Vocabulaire général Flashcards

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boîter

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to limp

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adj: lourd

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heavy

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déclancher/ causer/ impliquer qqch

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to trigger/ to cause / to entail something

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l’idée principale/ l’essentiel d’un argument

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the gist of an argument

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la lassitude & très grande lassitude (l’abattement)

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the weariness & the despondency

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la prudence/ méfiance

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the wariness

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restrindre

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to tighten

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régulier (adj)

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steady

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la sécheresse

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the drought

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une critique d’art

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an art review

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la panoplie

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the paraphernalia

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une légende

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a caption

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tendre la main

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reach out

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un scénario apocalyptique

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a doomsday scenario

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une prophécie /prophétiser

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a prophecy / to prophesy

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annoncer / proclamer

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to herald

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des informations

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information( / )

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la comptabilité / comptabiliser

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book keeping / to keep the book

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un professionel

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an expert

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un initié

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an insider / outsider

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sournois/ malin

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sly

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éroder / coroder qqch

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erode / corrode something

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inhérent à

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inherent to

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acheminer

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to channel

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les Lumières

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the Enlightenment

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rendre visite à qqun

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to pay sby a visit

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l’avènement

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the advent

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un dicton / un proverbe

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an adage / a saying

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le bien commun

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the commun good

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la plupart des gens

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the mainstream

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la probabilité

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the likelihood

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un obstacle / une haie

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a hurdle

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fusionner (entreprise)

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to merge / to fuse

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aller chercher

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to fetch

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un appartement spacieux

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a roomy flat

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négliger

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to overlook

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une petite ville du nord

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a small northern town

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la vie

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( / ) life

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travailler au noir

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moonlight

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faire des paperasses

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do paperwork

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rangé dans le placard

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put away in the cupboard

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clients

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customers

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salaire

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wage / salary /earnings

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parmi

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among

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un homme assez connu, d’une grande notoriété

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a fairly well-known man

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un chef d’orchestre

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a conductor

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47
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chuchoter

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to whisper

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un rhume

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a cold

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un fauteuil

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an armchair

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se faufiler

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to sneak

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Once

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une fois,

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la mairie

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the town hall

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le parquet craquait

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the floorboard creaked

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langue natale

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mother tongue

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une langue étrangère

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a foreign language

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mais après tout, pourquoi …

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but after all why..

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prétendu

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alleged

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affaiblir

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weaken

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la vie quotidienne

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everyday life / daily life

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un bidule, un machin

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a gizmo

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gagne-pain

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livelihood

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décoloration / palissant

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fading

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les amoureux des livres

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book lovers

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le déclin de

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the decline /downfall of

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tendrement

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fondly

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poussiéreux

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dusty

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des livres d’occasion

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second-hand books

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la magie de

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the magic of

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en flagrant délit

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red-handed

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l’ennui

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boredom

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cracher

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to spit

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jeter des déchets

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to throw away litter

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un commerçant

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a shopkeeper

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un propriétaire / un particulier

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a house owner

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la presse à scandale

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the gutter press

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médiatique

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media

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minutieusement

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minutely

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la couleur de qqch

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the colour of something

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lune de miel

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honeymoon

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la première page

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the front page

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style vestimentaire

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way of dressing

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une rafale

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a flurry

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une issue

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an outcome

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enquête

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enquiry / investigation

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audition

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hearing

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indéminté

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damage

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d’affilé

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in a row

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petit-enfant / arrière petit-enfant

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grandchild / great-grandchild

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étroit

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narrow

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bord de mer/ le front de mer

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seaside / seafront / waterfront

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un ancien

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an elder

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l’oncle

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the uncle

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la tante

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the aunt

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le pere de qqun

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( / ) sby’s dad

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homme à tout faire

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handyman

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sejourner

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to stay

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une enquête

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an investigation

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la joue

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the cheek

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se déguiser

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to masquerade

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un faussé

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a descrepancy / a gap

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dommages & interets (assurances)

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( / ) damages

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minimiser qqch

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to playdown sth

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compenser qqch

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to compensate for sth

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déféctueux

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faulty

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nourrir / alimenter

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to foster / feed

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une aparté

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an aside

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avoir envie de / désirer

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to crave / ( / ) desire

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évacuer / exteroriser un sentiement

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to vent a feeling

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bien-être

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wellness

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un fléau

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scourge / plage

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un boulverssement

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an upheaval

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verbe de causalité:

provoquer / conduire / causer / entrainer

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to provoke / lead / cause / bring about something

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engendrer, donner naissance / pondre qqch

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to spawn something

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avoir un avis

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to hold an opinion

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mettre à nu / exposer

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to lay bare

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sans relache, incessant, implaquable

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relentless

ex: relentless rain / relentless campaign

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sans fondement

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ill-grounded

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la mise en oeuvre

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the implementation

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a hazard

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un danger

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dramatic

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faux ami: spéctaculaire

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une bourse, une subvention, une aide

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a grant