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le ministre des Finanecs (UK)

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the Chancellor of the Exchequer

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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un commissaire européen

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a commissioner

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homicide involontaire

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manslaughter

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un sursis

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a reprieve

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le bourreau

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the executioner

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à huis clos

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behind locked doors

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faire entrer quelqu’un

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to let sb in

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ralentir

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to slow down

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un trajet en bus de 20 min

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a twenty-minute bus ride

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Le ministère de l’intérieur (UK)

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The Home Office

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faire appliquer la loi

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to enforce the law

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discours d’investiture

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inaugural address

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un témoin

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a witness

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gracier quelqu’un

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to pardon sb

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une audition

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an hearing

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plaider coupable

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to plead guilty

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passer devant

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to pass sth

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accélérer

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to quicken

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à moins d’une heure en voiture de

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within an hour’s drive from sth

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remanier

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to reshuffle

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une question controversée

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a moot point

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mettre en oeuvre

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to implement

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poursuivre qqn en justice

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to sue sb

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l’accusé

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the defendant

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douteux

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dubious

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mettre qqn en liberté conditionnelle

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to release sb on parole

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lent / mou

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sluggish

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empiler

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to heap up

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ne pas bouger

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to stand still

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un fonctionnaire

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a civil servant

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une question épineuse

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a thorny issue

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nommer

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to appoint

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décapiter

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to behead

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un condamné

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a convict

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pension alimentaire

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alimony

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un gardien de prison

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a prison warden

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s’attarder

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toi linger

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appuyer qqch contre qqc

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to lean sth against sth

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remettre à plus tard

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to postpone

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Le ministre des affaires étrangères (UK)

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the Foreign Secretary

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convoquer le parlement

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to summon a session

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entrer en fonction

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to take office

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le procureur

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public porsecutor

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porter plainte

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to lodge a complaint

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une récidive

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a second offence

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un procès

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a trial

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se diriger vers

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to head for

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un trajet de 60 miles

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a sixtu-mile drive

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enlever qq chose

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to remove sth

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Le ministre des Affaires étrangères (US)

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The Secretary of Sate

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s’attaquer à un problème

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to tackle an issue

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un contribuable

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a taxpayer

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un témoignage

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testimony

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un coupable

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a culprit

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une erreur judiciaire

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a miscarriage of justice

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la culpabilité

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guilt

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laisser sortir quelqu’un

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to let sb out

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partout ailleurs

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everywhere else

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ranger quelque chose

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to put sth away

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un remaniement

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a reshuffle

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écarter

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to rull out

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réinsertion

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rehabilitation

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un détenu

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an inmate

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une accusation

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an indictment

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l’isolement carcéral

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solitary confinement

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être à la traine

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to lag behind

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à la hâte

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hastily

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embarquer

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to board

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la paparasserie

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red tape

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une politique

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a policy

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les dépenses

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expenditures

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prêter serment

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to take an oath

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mortel

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lethal

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libérer sous caution

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to release sb on bail

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purger une sentence

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to serve a sentence

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une pente escarpée

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a steep climb

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aller qq part en bateau

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to sail to a place