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un dilemme

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a dilemma

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prendre ses désir pour la réalité

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: to indulge in wishful thinking

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avoir hâte de faire qqc

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to look forward to doing sth

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freiner les progrès

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to hinder progress

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5
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inapte pour

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unfit for

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un exploit

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a feat

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être sur le point de commencer

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to be about to begin

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un changement

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a change

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mal assorti

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ill-matched

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10
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une marche de progression

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room for improvement

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obligatoire

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mandatory

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12
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concevoir

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to design

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un désir ardent

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a craving

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perspicace

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shrewd

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un danger

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a hazard

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qui a fait ses preuves

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tried-and-tested

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17
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terminer une tâche

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to complete a task

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une épave

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a wreck

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moudre

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to gring

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20
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ouvrir en déchirant

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to tear open

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21
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inévitable

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unavoidable

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avoir une volonté de fer

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to have an iron will

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avoir envie de faire qqc

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to feel like doing sth

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24
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doué

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gifted

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entreprendre

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to undertake sth

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inlassablement

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tirelessly

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27
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être prévu pour commencer

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to be due to begin at

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évoluer

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to evolve

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29
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incassable

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shatterproof

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30
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augmenter de façon spectaculaire

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to rise dramatically

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élaborer

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to devise

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un désir

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a longing

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fatiguant

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strenuous

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éliminer une hypothèse

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to rull sth out

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un acte

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a deed

36
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compromettre qqch

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to jeopardize sth

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s’atténuer

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to lessen

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se mêler à

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to mingle with

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anéantir

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to wipe out

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s’en tenir à qqc

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to stick to sth

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avoir bcp de volonté

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to have a lot of willpower

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pas vraiment nécessaire

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hadly necessary

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maladroit

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clumsy

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une tentative audacieuse

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a bold attempt

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recourir à qqxh

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to resort to sth

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avoir toutes chances de réussir

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to be likely to suceed

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une amélioration

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an improvement

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fracasser

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to shatter

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transgénique

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genetically modified

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exiger

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to call for sth

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un projet

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a scheme

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l’obstination

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doggedness

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contrecarrer

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to thwart

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une tension

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a strain

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s’efforcer

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to endeavour

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surmonter qqc

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to overcome sth

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fusionner

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to merge

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mélanger

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to blend

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être à la poursuite de qqc

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to sursue qqc

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par nécessité

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out of necessity

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le savoir faire

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know-how

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se révéler inefficace

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to prove ineffective

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être voué à l’échec

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to be bound to fail

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faire face à qqc

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to cope with sth

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une combinaison

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a combination

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agrandir

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to enlarge

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amélioration sensible

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a significant improvement

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réticent

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reluctant

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les exigences

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requirements

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une ébauche

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a sketch

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une empêchement

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an impediment

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inadéquat

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unsuitable

73
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réduire en purée

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to mash

74
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hétérogène

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miscelleanous