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1
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Les plus et les moins

A

The pluses and the minuses
We are here to determine the pluses and the minuses of the solution

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Bien, sans heurt

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Smoothly
If you reorganise your report, the text would flow more smoothly.

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Volumineux

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Bulky
The bulky guy

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4
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Le brouillon

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The rough draft
Where did I put my rough draft ?

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S’accrocher

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Clunk, clunked, clunked
From the start, we clung to the promise of a success

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Propulser

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Propel by
This mission propelled me to the summit

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Pour faire face aux changements

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To address the changes
I think we have to be beside the enterprises to help them to address the changes

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Pour commencer

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For starters
For starters, let’s establish thinks to do

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9
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Le contrecoup

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The backlash
We suffer the backlash from bad decision taken log time ago

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Compenser

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To make up
If we want to make up the bad result we get last year, we have to work twice more

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A la lumiere de…

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In light of…
In light of her declaration, I think impossible to continue the mission.

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12
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Les defaillances

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The lapses
In light of the lapses we found

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13
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Sortir de l’impasse

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Break the deadlock
The solution purposed could be a way to break the deadlock

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14
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Une reticence

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An unwillingness
He proofs his unwillingness to engage more over

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15
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A voix haute

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Out loud
I prefer read the report out loud to identify eventual synthax errors

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Participer à la reunion

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Attend the meeting
It will be necessary to attend the metting to defend our standpoint.

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17
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Relire

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Proofread
You should proofread the email before sending it

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18
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Soulever l’idée

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Raise the idea
I would like to raise the idea

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Par opposition à

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As opposed to
As opposed to what we have conclude till now…

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Surestimer

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Overestimate
I think we overestimate the importance of this person.
He overestimates himself!

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Sous-estimer

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Underestimate
I think we underestimate the importance of this person

22
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Tenir au courant, communiquer

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Touch base with
I think it’s important to touch base with all team members

23
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Assembler (les elements)

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Assemble
If we try to assemble all pieces of the game, we will be able to see what it should arrived

24
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Transmettre

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Convey
Let’s me convey the evidences

25
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Transmettre

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Convey
Let’s me convey the evidences

26
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Aller droit au but

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Cut to the chase
To get out this trap, we need to cut to the chase

26
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En pointe

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Cutting-edge
The enterprise is still cutting edge

27
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Faux

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Mock
let we exercise with a mock exam

27
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Faux

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Mock
let we exercise with a mock exam

28
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Le niveau de qualité

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The quality bar
The quality bar to access to this level is very high

29
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Un tour d’horizon

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Let’s have a run-through

30
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ëtre au courant

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Up to speed on
I have to up to speed of the situation evolution

31
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Reformuler

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Restate
If I would like restating and summarising what we said…

32
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Garder une trace

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Keep track
To ensure a good follow-up in a mission, we have to keep track main events that composed it

33
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Attendu

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Projected
The projected mission is still expected

34
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Soumettre qqch à qq1

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Run (something) by (somebody)
I would like to run this report by you

35
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D’un coup

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In one fell swoop
By setting up this tools, we would be able to solve, in one fell swoop, all the issues encountered.

36
Q

Esquisser

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Sketch out
Based on these recommendation we can, now sketch out the service to set up

37
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La paperasserie

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The red tape.
I still have to do the red tape

38
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Déterminer quelque chose

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To nail something down
Foremost, We need to nail the target down

39
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Rien n’est figé

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Nothing’s set in stone

40
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Concevable

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Conceivable
Is it conceivable to finish on time ?

41
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Une affaire conclue

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A done deal
After the call, i thought it was a done deal

42
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Pour règler les derniers détails

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To tie up loose ends
There’s still a lot thing to do to tie up loose ends

43
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S’inquieter

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To fret
I just saw him, he frets about the project

44
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Franchir les obstacles

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To jump through hoops
We have jump through many hoops to achieve our goal

45
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Tete à tete, individuel

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One-on-one
Each week, i have a one-on-one meeting with my manager

46
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Etre affiné

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To be ironed out
If we want to move forward, things have to be ironed out

47
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Se remettre à

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To brush up
For the new year, I would like to brush up to sport but i have some misgiving to do it

48
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Apprehension

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A misgiving
For the new year, I would like to brush up to sport but i have some misgiving to do it

49
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redouter

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to dread
Indeed I dread the consequences of his behavior

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