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1
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un ruisseau

A

a brook

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déverser des déchets dans

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to spill (waste) into

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l’enfance

A

childhood

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à Rome

A

in Rome (pas at Rome)

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reprendre (négocations)

A

to resume

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menacer qq de faire quelque chose

A

to threat sbdy with doING sthg

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7
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démissionner

A

to quit one job

He quits his job

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se décider à

A

to decide oneself to do sthg

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9
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passer à l’acte

A

to turn words into action

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se décider enfin à faire quelque chose

Lorsqu’il il se décida enfin à passer à l’acte

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eventually to decide oneself to do sthg

when he eventually decided himself to turn words into action

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depuis (en milieu de phrase) dans le sens depuis lors

A

since then

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penser à quelqu’un

A

to think of someone

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13
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arriver à Sydney

A

to arrive in Sydney

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14
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rassurer

A

to reassure

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un e-mail

A

an email

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quand j’aurai fini de diner, j’irai me coucher

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When I have had dinner, I will go to bed

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réparer quelque chose

A

to fix something

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18
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un tracteur

A

a tractor

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Plus … plus

Plus la police fera respecter la loi, plus les criminels seront prudents

A

the more… the more

The more police enforce laws, the warier criminals will be / the more careful criminals will be

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compter faire quelque chose

A

to be considering doing sthg

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21
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déménager

A

to move

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22
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un beau frère

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a brother in law

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un écologiste

A

an environmentalist

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énergies renouvelables

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renewable energies

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25
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avoir recours à

A

to resort to

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le peuple japonais

A

the Japanese people

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear plant

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28
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dangereux (2)

A

hazardous

dangerous

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29
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SI seulement !

A

if only

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30
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couramment (parler une langue)

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to speak a langage fluently

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31
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travel (PP)

A

traveLLed

32
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(être au) lycée

A

(to be in) high school

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il est grand temps …

A

It is high time (to)

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se décider

A

to make up one minds

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le départ

A

the departure

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partir

A

to leave, left, left

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retardé (un avion)

A

delayed

38
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perdre du temps

A

to waste time

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les volets

A

the shutters

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violet

A

purple

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un avocat

A

an attorney

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nécessairement

A

necessarily

43
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offrire

A

to offer

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plaire

A

to please

It pleases me

45
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un stylo-plume

A

a fountain pen

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grand père

A

grandfather

47
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un CV

A

a résumé

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soulever l’indignation

A

to arouse indignation

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la bas

A

there

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ici

A

here

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tenir une promesse

A

to hold out a promise

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le dernier (en date)

A

the latest

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un poste d’ambassadeur

A

a post as an ambassador

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un porte parole

A

a spokesperson

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les secouristes

A

the rescuers

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être en proie à

A

to be rife with

to be plagued / struck

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épouvantable

2

A

dreadful

terrible

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un ouragan

A

a hurricane

59
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causer la mort

2

A

to claim fatalities

to cause deaths

60
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entre ceux qui … et ceux qui …

A

What with those who … and those who….

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être résigner

A

to resign oneself to sth

62
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abimer

A

damage

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les dépenses (de santé)

2

A

(health) expenditure / spending

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être voué à

A

to be bound to

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juger (opinion)

2

A

consider

to deem

66
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la fracture numérique

A

the digital divide

67
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pousser quelqu’un a faire qqc

A

to push sb into doing

68
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des biens de consommation

A

consumer goods

69
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encourager à

A

to urge to

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un scandale à propos

A

a scandal over

71
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faire les gros titres

A

to heat the headline

72
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des entreprises florissantes

A

thriving businesses

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fermer définitivement

A

to close down

74
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une crise économique

3

A

an economic slump / crisis / downturn

75
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intervenir

2

A

to step in

to intervene