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1
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Embouteillages

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Traffic jam

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Un moyen de transport

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A mean of transport

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Disfonctionnement

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Disruption

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Fiable

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Reliable

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Faire avec

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To make do with

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Douceur

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Gentleness

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Pivoter

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To swivel

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Être sincère

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To be genuine

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Un bon moment

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Quite a while

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Idiot

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Foolish

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Avarice

Cupidité

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Greed

Cupidity

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Par égard pour moi

Pour l’amour de Dieu

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For my sake

For heaven’s sake

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Manger pour le plaisir de manger

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Eat for the sake of eating

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La campagne

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The countryside

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Un grenier

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An attic

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Défaire une politique

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To undo a policy

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Abroger une loi

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To repeal a law

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Délivrer des décrets exécutifs

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To issue executive orders/decrees

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La pierre angulaire

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The cornerstone

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Marge de manœuvre

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Leeway

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Faire un procès

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To sue

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Un canular

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A hoax

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Être dépendant de

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To be reliant on

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Développement durable

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Sustainable development

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Énergie renouvelable

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Renewable energy

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Octroyer des subventions

Être subventionné

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To grant subsidies

To be granted by subsidies

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Près de la

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Nearby

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Aspirer ardemment à

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To yearn to

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Hausser les épaules

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To shrug

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Chérir l’idée

Nourrir l’espoir

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To cherish the idea of

To nurture the hope of

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Banlieue difficile (3)

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A problem area
An inner city
A socially-deprived area

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Un conté

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A county

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Bétonner

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To concrete

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Un cambrioleur

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A burglar

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Un agresseur

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A mugger

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Capot (voiture)

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Bonnet (U.K.)

Hood (U.S.)

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Coffre (voiture)

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Boot (U.K.)

Trunk (U.S.)

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Vous quelqu’un en chair et en os

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To see sbody in the flesh

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Un personne très dépensière (2)

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An extravagant person

A spendthrift

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Être excellent

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To be outstanding

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Nous sommes censé comprendre

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We are meant to understand

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Une conspiration

Un complot

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A conspiracy

A plot

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Comploter contre qqn

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To plot against sbody

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Bidon (2)

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Bogus/ fake/phony

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Causer

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To bring about

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Ternir la réputation de qqn

Saper la crédibilité de qqn

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To tarnish sbody’s reputation

To undermine sbody’s credibility

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Campagne de diffamation

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A smear campaign

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Faire deux poids deux mesures

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To operate double standards

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Calomnier (journaux, discours)

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Newspaper : to libel

Speeches : to stander

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Dominer/surpasser/

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To outgun sbody

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A un bas niveau record

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At a record low

At a all-time low

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Être voué à l’échec

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To be doomed to failure

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Rester au second rang

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To take a back seat

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États indécis (pour vote)

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Purple/swing/battleground States

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sceller le sort de qqn

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To seal the fate of sbody

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La haine

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The hatred

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Revenir en force

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To come roaring back

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Un traître (2)

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A traitor

A turncoat

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Le plafond de verre

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The glass ceiling

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À en croire l’éditorialiste

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If the columnist is to be believed

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La messe était dite

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The writing was on the wall

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Infortuné

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Ill-fated

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Mal interprété

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Misconstruing

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Force de volonté

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Willpower

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Audace

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Boldness

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Malveillance

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Malice

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Tromperie

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Deceitfulness

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Une soif interchangeable de pouvoir

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An unquenchable thirst of power

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Être déterminé à faire

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To be intent to do sthg

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Ne pas ménager ses efforts

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To spare no expense and effort

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Faire la caricature

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To lampoon

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Être englué dans un scandale

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To be embroiled in a scandal

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Déjouer

Être roulé

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To outwit

To be outwitted

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Reprendre son cours (2)

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To go back to normal

To be business as usual

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Souffrance (2)

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Pain

Suffering

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Tristesse (2)

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Sadness

Sorrow

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Se serrer les coudes (2)

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To stand side by side

To stand shoulder by shoulder

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Avoir un rôle majeur

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To play a major role

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Être au cœur de l’économie

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To be in the core of the economy

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Une position (2)

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A stance, a position

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Nuancer

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To qualify

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Avoir des comptes à rendre

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To be accountable

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Capitalisme éclairé
Éthique commerciale
Commerce équitable

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Enlighted capitalism
Business ethics
Fair trade

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Donner un exemple

3 façons

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A telling example of…is…
. Witness,… which is…
…, as exemplified by…

85
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Tenir qqn responsable pour

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To hold sbody responsible for sthg

86
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(Ne pas) avoir des sculptures

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To have (no) qualms about sthg

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Être agité

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To be restless

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Cela ne vaut pas la peine

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It is not worthwhile

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On arrête pour aujourd’hui

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Let’s call it the day

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Embarrassant

Gênant

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Embarrassing

Awkward

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La gêne

A

The awkwardness

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Coléreux

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Quick-tempered

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Un accès de colère

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A fit of anger

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S’occuper de qqn

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To look after sbody

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Se méfier de (2)

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To be wary/distrustful of

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Ni… ni…

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Neither… nor…

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Mal à l’aise (2)

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Ill-at-ease

Inconfortable

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Se mettre en colère

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To fly into a temper/rage

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Être en colère

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To be angry

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Un casse-cou (2)

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A daredevil/ a hothead

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