Vochelle 1 Flashcards

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1
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Etre laxiste

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To be lax

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Prospection / perspectives (sur l’avenir)

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Outlook

Prospect

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3
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Une glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Une Victoire écrasante

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A landslide / overwhelming victory

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5
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Dépenser sans compter

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To spend lavishly

To be extravagant

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Un choix au hasard

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A random choice

A haphazard choice

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Un diplômé

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A graduate

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8
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Licencier qqn pour raisons économiques

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To make sb redundant

To lay sb off

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9
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Licenciements économiques

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Lay-offs

Redundancies

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10
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Tâtonner / chercher

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To grope

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11
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Accorder

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To grant (rights, a visa)

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Mettre qqc en danger

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To jeopardize

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13
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Porter atteinte
Empiéter
Enfreindre

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To impinge on rights
To infringe on privacy
To encroach on

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Etre un obstacle à

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To hinder
To prevent
To hamper
To impede

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15
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Etre capable de surmonter des épreuves difficiles

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To show resilience

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16
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Vivre / faire l’expérience de

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To go through
To experience
To go through

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17
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Soit disant

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Supposedly

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18
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Les tenants et les aboutissants

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The ins and outs

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19
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Casser le plafond de verre

Casser les lois/traditions/ carcans

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To break The glass ceiling

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20
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Sexisme

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Male chauvinism

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21
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Ne jurer que par

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To swear by

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22
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Un monde dominé par les hommes

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A male-dominated world

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23
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Prôner qqc

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To advocate

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24
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Étouffer qqn (sens normal ou figuré)

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To stifle

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25
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Soulever un pb

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To spark off

To trigger

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26
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Une réaction forte

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A backlash

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27
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N’avoir aucun autre choix que de…

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To have no other choice but to..

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28
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Demander des indemnités

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To ask for damages

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29
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Selon cette loi

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Under this law

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30
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Les Asiatiques représentent 35% de…

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Asians account for 35%

Make up

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31
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Avec mélancolie

Avec nostalgie

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Wistfully

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32
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Mal défini (idée de jugement)

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To be ill-defined

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33
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Des peurs sans fondement

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Ill-founded fears

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34
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S’arrêter (idée d’achèvement / arrêt)

Garer sa voiture

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To draw up

To pull up

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35
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Tonnerre

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Thunder

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36
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Se recroqueviller

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To cringe

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37
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Dans l’exercice de ses fonctions

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In the line of duty

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38
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Tout ce qui est clinquant dans le show business

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The glamour and glitter of show-business

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39
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Assez

Plutôt

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Rather

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40
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De toute façon

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Anyway

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41
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Avoir grand besoin de qqc

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To need sth badly

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42
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Faire des siennes

Faire souffrir

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To play up

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43
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Exagérer

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To play sth up

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44
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M1

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L’autoroute (motorway)

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45
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Autoroute (US)

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Interstate

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46
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Taper pendant un moment

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To tap away

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47
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Mettre sur écoute

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To tap a phone

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48
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Exploiter

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To tap naturel ressources / expertise

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49
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Soit disant

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Allegedly
Purportedly
Supposedly

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50
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Un robinet

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A tap

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51
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Lier

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To bind / bound / bound

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52
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Une fiole

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A phial

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53
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Un sujet tabou

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The elephant in The room

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54
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Se faire un réseau professionnel

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To network

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55
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Sévir

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To be rife

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56
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Être assailli

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To be beset with sth

To be surrounded with sth

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57
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Nommer et dénoncer

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To name and shame

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58
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Un investisseur

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An investor

A venture capitalist

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59
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Une attitude commune (qu’on peut trouver partout)

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A pervasive attitude

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60
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C’est plus important que Ça n’y paraît

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There is more to it than meets The eye

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61
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Avoir raison

Marquer des points

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To make a point

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62
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Rare

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Scarse

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63
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Avoir son mot à dire

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To have a say

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64
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Subir une discrimination

Être discriminé

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To be discriminated against

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65
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Marge de manœuvre

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Leeway

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66
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Franchise

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Frankness

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67
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Être idéalisé

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To be lionised

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68
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Déposer plainte

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To file / lodge a complaint with/against sb

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69
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Chercher

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To seek / sought / sought

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70
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Audacieux

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Bold

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71
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Saluer qqn comme un héros

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To hail sbdy as a hero

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72
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S’assurer que la loi soit respecté

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To enforce The law

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73
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Employés et employeurs

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Labour and management

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74
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Négocier

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To bargain

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75
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combler un vide juridique

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To close a loophole

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76
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Se remettre en question

Faire une introspection

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To do some soul searching

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77
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Une situation inextricable

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A catch 22 situation

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78
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Ignorer

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To ignore

To overlook

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79
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Réprimander

Passer un savon

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To tell sbdy off

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80
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Être dans l’impasse

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To reach a stalemate

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81
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Les jours les plus chauds (de l’été)

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The dog days

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82
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Être intrigué

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To be puzzled

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83
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Inaugurer

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To Open

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84
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L’investiture

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The inauguration day

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85
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Au cours des 10 dernières années

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Over The past 10 years

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86
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Une œuvre d’art

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A work of art

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87
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London est l’endroit où l’on peut trouver

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London is home to many companies

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88
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Une salle

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A venue

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89
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Infrastructures / complexes

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facilities

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90
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Une salle

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A venue

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91
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La période de l’esclavage

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The slavery era

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92
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Rendre compte de la période de…

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To remind visitors of the

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93
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Patrimoine (culturel…)

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Heritage

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94
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Une visite très attendue

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A long-awaited opening
A eagerly- awaited opening
A much -anticipated opening

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95
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Un mécène

Le mécénat

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A patron

Patronage

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96
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Dont deux sont britannique

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Two of whom are British

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97
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Je serai bien en peine de nommer une personne

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I would be hard pressed to name a person

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98
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Mise sur ecoute

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Wiretapping

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99
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Un micro caché

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A bug

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100
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Persuader qqn

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To bring sb round

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101
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Un passant

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A Passer by

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102
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Un dérivé

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A by-product

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103
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Le bastion

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The bulwark

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104
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Une ville vivante

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A Bustling city

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105
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Rendre visite à qqn

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To call on sb

To visit sb

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106
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Monsieur tout le monde

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The man in the street

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107
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Être destiné à

S’adresser à

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To cater for

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108
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Satisfaire les instincts les plus bas

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To cater to

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109
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Il n’y rien de tel…

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There is no such thing as…

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110
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Arrêt maternité

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Maternity leave

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111
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Le père qui gagne les sous (de la maison)

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A breadwinner dad

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112
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Négliger

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To neglect

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113
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Jongler entre la vie de famille et la vie pro

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To juggle career and family lives

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Un mal nécessaire

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A necessary evil

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Trembler (de peur)

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To Shake 
To shiver (with fear)
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Loger qqn

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To accomodate sb

To put sb up

117
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Se débrouiller

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To manage / get by

118
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Dériver (métaphore maritime)

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To drift

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Un type

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A guy

A bloke

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Je ne supporte pas les religions

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I can’t bear / stand / abide religions

I can’t put up with religions

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Louche

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Shady
Fishy
Dodgy

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On ferait mieux de

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We might as well

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Défaire

Détruire

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To undo

124
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Avoir de l’esprit

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To be witty

125
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Malin / futé

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Sly

126
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Rusé comme un renard

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As sly as a fox

127
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N’en fais pas trop

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Don’t overdo it

128
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Avantages

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Benefits

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Effets secondaires

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Side effects

130
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Une polémique

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A controversy

131
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Colline

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Hill

132
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Ordonner à qqn de faire qqc

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To bid sby to do sth

133
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Enrichissant

Exaltant

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Uplifting

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Submergé

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Overwhelmed

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Précurseur

A

Forerunner

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Bulletin météo

Précisons météo

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The weather forecast

137
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Spécial grandes tailles

A

Outsize(d) clothes

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Faire payer

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To charge

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Mauvaises herbes

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Weeds

140
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Célébrité

A

Stardom

141
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Le problème est double

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The problem is twofold

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Il y a peu de chances qu’il réussisse

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He is unlikely to succeed

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Culpabilité

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Guilt-laden

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Éphémère

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Short-lived

145
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Contre toute attente,

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Against all odds

146
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Les problèmes liés à la santé

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Health-related issues

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Ça ne va pas très bien question travail

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Things aren’t Too good business-wise

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Sangloter

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To sob / sot / sot

149
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Coupable

Responsable

A

A Culprit

150
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Personnes très racistes

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Bigoted people

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Le but déclaré (annoncé officiellement)

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An avowed aim

152
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Opposer qqn à qqn

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To pit sbdy against sby

153
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Une question épineuse

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A vexed / thorny issue

154
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Scander

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To chant

155
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Éclater

Se désagréger

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To burst at

To fall apart at

156
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Épuration ethnique

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Ethnic cleansing

157
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Le sort

A

Fate

158
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Il la regarda avec méfiance

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He looked at her mistrustfully

159
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Et qui plus est

A

And on Top of that

160
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Trop cuite

A

Overdone

161
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Ministre

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Secretary

Minister

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Une promesse

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A pledge

163
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Ranger qqc

A

To put away

164
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Une attaque virulente

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A scathing attack

165
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Forte Réaction

A

A backlash

166
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Faire la guerre à qqn

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To wage war on sbdy

167
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Voter

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To cast a ballot

168
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Un bulletin de vote

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A ballot

169
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La cote de popularité

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The approval rating

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Critiquer vivement

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To lambast sbdy
To castigate sbdy
To lash out at

171
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Un article impartial / qui donne un point de vue

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A biased article

172
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Réussir l’épreuve de vérité

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To pass the acid test

173
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Une société égalitaire (pt de vue des ethnies)

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A colour-blind society

174
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Condamner fortement

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To condemn unequivocally

175
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L’échiquier politique

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Political Spectrum

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Une condamnation venant de 2 parties

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Bipartisan condemnation

177
Q

Il faut appeler un chat un chat

A

Let’s call a spade a spade

Let’s put it bluntly

178
Q

Réticent

Peu disposé de

A

Reluctant

179
Q

Farine

A

Meal

180
Q

Tourner autour du pot

A

To beat around The bush

181
Q

Fusils d’assaut

A

Assault rifles

182
Q

États où le port d’armes est autorisé en public

A

An open carry State

183
Q

États où on doit cacher son arme en public

A

A concealed carry

184
Q

Être Tourné que sur soi

A

To be Self-centered

185
Q

Et meme ainsi

A

Even then

186
Q

Amadouer

Convaincre

A

To coax sbdy into doing sth

187
Q

Faire volte face

Retourner sa veste

A

To do a Uturn

188
Q

Une matraque

A

A club

A Cudgel

189
Q

En apparence

A

Ostensibly

190
Q

Stratégie paradoxale

A

A counter-intuitive strategy

191
Q

Maladie chronique

A

A condition

192
Q

Abdos

A

Seat ups

193
Q

Retour sur investissement

A

Return on investment

194
Q

La feuille de déclaration d’impôt

A

A Tax return

195
Q

Produire

A

To make for

196
Q

Un artisant

A

A craftsman

197
Q

Être avare

A

To be stingy
To be miserly
To be mean

198
Q

Désirer ardemment

A

To pine for sth
To yearn for sth
To long for sth

199
Q

Convaincre

A

To get sbdy to do sth

200
Q

Être susceptible de

A

To be likely to

201
Q

La recherche spatiale

A

Space research

202
Q

Un voyage scolaire

A

A school trip

203
Q

Parler au nom de qqn

A

To speak on behalf of sbdy

204
Q

Un coupon

Un bon de réduction

A

A voucher

205
Q

Du carton

A

Cardboard

206
Q

Placard

A

Cardboard

207
Q

Faible / piètre / modeste

réponse

A

A feeble response

208
Q

Fermer des yeux sur qqc

A

To turn blind eyes on sth

To condone sth

209
Q

Mettre dans le même panier / sac

A

To limp people together

210
Q

Être découragé / déprimé

A

To be dejected

211
Q

Ingérable

A

Unmanageable

212
Q

Etre en dessous de

A

To fall short of sth

213
Q

Il ne peut pas s’en empêcher

A

Chep

214
Q

Une lumière pour le monde libre (= USA)

A

A beacon in the free world

215
Q

Cela ne lui ressemble pas de…

A

It’s not like him to…

216
Q

Etre à cheval sur

A

To be a stickler for sth

217
Q

Avoir le sens des affaires

A

To have The business acumen

218
Q

Entrer dans une nouvelle ère

A

To husher in a new era

219
Q

L’esprit collectif américain

Les mœurs

A

US Psyche

220
Q

Y’a pas moyen

A

There is no ……

221
Q

Aller (protester) dans les rues

A

To take to The streets

222
Q

Harceler qqn

A

To bait / to troll

223
Q

Donner du pouvoir à qqn

A

To embolden sbdy

224
Q

Etre performant pour délivrer des messages codés (politique)

A

Be good at dog whistling

225
Q

Et ses semblables

A

And his hilk

226
Q

Un sans papier

A

An undocumented migrant /worker

227
Q

Un immigrant

A

An illegal immigrant / alien

228
Q

Expulser

A
To send sbdy back
To expel (a student)
To evict (from a house)
229
Q

La volonté / determination

A

The will

230
Q

Sur l’ensemble de son territoire

A

On the whole of its territory

On its entire territory

231
Q

Adopter un projet de loi

A

To adopt a bill

232
Q

Dont 40%….

A

Of whom…

233
Q

Un débat animé

A

A heated debate

234
Q

La police est

A

The police are

235
Q

Les services de police des collectivités locales

A

Local police forces

Local Law enforcement forces

236
Q

La police

A

The police

237
Q

Un titre de séjour

A

A residence permit

238
Q

Un Permis de conduire

A

A driving licence

239
Q

Une infraction au code de la route

A

A driving offence

240
Q

Laxisme

A

Laxity

241
Q

Appeler à faire qqc

A

To call for (doing) sth

242
Q

Financement

A

Funding

243
Q

Supprimer tout financement

A

To cut / withdraw

244
Q

La vengeance

A

Revenge

245
Q

Se multiplier

A

To multiply

246
Q

Qui est la 6eme économie du monde

A

Which is The world’s sixth largest economy

247
Q

Riche, prospère

A

Affluent

248
Q

Offre, enchère

A

Bid

249
Q

Hasard

A

Chance

250
Q

Produit, marchandise

A

Commodity

251
Q

Confiance

A

Confidence

252
Q

Bénéfice

A

Profit

253
Q

Tromper

A

To deceive

254
Q

Tromperie, duperie

A

Deception

255
Q

Exiger

A

To demand

256
Q

Conflit

A

Dispute

257
Q

Dévoiler, dénoncer

A

To expose

258
Q

Équipements

A

Facilities

259
Q

Faux, contrefaçon

A

Forgery

260
Q

Chagrin

A

Grief

261
Q

Risque, danger

A

Hazard

262
Q

Conférence

A

Lecture

263
Q

Fou

A

Maniac

264
Q

Rythme

A

Pace

265
Q

Maniaque

A

Fussy

Finicky

266
Q

Pétrole

A

Oil

267
Q

Essence

A

Petrol

268
Q

S’effondrer

A

To plummet

269
Q

Acheter

A

To purchase

270
Q

Déchets

A

Refuse

271
Q

Considération

A

Regard

272
Q

Optimiste

A

Sanguine

273
Q

Impertinent

A

Saucy

274
Q

Susceptible

A

Touchy

275
Q

Au nom de laquelle

A

On whose behalf

276
Q

Députés

A

Members of Parliament

277
Q

Rédacteur en chef

A

Editor

278
Q

Concours

A

Contest

279
Q

Escargots

A

Snails

280
Q

Les restes du repas

A

Leftovers

281
Q

Remplir un questionnaire

A

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