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Tomber, baisser, laisser tomber

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To drop

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Pousser qn à faire qch

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To drive sb to do sth

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Travail pénible et ingrat, corvée

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Drudgery

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Jeter, rejeter

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To dump

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S’affaiblir, diminuer

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To dwindle down, away (to decline)

A dwindling economy

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Eager to

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Désireux de

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Réservé, affecté à (personne, fonds)

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Earmarked for ( to set aside, intended for)

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Cellule souche

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Stem cell

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Gagner

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To earn

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Tremblement de terre

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Earthquake

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Economique

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Economic

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Econome (personne), économique (chose)

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Economical

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Économie (argent mis de côté)

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Savings

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L’économie d’un pays

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The economy

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1) Bord
2) être nerveux, irritable
3) à la pointe du progrès

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1) edge
2) to be edgy, on edge
3) to be on the leading / cutting edge

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Qui a de l’effet

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Effective

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Efficace

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Efficient

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1) Assez âgé
2) les personnes âgés
3) le vieillissement

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1) elderly
2) an elderly person
3) the elderly

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Escroquer, détourner des fonds

2) escroc
3) détournement de fonds

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To embezzle

1) embezzler
2) embezzlement

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Souligner, insister sur

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To emphasize

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Employer, embaucher

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To employ (to hire, to engage, to take on)

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Empiéter sur

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To encroach on

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S’efforcer de, s’appliquer à faire qch

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To endeavor to do something (to make an effort)

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Appliquer, faire obéir, respecter

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To enforce

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Embaucher

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To engage

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Ingénieur

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Engineer

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Être absorbé par, plongé dans

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To be engrossed in (to be wrapped up in)

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Mettre en valeur, rehausser la valeur de qch, valoriser, augmenter

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To enhance

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S’inscrire, inscrire qn

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To enroll (to register, to sign up)

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Assurer, garantir

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To ensure

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Comporter,nécessiter

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To entail

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L’exemple parfait, le sommet

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Epitome

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Égal

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Equal

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Propriété, fortune, biens

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Estate

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Finalement, en fin de compte

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Eventually

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Preuve, témoignage

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Evidence

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Évoluer

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To evolve

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Cadre, administrateur

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Executive

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Épuiser (forces, stock)

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To exhaust

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Se développer, s’accroître

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To expand

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S’attendre à (ce que), prévoir, attendre

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Expect

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Dépenses, frais

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Expenses

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Exploser

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To explode

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Exportations

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Exports

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Élargir, étendre, prolonger

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To extend

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Étendu, ampleur

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Extent

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Être face à

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To face (to be faced, confroncated with)

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Échouer

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To fail

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Juste, équitable, honnête

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Fair

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Falsifier, faire semblant

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To fake

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Tomber, chuter

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To fall

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Se laisser distancer, être à la traine

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To fall behind

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Se brouiller, se fâcher

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To fall out

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Ne pas atteindre le niveau, les qualités attendues

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To fall short of (to disapoint)

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Tomber à l’eau

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To fall through

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Hésiter, vaciller

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To falter

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Renommée

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Fame

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Manière

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To fashion

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Le destin

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Fate

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Sonder, pénétrer, comprendre

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To fathom

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Faute, défaut, anomalie

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Fault

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Trait, caractéristique

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Feature

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Nourrir, alimenter

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To feed

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Comprendre, arriver à saisir

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To figure août

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Chiffres

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Figures

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Classer, ranger sur fichier

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To file

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Donner une amende

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To fin

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Renvoyer, virer,licencier

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To fire

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Convenir à, correspondre

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To fit