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scrutin / sondages

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polling (data)

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une enquête, une étude

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a survey

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une personne interrogée

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a respondent

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couper, tailler

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to hew

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chef supreme, suzerain

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overlord

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comédie romantique

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a romcom

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fonctionnement interne, les rouages internes

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inner workings

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marmonner

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to mumble

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complêtement

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altogether

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une position (politique)

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a (political) stance

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surmonter (sortir d’un moment difficile)

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to cope with

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enlisé, embourbé

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bogged

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un marécage, un marais, une tourbière

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a bog

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exposer les grandes lignes de

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to outline smthg

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qui n’as que trop tardé, qui aurait du être fait depuis longtemps

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overdue

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c’est loin d’être

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it is far from

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un mécène

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a patron

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estimer (dans le sens de penser)

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to reckon

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je ne vois personne (le fait de penser)

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i can’t think of

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les ancêtres

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the forebears

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l’exemple même / l’incarnation de

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the epitome of

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incarner, être l’exemple même

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to epitomize

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mettre sur écoute un téléphone

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to bug a phone, to tap a phone, wiretapping

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un passant (2)

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a passerby, a bystander

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une ville animée (2)

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a bustling city, a lively city

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rendre visite à quelqu’un (2)

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to call on somebody, to visit somebody

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“monsieur tout le monde”

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“the man in the street”

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au top de sa forme

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at his best

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prendre le thé (2)

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to have tea / to have some tea

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à ses cotés

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at one’s side

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fermement, résolument, sans relâche

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steadfastly

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incliné

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tilted, angled, sloping

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s’asseoir

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to sit (down)

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Ca va causer ta perte

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It will lead to your downfall

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avoir de l’esprit

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to be witty

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rusé comme un renard

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as sly as a fox

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l’esprit

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wit

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exagérer, en faire trop

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to overdo

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promouvoir (un travail)

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to upgrade

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un adjoint

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a deputy

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en cours, continuel

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ongoing

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une polémique

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a controversy

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surenchérir

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to outbid

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sous-évaluer

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to underprice

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submerger

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to overwhelm

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soulever qqchose

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to lift up, to raise, to uplift

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précurseur (3)

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a forerunner, a pioneer, a trailblazer

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un radeau

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a raft

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un paquebot

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a liner

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“un homme averti en vaut deux”

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Forewarned is forearmed

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les aïeux (2)

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forebears, ancestors

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devenir trop grand pour qqchose

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to outgrow sthg

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surpasser en puissance de feu

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to outgun

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surpasser

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to outdo

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surcharger (donner trop de travail) (3)

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to overburden, to overload, to overwork

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chambre d’hotel

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hotel room

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faire payer

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to charge sbdy

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faire payer trop cher

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to overcharge sbdy

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surfait

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overrated

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accomplir

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to achieve

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décuple, augmenté par dix

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tenfold

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le problème est double

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the problem is twofold

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probabilité

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likelihood

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Selon toute vraisemblance

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in all likelihood

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Il a peu de chance de réussir

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there is little likelihood that he succeed

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déprimer

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to de

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plein de culpabilité

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guilt-laden, debt-laden

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déprimer (5)

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to be depressed, dejected, fed up, feel fed up, feel demoralized

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de caractère, de tête

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strong-minded

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éphémère

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short-lived

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une vingtaine d’année (approximation) (3)

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20-odd yeas, about 20 years, 20 years or so…

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frissonner, trembler

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to shiver

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mal gérer, gérer en dépit du bon sens

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to mismanage

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déformer les propos, citer inexactement

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to misquote

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citer qqn

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to quote sbdy

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le grand favoris (éléctions)

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the odds-on favourite

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la côte de popularité

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approval rating

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titulaire

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incumbent

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un député

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MP (UK), Congressman (US)

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inoffensif (2)

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harmless, innocuous

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important, considérable, radical

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far-reaching

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entrer en vigueur, entrer en application

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to come into force

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neutraliser

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to innocuous smthg

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préciser, spécifier

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to specify sthg

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et beaucoup plus, bien plus

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a lot more

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l’ampleur

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the breadth

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prendre parti pour

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to take sides

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sectarisme, intolérance

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bigotry

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la pensée collective Américain

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the American psyche

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la haine de la race

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Race hate

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priver du droit de vote

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to disenfranchise sbdy

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racisme persistant, durable

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lingering/latent racism

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discrimination bancaire

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redlining

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non reconnu, méconnu, ignoré

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unacknowledged

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un tournant, un moment décisif

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a turning point

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enhardir, donner du courage à

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to embolden sbdy

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valoriser qqn

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to empower sbdy

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descendre dans la rue

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to take to the street

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revigorer, redynamiser

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to reinvigorate

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se vanter

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to boast

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ses semblables

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the likes of him, his ilk

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expulser d’un foyer

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to evict sbdy from a house

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tomber de quelquechose (en roulant)

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to roll off sthg

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enfiler

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to throw on

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condition préalable / sine qua non

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prerequisite

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une discussion en privée

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a cosy chat

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éteindre un feu

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to put out a fire

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une cravache (pour un cheval)

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a wooding stick

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un baton de marche

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a walking stick

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un tire bouchon

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a corkscrew

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un saladier

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a salad bowl

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une étagère

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a shelf

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tendre

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to hand

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épargner

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to spare

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ne pas ménager sa peine

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to spare no effort

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reprendre son souffle

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to catch one’s breath

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un informatitien

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an IT engineer/ a computer engineer

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nuancer

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to qualify

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les chiffres parlent d’eux mêmes

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figures speak for themselves

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détruire un mythe

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to dispel/ debunk a myth

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cela appartient au passé

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it is a thing of the past / it belongs to history

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sonner le glas de (la fin)

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to toll the knell for sthg

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polyglotte

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multilingual / polyglot

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milieu naturel

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natural habitat

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drame (évenement tragique)

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a tragedy

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totalitarisme

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totalitarianism

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relater

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to recount, relate, talk about

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mettre fin à

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to put a stop to, to put an end to

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se confier à qqn

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to confide in somebody

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prétendre

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to claim

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affirmer

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to maintain,

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un groom

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a bellboy

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un parking

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a car park

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un lifting

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a facelift

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a jogging

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a tracksuit

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un caddy

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a trolley

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faire de la prison

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to serve time (in prison)

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pratique

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useful

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descendre les escaliers

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to go down the stairs

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deux ou trois (figuré)

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a couple/ a few

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un hôtellier

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an hotelier

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descendre de son nuage (figuré)

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to get down off a cloud

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mitraillette

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sub-machine gun

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faire de son mieux

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to do one’s best/ to do the best you can

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se dépêcher (se hâter)

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to hurry, to rush

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c’est le jour et la nuit

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they are like chalk and cheese

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devoir citoyen

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civic duty, civic responsibility

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réquisitionner

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to requisition

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sans prix, inestimable

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priceless

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d’aucune valeur, sans valeur

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worthless/ valueless

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un travail bâclé

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a botched job

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faire le bilan de quelquechose

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to take stock of something

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couverture médiatique

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media coverage

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stimuler les audiences

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to boost audience rating

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déterrer quelque chose

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to dig smthg up

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chien de garde

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a watchdog

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gardien, gardienne, défenseur, garde-fou (figuratif)

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a watchdog

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un chausse pied

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a shoehorn

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