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1
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Decapiter

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Behead

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Empoigner, saisir

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To grasp

He quickly grasped the problem and found a solution.

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Eradiquer, lutter contre qquch.

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To stamp sth. out

The study proposes a plan of action to stamp out this phenomenon.

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Horrible, macabre

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Gruesome

A gruesome discovery

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Mecontent

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Disgruntled

The disgruntled clients are angry

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Un lien => des liens

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A tie => ties

He maintains strong ties with his country of origin.

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Préalable

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Prior

The candidate must have prior experience in a similar position.

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8
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Toucher une corde sensible

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Struck a nerve

it has struck a nerve

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9
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Timide

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Shy

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Un repere, un jalon

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A landmark

We use this point as landmark

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11
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Emblematique

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Landmark

It’s a landmark decision

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12
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Tenace, opiniatre

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Dogged

She’s a dogged worker

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Aspirer a qqch => une aspiration

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Yearn => a yearning

I felt a yearning to be back home.
He yearned for a simpler life

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14
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Intensifier

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To step up

She stepped up her effort

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15
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Le couvre-feu

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The curfew

The country declared a nationwide curfew

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16
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Severe, plus severe

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Harsh, harsher

They allow regional officials to impose harsher restrictions on movement.

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Un abri

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A shelter

Hong Kong has long been a place of shelter for people escaping war.

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En desordre, en vrac => une confusion

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Helter-skelter => a helter skelter

Everything’s gone helter-skelter.

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De façon discrète, sobrement

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Understatedly

They were all understatedly dressed in black.

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Un obstacle

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A barrier

In a tolerant country your name is no barrier to success.

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Envoyer, expedier =>l’envoi, l’expedition

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Dispatch => the dispatch

After the dispatch of the files, I was satisfy

22
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Indecis

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Undecided

What you need to know about the undecided swing states

23
Q

Monter en competence

A

improve my skills

24
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Sous-estimé

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Underrated

The effects are very underrated

25
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Au vue de

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As a result of

As a result of these developments, …

26
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Accelerer

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Speed up

This medicine will speed up the healing process.

27
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Emboiter => imbriqué

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nest => nested

The dolls nested inside each other.

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Concis

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Terse

I want to keep the article terse

29
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Tandis que

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Whereas

The push method is used in systems such as Graphite whereas the pull method is used by monitoring systems like Prometheus.

30
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Tranché

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Clear-cut

There is no clear-cut answer.

31
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Soit

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Either

They are either going to say yes, or no.

32
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Se permettre, assumer

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To afford

Only gamble with what you can afford to lose.

33
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Durcir, se durcir

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To harden

Positions harden

34
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Exceptionnel, remarquable

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Outstanding

It’s an outstanding work

35
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Procedure pas a pas

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A walkthrough

For this walkthrough, select Allow…

36
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Les conséquences

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The aftermath

We must be aware of the aftermath..

37
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Remise en état

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The remediation

This criterion refers to the total estimated cost of the remediation.

38
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La durée

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The timespan

39
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Un graphique

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A chart

The results are displayed in a chart.

40
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Un biais

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A skew

41
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Fausser, devier

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To skew

The execution delay skews the result

42
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Tracer, planifier

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To chart

The company is charting its future growth.

43
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Calculer

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Compute

The software computes the total automatically.

44
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Diminuer, retrecir

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To shrink

He has promised to shrink the public debt.

45
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Perdu, gaspillé

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Wasted

We may have wasted time in implementing measures,

46
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Epineux, pointu

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Spiky

47
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Payer d’avance

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Pay up-front

Do I pay up front or later?

48
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Sous jacente

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Underlying

The underlying cause

49
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En cours

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On going

You can also watch on-going issues.

50
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Serieusement, De maniere fiable

A

Reliably

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