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Thereby

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Ainsi

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Specialist’s concern

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La préoccupation des spécialistes

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Narrow

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Étroit

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Therefore

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Par conséquent

Donc

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When all Is said And done

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Tout cela étant dit

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To reckon

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Calculer

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To hurry up

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Se dépêcher

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Likelihood

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Probabilité

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Offset

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Compensation

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Threshold

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Seuil

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Requirement

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Une exigence, une nécessité

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Bedsit

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Chambre meublée

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Let alone

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Encore moins

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To hog

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Monopoliser

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All mod cons

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Tout confort

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A bargain

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Une bonne affaire

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Make a beeline for

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Foncer directement sur

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Take a peek

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Jeter un coup d œil

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For donkey’s years

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Depuis très longtemps

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Arguably

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Sans doute

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Endearing

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Attachant

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To argue

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Affirmer

Se disputer

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Be that as It may

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Quoi qu il en soit

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Above all

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Surtout

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Dire

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Désastreux

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To be in dire straits

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Être dans une situation délicate

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To loathe

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Détester

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To make fun of

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Se moquer de quelque chose

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A foible

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Un défaut

Une faiblesse

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To fret

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S inquiéter

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Everything was going well

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Tout allait bien

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Of the utmost importance

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De la plus haute importance

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Survey

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Une enquête

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Intended to

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Destiné à

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Beaten track

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Sentiers battu

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To be stuck

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Être coincé

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Tailor-made

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Sur mesure

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Upscale

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Haut de gamme

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Mood

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L humeur

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The refined decor

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Le décor raffiné

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A hideaway

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Une cachette

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Fancy

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Avoir envie

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Delightful

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Délicieux

Charmant

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Genteel

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Raffiné

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Noteworthy

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Remarquable

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Don’t be daft

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Ne dis pas de bêtises

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Like a shot

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Illico

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City folk are always in a hurry

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Les citadins (gens de la ville) sont toujours pressés

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Snooty

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Snob

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To laugh on the other side of one’s face

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RIRE jaune

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To go And see what things are really like

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Aller voir sur place comment c est vraiment

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Well-off

Affluent

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Aisé

Riche

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That may once have been the case

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C était peut être comme ça avant

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Laid back

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Decontracté

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Anyway

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Enfin

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For love nor money

For love or money

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Il n y a pas moyen

Pour rien au monde

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To see something through rose-coloured glasses

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Voir quelque chose de manière trop optimiste

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Down-to-earth

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Terre à terre

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Straight-talking

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Être Franc

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Keep your shirt on! I was winding you up.

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Ne t emballe pas! Je te faisais marcher

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Discrepancy

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Contradiction

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Disruption

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Perturbation

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Downsizing

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Réduction des effectifs

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Disclose

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Divulguer

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Gobbling up

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Engloutir

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Stakeholder

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Une partie prenante

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For the time being

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Pour l instant

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To adress the issue

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Discuter de la question

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Forward looking approach

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Une approche tournée vers l avenir

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A case in point

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L’exemple typique

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Political clout

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Influence politique

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To put XXXXX on the map

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Faire connaître un endroit

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Leverage

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Effet de levier

Pouvoir

Moyen de pression

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Wouldn’t be caught dead eating

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Pr rien au monde je ne mangerais

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Try as i might

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J ai eu beau essayer

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I upped sticks

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J ai plié bagages

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Come off It

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N importe quoi

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The overdraft

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Le découvert bancaire

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A mugger

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Un agresseur

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Mortgage

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Prêt immobilier

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What Is your take on?

A

Quel est votre point de vue ?

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The bulk of

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La majeure partie

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Growing affluence

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Richesse grandissante

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The emphasis

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L’ importance

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Height

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La hauteur

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I think we have broken the back of It

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Je pense que nous avons fait le plus dur

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What of It ?

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Et alors ?

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To sprawl

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S’étaler

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For the likes of you And me

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Pour les gens comme vous et moi

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Mind you

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Remarquez

Ceci dit

Cela étant

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In the first place

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Tout d abord

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To glimpse

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Apercevoir

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To glance

To take a peek

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Jeter un coup d œil

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There Is More to It than meets eye

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C est plus complexe que ça en a l air

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Keep your eyes peeled for

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Ouvrez grand les yeux

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Thus

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Ainsi

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Purpose

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L objet

Le but

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Though

Although

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Bien que

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To fetch

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Amener

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Far-fetched

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Tirée par les cheveux

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It Is unlike anything i have ever testes

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Je n ai jamais rien mangé de tel