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1
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consacrer son temps à faire qqchose

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to dedicate one’s time to doing something/ spend time (in) doing sthing

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la retraite (la période)

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retirement

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ils sont loin les jours où…

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Long gone are the days when

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conflits d’intérêts

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conflicts of interests et non interests conflicts

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la politique

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politicS

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trois heures de travail

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three hours’ work

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rapporter (de l’argent)

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bring in

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honoraires

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fees

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un intermédiaire

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a go-between(médiateur)/middleman(commerce)

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Suisse

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Swiss

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matière première

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raw material

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marchander avec qqun

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to bargain with sby

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tirer profit de

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to cash in on

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14
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carnet d’adresse

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address book

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le Moyen-Orient

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THE Middle East

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URSS

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the USSR

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17
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une intervention

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an intervention

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18
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le scandale autour de…

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the scandal surrounding …

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sauvetage (pour une banque)

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bailout

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un emploi de bureau

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a white-collar job

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à partir de maintenant/dès ce moment là

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from now on

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écrire/saisir sur un ordinateur

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to keyboard

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être approprié à qqchose

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to be suited to

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24
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les réparations

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the repairs

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25
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Pas d’article indéfini devant une apposition

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Exemple: George, a robust, handsome, gracefully balding man in his middle fifties se traduit par : George, - beau quinquagénaire solide à la calvitie naissante qui lui donnait de l’élégance.

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un beau-parleur

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a talker

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a joketeller

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une personne qui raconte des histoires drôles

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l’aura

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the candlepower

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29
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good cheer/high spirit

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bonne humeur

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stony-faced

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au visage impassible

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tour de passe-passe

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sleight of hand

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32
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enfantin

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childlike

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33
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affluence

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richesse/abondance

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34
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he was breath-takingly direct

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il était d’une franchise à couper le souffle

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35
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wordly goods

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biens terrestres

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36
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accent (langage)

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overtone

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37
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to perform est un verbe transitif

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donc toujours suivi d’un COD

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38
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Madame

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pas Lady, mais Mrs

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39
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Monsieur

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Mr. en anglais, M.en français

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40
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bénéficier à qqun

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benefit sby

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41
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bénéficier de

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benefit from

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42
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gagner à faire qqchose

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to benefit by doing something

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43
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faire faire qqchose à qqn

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to make sby do sthing

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44
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qualifier qqch de

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to call sthing - / to qualify sthing of / to desbribe sthing as

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45
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être étonné de qqchose

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to be surprised at sthing

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46
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avidité (dans un sens moins négatif que greed)

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thirst

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47
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la meilleure éducation possible

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the best possible education

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48
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munir qqun de qqchose

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to provide someone with sthing

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49
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épais

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thick

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50
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bull market

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marché à la hausse

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51
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une éducation tout à fait atypique pour l’époque

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quite an original education for the time

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52
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une bibliothèque bien remplie

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a well-stocked library

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53
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Très jeune, …

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From a very early age, …

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54
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une cousine

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a cousin

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55
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Curieuse de tout…(début de phrase)

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Having wide-ranging interests (avec wide-ranging = de grand envergure) (curious about everything se dit aussi)

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56
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ne pas manquer de

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not fail to do sthing

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57
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demander des explications

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ask FOR explanations

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58
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énigmatique/insondable

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unfathomable

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59
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sexe ( genre)

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gender

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60
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des préjugés régnants

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prevailing prejudices

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61
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fils de bonne famille

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young men of good social standing

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62
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avoir tous les atouts en mains

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to hold all the cards

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63
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l’association, la combinaison

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the combination

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64
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bleak

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sombre, morne

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65
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influence/poids

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clout

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66
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faire son devoir envers qqun

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to do one’s duty by sby

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67
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mettre en péril/compromettre

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to imperil

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68
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être fondé sur

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to be premised on

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69
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manifester/témoigner de

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to evidence by

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70
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The cure might be worse than the disease

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Le remède est pire que le mal

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71
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persister/subsister

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to linger

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72
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une guerre totale

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a full-scale war

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73
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renverser un gouvernement

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to topple

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74
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avoir des dispositions pour qqchose

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to be cut out for sthing/ to have a tendecy for

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75
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pencher pour

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tip in favour of

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76
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emboîter le pas à qqun (copier qqun)

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to take one’s cue from sby

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77
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figure de proue/potiche

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figurehead

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78
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s’emparer de

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to seize sthing

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79
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altermondialiste

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antiglobalist

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80
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to contend with

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combattre/lutter contre (sinon, contend that = prétendre que)

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81
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interaction

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interplay

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82
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deceptive

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trompeur

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83
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the imaginings

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les rêves les plus fous

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84
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to be a far cry from

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être très contrasté avec

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85
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Granted

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c’est vrai, certes

86
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FMI

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IMF

87
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sur un ton solennel

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IN a solemn tone (pas on)

88
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les deux Anglais

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the two English people

89
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une information/un conseil

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a piece of information/ of advice

90
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consoler quelqu’un

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to console somebody

91
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prendre quelqu’un par la main

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take his hand in hers (par exemple)

92
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avant le couvre-feu

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before curfew (before + quelque chose de temporel, jamais “the” –> before dinner, before sunrise)

93
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Arrivés à Londres

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When we got to London

94
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Quand question indirecte, pas échange sujet-verbe –> Comment ils
s’appelaient, d’où ils venaient

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What their names were,

where they came from

95
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cinglant (au sujet de)

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scathing (about)

96
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le génitif saxon s’emploie avec

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  • des noms propres, noms communs désignant des personnes ou un groupe de personnes
  • des expressions de temps pour préciser le moment d’un événement (today’s society, last October’s conference) ou sa durée (two years’ delay, five minutes’ break)
97
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aller chez le docteur/dentiste

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go to the doctor’s/dentist’s (car le nom surgery = cabinet est sous-entendu)

98
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un de mes amis

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a friend of mine (expression idiomatique)

99
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une supposition

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an assumption/ a supposition

100
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compter sur quelqu’un pour faire quelque chose

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trust sby to do sthing

101
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obliger quelqu’un à faire qqchose

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to force sby to do sthing

102
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inciter qqun à faire qqchose

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to urge sby into doing sthing/ to urge sby on to do sthing

103
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conseiller vivement de faire quelque chose

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urge to do sthing

104
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entendre quelqu’un faire quelque chose

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hear sby to do thing ou hear sby doing sthing si l’accent est mis sur la durée de l’action –> I heard him bang the door/I could hear him singing

105
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exprès (intentionnellement)

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on purpose

106
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un concours

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a competitive exam

107
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devoir dans le sens “avoir une dette envers quelqu’un”

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to owe

108
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Il faut de tout pour faire un monde

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It takes all sorts to make a world

109
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interdire à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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to ban somebody from doing something

110
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dissuader qqun de faire qqchose

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to deter sby from doing sthing

111
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éluder un problème

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to shirk an issue

112
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gagner sa vie

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earn a living/earn one’s living

113
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être disposé à/prêt à

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to be willing to/ to be ready to/ to be prepared to

114
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Dans une subordonnée circonstancielle de temps à sens futur, le futur français ne doit pas être traduit par will (et futur antérieur doit être traduit par du présent perfect)

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I will be a vet when I grow up

115
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Mais si when sert à introduire une subordonnée interrogative indirecte, dans ce cas, le futur et le conditionnel doivent être traduits littéralement

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I don’t know when he will come/ He told me he did not know when he would come

116
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Quand conditionnel français sert pour un usage hypothétique, ne pas le rendre par would

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La sécheresse aurait fait 3000 morts –> the drought is said/ is reported to have killed tree thousand people

117
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déclarer la guerre à un pays

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declare war ON a country

118
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se concrétiser (un plan/un projet)

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to materialize/ to take shape

119
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être très demandé

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be very much in demand

120
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une communauté très unie

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a tightly-knit community

121
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s’immiscer dans la vie privée de quelqu’un

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intrude on somebody’s privacy

122
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s’appuyer sur des preuves

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rely on evidence

123
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manquer de quelque chose

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to lack - something

124
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recevoir l’ordre de faire quelque chose

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to be told to + infinitif

125
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s’occuper d’un problème

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attend/adress a problem

126
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céder à la tentation

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to give way to temptation

127
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faire du mal

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do harm

128
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faire de son mieux

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do one’s best

129
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obtenir de quelqu’un qu’il fasse quelque chose (par la persuasion, la ruse…)

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to get sby to do –> I tried to get him understand that his behaviour was unacceptable

130
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faire passer le temps

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while away one’s time

131
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traverser/ connaître une récession

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go through a recession

132
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Even though

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bien que, quoique

133
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Even so

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malgré cela, malgré tout, quand même

134
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“during” est suivi d’une expression de temps impliquant une durée, mais during ne peut pas être suivi d’une expression chiffrée exprimant la durée

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during the holidays, during the 80s mais pas during five years (mais on peut dire during the five years si la période est envisagée dans sa globalité –> pendant les 5ans que j’ai passé à Londres: during the five years I spent in London)

135
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payer un repas

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pay for a meal. Mais payer le loyer/payer une facture = pay the rent/ pay a bill car le complément d’objet ne désigne pas l’objet acheté)

136
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Pour les tags à l’impératif, on emploi will à la deuxième personne et shall à la première

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Do me a favour, will you ? / Let’s go for a walk, shall we ?

137
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Jusqu’ici/Jusqu’alors

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So far/Until then

138
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désormais

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from now on

139
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trouver le temps de faire qqchose

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make time to do sthing/ take time out to do sthing

140
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préconiser

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to advocate (sans “for” –> to advocate the destruction…)

141
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casualty

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un mort/une victime

142
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profaner

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desecrate

143
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désobligeant/dénigrant

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derogatory

144
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transporter/transmettre (un message, un film par exemple)

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convey

145
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juger quelqu’un sur les apparence

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to take somebody at face value

146
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the goodies and the baddies

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les bons et les méchants (familier)

147
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oublier/négliger

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overlook

148
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une litote

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an understatement

149
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Muslim-bashing

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attaques racistes contre les immigrés musulmans

150
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étiqueter/cataloguer une personne

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to label as

151
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la liberté de culte

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freedom of worship

152
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garment

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vêtement

153
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fear-mongering =

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the use of fear to influence the opinions and actions of others towards some specific end.

154
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ridiculiser

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to ridicule

155
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être ravi/enchanté de

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to be in raptures over/about

156
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être mis en scène

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to be staged

157
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étranger

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alien

158
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mettre de l’huile sur le feu

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to add fuel to the flames

159
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toucher la corde sensible

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to strike the emotional chord

160
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une affiche/une pancarte

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a placard

161
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faire fureur

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to be all the rage

162
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un rédacteur en chef

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an editor-in-chief

163
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un éditorial

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a leader

164
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un chef d’œuvre

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a masterpiece

165
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un fanatique religieux

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a religious crank

166
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authentique/véritable

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genuine

167
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exhiber

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to display/to flaunt

168
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faire de l’ombre à quelqu’un

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to overshadow

169
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il aura suffit d’une décennie pour

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It only took one decade for/ A decade was all it took for

170
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un gadget

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a gadget/a gizmo (plus familier)

171
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être pris à son propre jeu

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to be caught out at one’s own game

172
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se pavaner

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to strut (about)

173
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digne de ce nom

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worthy of the name

174
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faire attention

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to pay attention/to be careful

175
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prendre le risque de faire quelque chose

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to run/take the risk of doing something

176
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préconiser

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to advocate (sans “for” –> to advocate the destruction…)

177
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casualty

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un mort/une victime

178
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profaner

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desecrate

179
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désobligeant/dénigrant

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derogatory

180
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transporter/transmettre (un message, un film par exemple)

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convey

181
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juger quelqu’un sur les apparence

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to take somebody at face value

182
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the goodies and the baddies

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les bons et les méchants (familier)

183
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oublier/négliger

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overlook

184
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une litote

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an understatement

185
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Muslim-bashing

A

attaques racistes contre les immigrés musulmans

186
Q

étiqueter/cataloguer une personne

A

to label as

187
Q

la liberté de culte

A

freedom of worship

188
Q

garment

A

vêtement

189
Q

fear-mongering =

A

the use of fear to influence the opinions and actions of others towards some specific end.

190
Q

ridiculiser

A

to ridicule

191
Q

être ravi/enchanté de

A

to be in raptures over/about

192
Q

être mis en scène

A

to be staged

193
Q

étranger

A

alien

194
Q

mettre de l’huile sur le feu

A

to add fuel to the flames

195
Q

toucher la corde sensible

A

to strike the emotional chord

196
Q

une affiche/une pancarte

A

a placard

197
Q

faire fureur

A

to be all the rage

198
Q

un rédacteur en chef

A

an editor-in-chief

199
Q

un éditorial

A

a leader

200
Q

un chef d’œuvre

A

a masterpiece

201
Q

un fanatique religieux

A

a religious crank

202
Q

authentique/véritable

A

genuine

203
Q

exhiber

A

to display/to flaunt

204
Q

faire de l’ombre à quelqu’un

A

to overshadow

205
Q

il aura suffit d’une décennie pour

A

It only took one decade for/ A decade was all it took for

206
Q

un gadget

A

a gadget/a gizmo (plus familier)

207
Q

être pris à son propre jeu

A

to be caught at one’s own game

208
Q

se pavaner

A

to strut (about)

209
Q

digne de ce nom

A

worthy of the name

210
Q

faire attention

A

to pay attention/to be careful

211
Q

prendre le risque de faire quelque chose

A

to run/take the risk of doing something

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