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1
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se démarquer

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to stand out

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idiot

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obtuse

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traiter qqn de qqch

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to call someone something

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avant tout

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primarily

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une pièce de monnaie

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a coin

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sautiller

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to hop

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faire bouger qqch

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to shift

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le voisinage

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vicinity

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en ce qui me concerne

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as far as I’m concerned

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en début de soirée

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in the early evening

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tard dans la soirée

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in the late evening

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pendant que (simultanéité)

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while ou whilst

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faire un pas

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to take a step

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découragé

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disheartened

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faire des histories

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to make a fuss

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le matériel (de peinture)

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(painting) gear

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au point du jour

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at the crack of dawn

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dès + nom

ex: dès l’aube

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as early as

as early as dawn

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je n’ai pas fermé l’oeil de la nuit

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I couldn’t get a wink of sleep

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il se trouve que

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it happens that

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se donner du mal

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to go to trouble to something

to take pains to sthg

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une préoccupation

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a concern

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se diriger vers, partir pour (une destination)

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to head for

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un fossé x3

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a chasm
a gulf
a gap

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être loin devant

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to be far ahead

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avoir envie de faire qqch

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to be keen on DOING something

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avoir la paix, être laissé tranquille

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to be left alone/in peace

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prendre la tête à qqn

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to get on someone’s case

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(s’)élargir

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to widen

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élever un enfant

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to bring up a child

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un casier judiciaire

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a record

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las, fatigué

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weary

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entreprendre

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to undertake

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interdire qqn de faire qqch x3

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to forbid s.o. to do sthg
to prohibit s.o. from DOING sthg
to bar s.o. from DOING something

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un mandat

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a term (of office)

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transmettre les noms

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to pass on the names

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estimer que

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to consider

to reckon

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fastidieux

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tedious

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priver qqn de qqch

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to deprive s.o. of sthg

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accorder, conférer

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to grant

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une règlementation

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a regulation

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notamment

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particularly, especially

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l’adoption d’une loi

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the passage of a bill

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un mois exceptionnel

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a banner month

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une collecte de fonds

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a fundraising

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les dons

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donations

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battre qqn

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to defeat s.o.

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à l’échelle de l’état

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at the state level

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examiner, surveiller de près

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to scrutinize sthg

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un problème épineux

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a thorny issue

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un constat

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an observation

an acknowledgement

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faire campagne

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to campaign

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accepter

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to accept + GN

sinon: to agree

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affaiblir

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to weaken

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infliger

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to inflict

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inédit, sans précédent

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unprecedented

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considérable

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significant

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au sein de qqch

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within sthg

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démissionner

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to resign

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une démission

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a resignation

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faire faire qqch par qqn par la persuasion

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to get someone to do something

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conclure un accord

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to strike a deal

to reach an agreement

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le plafond de verre

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the glass ceiling

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le pouvoir d’achat

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purchasing power

65
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défaillant, peu performant, extravagant

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flaky

66
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bonus à la paternité

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fatherhood bonus

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malus à la maternité

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motherhood penalty

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distrait

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distracted

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susceptible d’être distrait

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distractible

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qualifier de

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to describe as

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en raison de x2

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owing to

on account of

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contribuer à faire qqch

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to contribute to DOING something

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être responsable de

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to be responsible for

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un danger potentiel pour la santé

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a health hazard

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contacter qqn

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to get in touch with

76
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pourquoi ne pas…

A

why not + BV

77
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les secours

A

the relief

78
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faire semblant

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to pretend

79
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remettre en question

A

to question

to challenge

80
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faire appliquer une loi

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to enforce a law

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s’effondrer x3

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to plummet
to drop
to collapse

82
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la bienveillance

A

benevolence

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envisager de faire qqch

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to contemplate DOING something

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en prévision de

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in expectation of

in anticipation of

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final

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eventual

ultimate

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finalement

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eventually

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aussi paradoxal que cela puisse paraître

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paradoxical though it may seem

88
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monter en flèche

A

to soar

to skyrocket

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s’attendre à ce que

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to expect something to + BV

90
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étant donné que

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given that

considering that

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être donné favori

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to be the favorite

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une augmentation de qqch

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an increase IN something

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entraîner

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to bring about

to trigger off

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partir en vrille

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to be thrown into a tailspin

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l’opinion publique

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public opinion

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peu après

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shortly after

soon after

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un conseiller

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an adviser

a councellor

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une expression

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a phrase

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la cérémonie d’investiture

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inauguration

inaugural ceremony

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le nombre de participants

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the attendance number

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assister à qqch

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to attend something

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bombarder

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to bombard

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augmenter la visibilité

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to increase/to enhance the visibility

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avoir plus de poids que

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to outweigh something

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faire mieux que qqn

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to outperform someone

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être plus nombreux qu’un autre groupe

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to outnumber s.o.

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répand

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widespread

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le PDG

A

the CEO

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soutenir (affirmer nettement)

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to claim
to assure
to content

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les travaux

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the work -indénombrable

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pour couronner le tout

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to crown it all

to top it all

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banal, simple

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plain

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encombrant

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cumbersome

bulky

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vivre à deux pas d’ici

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to live at a stone’s throw from here

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enlever, décoller

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to take off

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remettre qqch à plus tard, repousser qqch

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to put something off

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descendre de qqch, dégager, partir de

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to get off something

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ranger qqch

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to put something away

119
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être susceptible de faire qqch

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to be likely to do sthg

120
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plus il fait ça, plus il fait ça

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the more he DOES… , the more he WILL…

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exiger

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to demand

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la reprise économique

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the economic recovery

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se remettre de qqch (une maladie)

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to recover from

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une fermeture d’usine

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a factory closure

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tiède

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luewarm

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un directeur général

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a general manager

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de manière exceptionnelle

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exceptionally well

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être habitué à

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to be used to DOING sthg

129
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un collaborateur

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a colleague
a partner
a co-worker

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finir par faire qqch

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to end up DOING sthg

131
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faire des économies

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to save up

to save money

132
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si bien que

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that’s why

therefore

133
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s’endetter

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to run into debt

to get into debt

134
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s’efforcer de faire qqch

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to strive to do sthg

135
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throughout

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[idée d’entièreté]

136
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un poids lourd x3

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a lorry (GB)
a truck (US)
a heavy goods vehicle
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rouler au pas

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to crawl along

to run dead slow

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une file (de véhicules)

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a line/ a stream (of vehicles)

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le tunnel sous la Manche

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the Chunnel

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important, pertinent

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relevant

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une grosse voix

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a booming voice

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un passeur

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a smuggler

143
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supposer

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to guess/ to assume/ to suppose

144
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faire erreur, se tromper

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to be mistaken

145
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je n’ai nullement l’intention de x3

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I have no intention whatsoever of +V-ing
I haven’t got the slightest intention of +V-ing
By no means do I intend to + BV

146
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se défendre de qqch

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to deny sthg

147
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couper (la parole) à qqn

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to cut in

to interrupt

148
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un bobard

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a fib

149
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raconter des bobards

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to fib

150
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une histoire abracadabrante

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a tall story
a cock-and-bull story
a far-fetched story

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s’exclamer

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to cry out

to exclaim

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un clandestin

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an illegal immigrant

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