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Beaucoup plus de

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A great many more of

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La goûte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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The last straw

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D’autant plus (adj) … que

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All the more (so / adj) … as

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Et ainsi de suite

Etc

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And so forth

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contenir/ limiter la demande

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to stem/ to curb in demand

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pilule amer à avaler

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a bitter pill to swallow

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faire référence à

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to allude to

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le début

le commencement

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the inception

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être en déficit

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to be in the red

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alourdit par

peine; un problème

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burdened by

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L’argent n’est pas un remède mirable

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Money is no silver bullit

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afin de

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with a view to

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manque d’anticipation

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lack of foresight

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que se soit … ou bien…

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whether … or…

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dorénavant

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henceforth

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un teste décisif

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a litmus test

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résultat

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outcome

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une situation sans issue

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a catch-22

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les modalités

les contours

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the outlines

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20
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un espoir mince

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a forlorn hope

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21
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faire face à un défi

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to take up a challenge

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dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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to deter somebody from doing something

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comme le montre

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as evidence by

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couler de source

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to be a no-brainer

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être un bon exemple

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to be a case in point

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imiter

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to copycat

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être dos au mur

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to have its back to the wall

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une petite marge de manoeuvre

une grande marge de manoeuvre

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a little leeway

a lot of flexibility

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déplorer

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bemoan

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abandonner
renoncer (à)
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to relinquish (to)

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influence

poids

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weigh
sway
the clout
leverage

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optimiste

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sanguine

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à la fois / immédiatement

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at once

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dissuasion

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deterrent

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en réalité ≠ actuellement

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actually ≠ currently

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compte tenu de

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allowing for

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bien que

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although

even though

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dans son ensemble

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as a whole

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par rapport à

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as compared to

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par opposition à

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as distinct from

as opposition to

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tant que

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as long as

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en ce qui concerne

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as regards

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dans l’état actuelle des choses

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as things stand

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à cause de

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due to
owing to
because of

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en outre / par ailleurs

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furthermore
moreover
in addition
besides

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grosso modo

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broadly

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en guise de conclusion

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to conclude
by way of conclusion
when push comes to shove

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inversement

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conversely

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malgré

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despite

in spite of

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toute de même

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even so

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à part

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except for

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à la suite de

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following (on from this…)

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par exemple

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for instance

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d’où

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hence

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conformément à

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in keeping with

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à bien des égard

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in many respects

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dans la mesure où

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insofar as

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au cas où / en cas de

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in the event of

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en attendant

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meanwhile

in the meantime

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de la même manière / de même

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likewise

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néanmoins

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nonetheless

nevertheless

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dans l’ensemble

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on the hole

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sinon

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otherwise

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pourvu que

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provided (that)

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sans tenir compte de

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regardless of

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puisque

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since

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toujours est-il que

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still

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en admettant que

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supposing

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ainsi / par conséquent

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thus

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dans une certaine mesure

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to some extent

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contrairement à / à la différence de

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unlike

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qui plus est

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what is more

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étant donné que

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given that

seeing that

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