Vocabulary

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dépassé

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overwhelmed

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par ailleurs

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furthermore

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crainte

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fear

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le Birmanie

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Burma

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s’insurger (contre)

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speak out against/stand against

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rétorquer

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retort

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d’ailleurs

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moreover, besides, by the way

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un climat tendu

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a tense climate

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le long de la route

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along the way

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à mettre en oeuvre qqc

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to implement something

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résoudre

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to solve; resolve

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la politique européenne d’asile

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asylum politics etc

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faire des propositions

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to make proposals

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avoir lieu

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take place

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les frais

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the costs

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le surcoût

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surcharge

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(inflation/ un bénéfice) en hausse

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increased inflation/profit growth

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s’emparer de (du pouvoir, d’un sujet..)

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to seize

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les secours

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the aid, assistance

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selon un dernier bilan

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according to the latest report

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essayer de

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to try

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bafoué (legalement bafoué)

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scorned (legally denied)

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autour de la table

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around the table

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vente aux enchères

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auction sale

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se dérouler

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avoir lieu; (histoire ou progression) to unfold

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être limogé(e)

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to be dismissed

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déchirer (qui déchire un pays)

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to tear; to rip (i.e. tear a country a part)

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se heurter

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to collide; to clash (personne; opinions); …à un problème to come up against a problem/or opponents in a discussion

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hors de question

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not an option/out of the question

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les tractations

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negotiations (nfpl)

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soutenu

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(style; langue) formal; (attention; travail) sustained

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décider de

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to decide to

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périr

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to perish

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remettre

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to put back; (date; décision) to postpone à (until)

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non loin de

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not far from

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côtoyer

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to mix with

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relâcher

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(muscle) to relax; (discipline; surveillance) to relax

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pour que

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for/so that

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Il s’ensuit que

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Therefore; it follows therefrom

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agacer

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to frustrate

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viser

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to aim

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affablir

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to weaken; to dilute

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suspendre

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suspend; to postpone

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reprendre

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to resume; to take over; to continue; to regain

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soumis à

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subject to (regulations etc)

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à la clé

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resulting in

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le patronat

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management; employers

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cotisation

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contribution; subscription; fee

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en contrepartie

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in return

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un dispositif

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a device; a measure

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épuisé

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exhausted

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fusionnés

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combined

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la voie

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the path

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remporter

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to win

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satisfaisante

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satisfying

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lorsque

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when

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au bout de

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(l’espace:) at the end of; (dans le temps:) after

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rentable

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pofitable

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attirer

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to attract

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les coupes de cheveux

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haircuts

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les services de blanchisserie

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laundry services

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se passer

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to happen

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en tant que

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comme; as

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tant que

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aussi longtemps que; as long as; while

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l’être humain

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human being

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remettre au placard

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shelf them ie ideas

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faire baisser

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to lower

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la maîtrise

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mastery; control

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abrutissant

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mindnumbing

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propice (le moment ou un climat)

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favourable

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brouiller

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blur

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s’efforcer

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to try hard to do something

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echapper

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to escape

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le boulot

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workplace

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Je vais commencer par

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I will start with

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accomplir

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accomplish

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améliorer

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to improve

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les présupposes sur lesquels repose (l’economie du travail)

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the presuppositions on which rest

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le mot clé

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the keyword

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saisir

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to seize; to grasp

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l’astuce

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the trick

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ingrat

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ungrateful; unrewarding

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la plupart des gens

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most of

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une corvée

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a chore

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au lieu de

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instead of

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raccrocher

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to hang up (the telephone)