

Partisan

A

Proponent

367
Q

Convaicant

A

Compelling

368
Q

Un regime politique

A

A polity

369
Q

Des entités politiques

A

Polities

370
Q

Mosaïque de

A

Patchwork of PLURIEL

371
Q

Une justification, un argument

A

A Rationale

372
Q

Rompre les liens avec

A

To serve it ties with

373
Q

Les preoccupations ont été émises par

A

Concerns have been voiced by those who

374
Q

Moyen, support

A

The medium

375
Q

A pris une place proéminente dans

A

Has taken a prominent place in

376
Q

Pour des raisons de commodités

A

For convenience

377
Q

Perdre son eclat

A

To lose some of its lustre

378
Q

Maîtriser

A

To master Ø

379
Q

Ca a tres peu d’influence

A

It has a very limited sway

380
Q

Être en proie à

A

To be rife with

381
Q

Épineux, delicat

A

Thorny

382
Q

Prendre racine

A

To take root

383
Q

Réduire de moitié

A

To halve (halved) (from …% to …%)

384
Q

Être dans la vingtaine

A

To be in it’s 20’s

385
Q

En comparaison

A

By comparison

386
Q

En revanche

A

By contrast

387
Q

De même

A

Likewise

388
Q

Une critique

A

A criticism

389
Q

Tiré par les cheveux

A

Far-fetched

390
Q

Une divergence

A

A discrepancy

391
Q

Sombre, morose

A

Gloomy

392
Q

Las

A

Weary

393
Q

Contrarié

A

Vexed

394
Q

Decouragé

A

Disheartened

395
Q

Angoissé

A

Anguished

396
Q

Pointilleux

A

Finicky, fussy

397
Q

Malveillant

A

Spiteful

398
Q

S’infiltrer dans

A

To creep into

399
Q

Parsemé de

A

Littered with

400
Q

Réaction contre

A

Backlash against

401
Q

Souligner

A

Underscore

402
Q

Circonscription

A

Constituency

403
Q

Désaffection

A

Alienation

404
Q

Odieux, abject

A

Abhorrent

405
Q

Sordide, misérable

A

Squalid

406
Q

Pourtant, plutôt que

A

Yet, rather than + ing

407
Q

Submergé, depassé

A

Overwhelmed

408
Q

Attiré par

A

Drawn to

409
Q

S’infiltrer dans

A

To creep into

410
Q

Parsemé de

A

Littered with

411
Q

Réaction contre

A

Backlash against

412
Q

Souligner

A

Underscore

413
Q

Circonscription

A

Constituency

414
Q

Désaffection

A

Alienation

415
Q

Odieux, abject

A

Abhorrent

416
Q

Sordide, misérable

A

Squalid

417
Q

Pourtant, plutôt que

A

Yet, rather than + ing

418
Q

Submergé, depassé

A

Overwhelmed

419
Q

Attiré par

A

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