Vochelle 1 Flashcards

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1
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Lancer une campagne de sensibilisation

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To launch an awareness campaign

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Un pionnier

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A pioneer

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Les découvertes d’une étude

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The findings of a study

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Un effet dissuasif

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A deterrent effect

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5
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Fumer à en mourir

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To smoke oneself to death

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Un contrebandier

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A smuggler

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Un fléau (2)

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A scourge

A plague

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Un État providence

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A nanny State

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S’avèrer être

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To Turn out to be

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Revenir en arrière

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To go backyard

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Mener

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To lead

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Éclairer l’esprit, sensibiliser

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To raise awareness

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Être lié à

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To be bound up to

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Être submergé

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To be overwhelmed/submerged

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Un comportement

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A behavior

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Une tendance

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A trend

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17
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Doubler (2)

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To doubled

To increase twofold

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18
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Passer la barre du milliard

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To passed the billion mark

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19
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Repousser (la retraite)

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To postpone (retiree)

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20
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Agrandir un écart

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To widen a gap

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21
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Abandonner une politique

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To scrap a policy

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22
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La croyance populaire

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Popular belief

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23
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Déboucher sur

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To result in

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24
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Découler de

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To result from

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25
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Un fardeau

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A burden

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26
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Être impatient de faire…

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To look forward to do

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Un bouc émissaire

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A scapegoat

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Porter le chapeau

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To be the scapegoat

To be scapegoated for

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29
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Idyllique

Lugubre

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Rosy

Gloomy

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30
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Entraver

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To hamper

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31
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Préconiser

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Advocates

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32
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Mettre en œuvre une réforme

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To implement a reform

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33
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Subir

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Undergo

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34
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Mettre à exécution

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Go through with

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35
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Remplir une tâche

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To fulfill a task

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36
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Se plier aux souhaits de qqn

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To pander to sbody’s wishes

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37
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Exercer

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Wield

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38
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Illustrer parfaitement

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Epitomise

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39
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Le modèle/ le motif

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The pattern

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40
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Stupéfiant

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Staggering

Striking

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41
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Un grand changement

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A shift

42
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Souligner

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To underline

43
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Prospérer

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To thrive

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Une économie prospère

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A thriving economy

45
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Être réticent (3)

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To be loth/reluctant/unwilling

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Continuer

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To go on

47
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Se rapprocher de

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To move closer to

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Être en avance sur

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To be ahead of

49
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Rattraper

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To catch up with

50
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À l’heure/à temps

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On Time/in time

51
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Quel dommage !

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What a pity !

52
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Mettre en danger

Menacer

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To endanger
To threaten
To jeopardize

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Jusqu’à présent

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Until now

54
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Semer le chaos

Causer bcp de dégâts

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To wreak havoc

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Être grondé

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To be told off

To be scolded

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Sur le point de

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About to

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Au bord de

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On the verge of

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Se disputer

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To argue

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Se quereller

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To quarrel

60
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Réchauffement climatique

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Global warming

61
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Ralentir

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To slowdown

62
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Affirmer (2)

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To claim

To asset

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Non plus

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Either

64
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Ce dernier

Ce premier

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The latter

The former

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Atteindre

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To reach

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Afficher

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To put up

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Distribuer des tracts

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To give out handouts/leaflets

68
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Pouvant atteindre

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Up to

69
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Militer

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To campaign

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Riche (3)

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Well off
Wealthy
Rich

71
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Avoir confiance dans

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To feel confident about

72
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Être accueilli

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To be greeted

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Être acclamé

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To be hailed

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Un responsable

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An official

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Se réjouir

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To be delighted

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Les chiffres

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The figure

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Être tout le contraire de

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To stand in sharp contrast with

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Un champs d’étude

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À field of study

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Être perplexe

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To be puzzle

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Enquêteur, sondeur

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Pollster

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Famille proche

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Close relatives

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Imaginer, se représenter

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To picture

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Être embauché

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To be hired

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Un journaliste indépendant

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A freelance journalist

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Supporter, soutenir

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To back

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Être précis

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To be accurate

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Un voyage

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A trip

A journey

88
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Fatiguant (2)

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Tiring

Exhausting

89
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Bondé

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Crowded

90
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La foule

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The crowd

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Licencier

Licencier (plan social)

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To dismiss

To lay off

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Réussir à

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To manage to

To succeed in

93
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S’attaquer à

Résoudre

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To tackle

To address

94
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Prendre à bras le corps

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To come to grips with

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Fuir

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To flee

To run away

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Être déclaré disparu

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To be reported missing

97
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Comparer (2)

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To compare

To liken

98
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L’esprit critique

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Critical thinking skills

99
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Mettre les choses en perspective

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To put things into perspective

100
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Voir à travers qqn

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To see through sbody