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1
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Sonner à la porte

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To ring The bell

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Les traits du visage

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Facial features

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Parler de choses et d’autres

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To talk about this, that and the other(s)To make small talk

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La meme longueur d’onde

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The same wavelength

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Mener sa vie

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To lead one’s lifeTo have one’s life

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Aux antipodes de (2)

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Light years fromTo be poles apart from each other

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Le contraste frappant

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The sharp contrast

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Courant principal, pas marginal

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Mainstream

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Compatriote

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Fellow citizen

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Des fantasmes vehicules par

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Fantaisies conveyed by

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Emboiter le pas

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To follow the steps of

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Le quotidien

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The daily life

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Une position (politique)

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Stance

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Faire une remarqueRemarquer

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To remarkTo notice

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PuisqueOu bien

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SinceOr else

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Signaler

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To point out sth

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Gagner de l’influence

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To gain ground

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Un discours (devant une assemblee)Un discours, une idee, une pensée

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A speechA rhetoric

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Profiter de

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To take advantage of sth

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L’argument mis en avant

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The argument which is put forward

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L’accent est mis sur

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The focus is on

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Au premier plan (sens figure)

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In the forefront of

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Etre alimenté par

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To be fuelled by

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Par dessus le marché

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Into the bargain

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Hors de sa portéAu dela

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Beyond his graspBeyond

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Extenuant

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Grueling

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Deposer qqchose

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To drop of

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Mauvaise qualite

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Low qualityPoor quality

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Casser sur

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To break over sth

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Dans tous les cas (2)

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In any caseAnyway

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Un enfant gate

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A spoiled brat

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Habitude (3)

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Current practiceHabitCustom

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Passer au feu rougeRound poindCarrefourLes feux

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Ro jump the lightsA roundaboutCrossroadsthe traffic lights

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PietonPassage pietonTrottoirBord du trottoir

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PedestrianA zebra crossingPavement (uk) / sidewalk (usa)A kerb

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ScandaleuxScandalisé

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OutrageousOutraged

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PresupposerUn presupposé

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To assumeAn assumption

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Fondé

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Grounded

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Emmener qqun en voiture

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To give sb a lift

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Ministere des affaires etrangeresLe ministre (usa)

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The state departmentThe secretary of state

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Comprendre le sens de sqchose par raisonnementFaire de l’exercice physique

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To work out

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Etre en deuil

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To be mournyTo mourn

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Etre a la hauteur de qqch

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To be up to sth

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EnterrementObseques

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BurialThe Funeral (singulier)

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Se mefier (3)

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To be wary ofTo be suspiciousTo distrust (des personnes)

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D’une certaine maniere

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Somehow

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Dur (4)

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HarshToughUnfeelingForbidding

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Rendre visite

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Courtoisie : to pay a visit / to call on sbSinon : to visit sb

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Gène (le sentiment) (3)

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AwkwardnessEmbarrassmentDiscomfort

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Candidature

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Application

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Mal a l’aise(2)

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Ill-at-easeUneasy

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L’aisance

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Ease

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Un obstacleFaire obstacle

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HindranceTo hinder

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S’immiscer

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To find one’s way into

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Un sur trois

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One in threeOne out of three

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Prevision

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Forecast

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Empoisonner la vie (2)

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To pest sbTo make live a misery

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Quartiers defavorises du centre ville

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The inner cities

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Monter la noteBaisser la note

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To upgradeDowngrade

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Suffir

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To be sufficient

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Une etude (2)

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A surveyA study

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A l’infini

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In definitely

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S’agiterS’inquieter

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To fret

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Blocages

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Gridlock

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Aller trop loin

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To overreach

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Mal conçu

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Ill-drafed

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Un reglage

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A tweak

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Considerer

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Deem

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Contrecarrer

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Thwart

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Complet, global

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Comprehensive

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Qui respectent la loi

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Law-abidind

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Etendue, portee

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Scope

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Reperer

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To spot

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Provisoire

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Provisional

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Avancer des arguments en faveur de

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To make a case for

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PuissantContraindre

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CompellingTo compell

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Tentative

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Attempt

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Credule

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Gullible

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Serment

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Oath

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Lier

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Bind

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Diffamer

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To smear

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Faire de la politique

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Being in politics

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Se faire a l’idee que

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To come to terms with

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Rendre public

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To be made public

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Prevoir :Un faitUne action

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ForeseeAnticipate

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S’engager a

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To commit oneself

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Les annes d’apres guerre

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Post-war-years

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Nominations

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Appointments

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Debattre

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To discuss

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Assister a

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To attend sth

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Agassant

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Annoying

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A cette epoque la

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Back then

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Avoir des nouvelles de qqunEntendre parler de

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To hear from sbTo hear of sth

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Il parait (2)

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ReportedlyAllegedly

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Contester

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To question

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Super, genial (2)

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TremendousSplendid

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Crise du logement

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Housing crisis

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L’emprunt immobilier

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Mortgage

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RetraiteLes retraités

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RetirementPensioners

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Un filet de securite

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A net

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A tord ou a raison

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Rightly or wrongly

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La Campagne

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The country side

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Prendre pour une evidence

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To take for granted that

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Confirmer

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To bear out

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L’information

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Information technology

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Pendant la durée de

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Throughout

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Les trente glorieuses

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Post war boom years

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Sujet d’actualité

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Topical question/issue

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Restructurer, remanier

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To overall sth

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Presente comme

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Billed as

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Le soutien de

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The backing of

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Un public

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An audience

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De maniere manifeste, tres visible

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Conspiculous

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Tiedeur

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Lukewarm

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Une grande quantite de

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A host of

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Les entreprises de l’agro alimentaire

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Retail group

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L’evasion fiscaleServices fiscaux

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Tax avoidanceUsa : internal revenue system IRSUk : HMRC

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Etre tres clairDire ouvertement

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To be outspoken

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Un dementi

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A denial

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Une serie de, un enchainement

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A string of

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Chiffre d’affaire (2)

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TurnoverRevenue

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Groupe de reflexion

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A thinktank

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Dejouer, contourner un systeme

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To game a system

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A cause de Etre redevable

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Owing toTo owe sb sth

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Etrenle plus touchéEtre en premiere ligne

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To bear the brunt of

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Une faille

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LoopholeTax loophole : une niche fiscale

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ConcevoirUne machine (souvent domaine electronique)Une maniere d’agir

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To deviseA device

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Faire echouerAvorter un plan

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To derail

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Projets

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Plans

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RepanduMonnaie courante

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WidespreadCommonplace

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Les effets

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Impacts

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Le genre humainL’humanite (concept,sentiment)

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MankindHumanity

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Meme si :HypotheseConcession (bien que)

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Even ifEven though

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Ces dernieres annes

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In the last/past few years

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Envahir

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To invade

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Pour dire les choses brievement

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To make a long strory short

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Grande ville

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Large city

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Il n’y a rien entre

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There is nothing in between

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Se retirer

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To pull out

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Mecontenter

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To discontent

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Etre content de

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To be happy with

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Compromis

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Compromises

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Tirer/dessinerRediger une loi

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To drawA drawer = un tiroirTo draw up a law

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Faire pression sur

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To put pression on

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Concilier

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To reconcile

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La gauche (politique)

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Left-wing

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Compenser (2)

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To compensate for sthTo offset sth

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Les xhoses pour lesquelles on se propose de faire

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Agenda

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ImpliquerS’impliquer

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To implyTo get involve

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Etre dependent deIndependent de

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To be dependent onTo be independent from

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Connaitre (sens figuré, experimenter)

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To go throught

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Grave, important

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Severe

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Diviser en

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To divide into

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Retour de baton

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A backlash

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Syndicats (2)

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Trade union = ukLabor union = usa

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Propositions

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Proposals

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Les personnes âgées

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Senior citizensThe elderly

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D’ici deux ans (période/quantite )D’ici l’année prochaine (point)

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Within two yearsBy next year

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Pertinent

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Relevante

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Cultured (agriculture)

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Crops

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Se confronter à, s’attaquer, faire face(Activement)

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To take on

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Faire face passivement, a un obstacle devant nous

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To be faced To sth

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Loisirs

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Leisure Attention jamais de “s” derrière, jamais de “a” devant

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Cv

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Resume

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Universitaire, chercheurs

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Scholars

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Manifeste, délibéré, conscient

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Overt

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Offre d’emploi

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