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1
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Garer sa voiture

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To draw up his car

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Rendre visite à qqn

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To visit sbody

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Un gros porteur

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A wide-bodied jet

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Faire grincer des dents

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Make sbody cringe

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Se pencher sur (2)

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To focus on

To look into

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Une inauguration

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A grand opening

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Abriter

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To house

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La visite

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The tour

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Représenter

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To depict

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Monter

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Go upstairs

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Avec impatience

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Eagerly

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Mécènes

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Patrons

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Dont la moitié

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Half of whom (personne)

Half of which (chose)

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Financer

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To fund

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Incarner

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To embody

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Être l’exemple même du progrès

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Be the very epitome/embodiment of progress

Be progress itself

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17
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Ancêtres (3)

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Ancestors
Forebears
Forefathers

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Trembler

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To shiver

To shake

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19
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Héberger

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To put sbody up

To accommodate sbody

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20
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Une dispute

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An argument

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21
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Se débrouiller seul (3)

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To fend for himself
To manage on his own
To get by by himself

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22
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Sortir avec qqn

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To date someone

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23
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Mettre à la porte

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To throw out

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24
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Je ne supporte pas … (3)

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I can’t stand/bear/put up with …

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Errer

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To wander

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Dériver

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To drift

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27
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Un type (2)

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A guy

A bloke

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Se fâcher avec qqn

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To fall out with sbody

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29
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Étrange (3)

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Dodgy
Fishy
Shady

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30
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Aléatoire (2)

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Haphazard

Random

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Trépidante

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Hectic

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32
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Odieux

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Heinous

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33
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Morose

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Gloomy/grim/bleak

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Une victoire écrasante

Une victoire submergeante

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A landslide victory

A overwhelming victory

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35
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Un diplômé

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A graduate

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36
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Licencier (plan social)

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To make sbody redundant

To lay off

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37
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Licenciement eco

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Lay offs

Redundancies

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38
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Chercher ses mots

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To grope for words

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39
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Empiéter sur

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To impinge on

To infringe on

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40
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Empêcher, entraver (4)

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Hinder
Prevent
Hamper
Impede

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Éviter

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To avoid

To get out of

42
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Surmonter

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To overcome

To get over

43
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Traverser, subir (3)

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Go through
Experience
Undergo

44
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Sexisme

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Sexism

Male chauvinism

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Laxisme

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Laxity

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Raviver un débat

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To reignite/revive a debate

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Être disposé à

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To be prone to

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Ouvert d’esprit

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Liberal

49
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Un penchant

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A leaning

50
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Rendre visite

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To call on sbody

51
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Appeler à, demander

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To call for

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Ne jurer que par

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To swear by

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Contestataires

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Dissenters

54
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Plaider en faveur de (2)

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To argue for

To make a case for

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Être franc (2)

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To be outspoken

To be vocal

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Être laxiste

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To be lase

57
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Peurs sans fondement

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Ill-founded fears

58
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Exagérer

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To play sthg up

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Atténuer

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To play sthg down

60
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Mettre sur écoute

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To tap a phone

61
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Exploiter les ressources naturelles

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To tap natural ressources

62
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Puiser dans

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To tap into

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Être obligé

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To have no choice but to

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Déclencher

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To spark off

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Un taulé

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An uproar

An outcry

66
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Un retour de bâton

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A backlash

67
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Représenter — % de

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To make for/account for —% if

68
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Il y a 4 fois plus de —

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There are 4 times as many — as — one

69
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Parler d’un élément tabou

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The elephant in the room

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Rabaisser

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To demean

71
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Démissionner (2)

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To resign

To setup down

72
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Être assailli par (2)

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To be beset/surrounded with sthg

73
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Attitude envahissante

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Pervasive attitude

74
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C’est plus intéressant que ça en a l’air

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The is more to eat than meets the eyes

75
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Discrimination positive

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Affirmative action (US)
Positive discrimination (UK)
76
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Marquer un point, faire valoir un argument

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To make a point

77
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Rare

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Scarce

78
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Franchise

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Frankness

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Aduler

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To lionize

80
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Déposer une plainte

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To file/lodge a complaint

81
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Saluer qqn en hero

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To hail sbody as a hero

82
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Suivre les règles à la lettre

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To stick to rules

83
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Honorer sa réputation

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To live up to its reputation

84
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Être dans le pétrin

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To be in the bind

85
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Ignorer (2)

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To overlook

To pay no attention

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La canicule

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The dog days

87
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Technologie à la pointe

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State-of-the-art technology

88
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Cet argument ne tient pas la route

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This argument does not hold water

89
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Naïf, crédule

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Naive, gullible

90
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Élargir (2)

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To broaden

To widen

91
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Présumé

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Alleged

92
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Renvoyer un employé

Rejeter un argument

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To dismiss an employee

To dismiss an argument

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Tromper, leurrer

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To delude

94
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Impliquer

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To Imply

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Gênant, pénible, problématique

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Troublesome

96
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Éclater de rire

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To bust out laughing

97
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Reprendre un magasin

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To take over a shop

98
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Une OPA

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A takeover bid

99
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Être docile

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To be submissive

To be biddable

100
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Raisonnable
Sensible
Absurde

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Sensible
Sensitive
Nonsensical

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