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Week 8 Flashcards

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To drive sb to do sth

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Pousser qn à faire qch

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A driving necessity

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Un besoin impérieux

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To drive out

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Chasser

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To drive

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Conduire

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5
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The drive

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Énergie/ dynamisme / Campagne

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To drop

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Tomber/ baisser/ laisser tomber

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A dip

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Une légère baisse

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8
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A drop out

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Qn qui abandonne ses études ou son travail et se met en marge de la société

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Drought

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Sécheresse

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10
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To dry

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Sécher

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11
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Drugery

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Travail pénible et ingrat/ corvée

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12
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Dubious

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Douteux

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13
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Dull

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Ennuyeux

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14
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To dull

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Atténuer/ engourdir/ diminuer

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15
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To dump

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Jeter/ rejeter

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16
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Garbage/ rubbish dump

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Dépotoir/ décharge

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17
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To dump goods

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Faire du dumping

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18
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To dwell on

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S’étendre sur (une pensée)

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19
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To dwell

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Habiter/ demeurer

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20
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The cave-dwellers

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Les hommes des cavernes

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21
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To dwindle

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S’affaiblir/ diminuer

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22
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Eager to

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Désireux de

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23
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Earmarked for

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Réservé/ affecté à

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24
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To earn

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Gagner

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25
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To earn one’s living

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Gagner sa vie

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26
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Earnings

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Gains

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27
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To win

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Gagner une course/ un match/…

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28
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Earthquake

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Tremblement de terre

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29
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To ebb

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Refluer/ décliner

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30
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The ebb and the flow

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Le flux et le reflux

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31
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Upstream/ downstream

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En amont/ en aval

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32
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To float

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Flotter

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33
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Economic

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Économique

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34
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Economics

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Les sciences économiques

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35
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Economical

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Econome/ économique

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36
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To economize

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Économiser

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37
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Savings

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Économies

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38
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The economy

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L’économie du pays

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39
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To moonlight

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Travailler au noir

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40
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Economist

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Économiste

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41
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Edge

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Bord

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42
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To be edgy/ on edge

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Être nerveux/ irritable

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43
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To be on the leading/ cutting edge

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Être à la pointe du progress

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44
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To edge forward

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Avancer petit à petit

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45
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To edge up to sb

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S’approcher de qn petit à petit

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46
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To edge up to a competitor

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Prendre la place d’un concurrent

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47
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To edge out a competitor

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Prendre la place d’un concurrent2

48
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To have an edge on sb

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Avoir un avantage sur qn

49
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To edit

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Préparer en vue d’une publication / Diriger/ être rédacteur en chef / Faire du montage / Corriger

50
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Effective

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Qui a de l’effet / Efficace

51
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Effectively

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Avec effet/ efficacement

52
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Efficient

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Efficace

53
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Efficiency

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Efficacité

54
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Egregious

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Gros/ flagrant/ choquant

55
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To elapse

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S’écouler

56
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Elation

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Exultation/ joie/ alégresse

57
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To be elated

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Être transporté de joie

58
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Elderly

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Assez âgé

59
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The elderly

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Les personnes âgées

60
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Ageing

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Le vieillissement

61
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To elicit

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Susciter/ faire dire

62
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Embedded in

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Scellé/ fixé dans

63
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To embezzle

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Escroquer/ détourner des fonds

64
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Embezzler

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Escroc

65
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Embezzlement

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Détournement de fonds

66
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To embody

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Incarner

67
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Embodiment

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Incarnation

68
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Emergency

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Urgence

69
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To emerge

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Émerger

70
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To emphasize

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Souligner/ insister sur

71
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Emphasis

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Accent

72
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To empower

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Autoriser ou donner à qn le pouvoir / Rendre plus fort/ plus confiant/ permettre à qn de faire qch

73
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To employ

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Employer/ embaucher

74
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Employer

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Employeur

75
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an employee

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Salarié

76
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Employment

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L’emploi

77
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Self-employed

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Travailler indépendant/ artisan

78
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A white collar worker

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Employé de bureau

79
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Clerk

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Petit personnel de bureau

80
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To encompass

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Entourer/ inclure

81
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To encroach on

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Empiéter sur

82
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To endeavor to do sth

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S’efforcer de/ s’appliquer à faire qch

83
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An endeavor

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Un effort/ une tentative

84
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To endorse

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Souscrire à/ approuver/ endosser

85
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To enforce

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Appliquer/ faire obéir/ respecter

86
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To enact a law

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Promulguer une loi

87
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To be engaged in doing sth

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Être en train de faire qch

88
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To get engaged

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Se fiancer

89
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Engineer

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Ingénieur

90
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To study engineering

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Faire des études d’ingénieur

91
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Engineering school

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École d’ingénieur

92
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To engineer a project

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Diriger/ mettre sur pied

93
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Re-engineering

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Restructuration

94
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To be engrossed in

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Être absorbé par/ plongé dans

95
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To enhance

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

96
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Enhancement

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Valorisation/ valeur ajoutée

97
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To enlist

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S’engager/ s’enrôler dans/ recruter

98
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To enroll

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S’inscrire/ inscrire qn

99
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Enrollment

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Inscription

100
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To ensure

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Assurer/ garantir

101
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To entail

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Comporter/ nécessiter

102
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Entanglement

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Emmêlement/ implication

103
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To be/get entangled

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S’emmêler/ se laisser entrainer

104
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To disentangle

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Démêler

105
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To be implicated in

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Être impliqué dans

106
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Entertainment

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Divertissement/ amusement

107
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A show

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Un spectacle/ une exposition

108
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A play

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Une pièce de théâtre

109
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Film director

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Cinéaste/ realisateur

110
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Enthralling

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Fascinant/ captivant/ passionnant

111
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To enthrall

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Captiver

112
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An exciting book

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Un livre passionnant

113
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An impassioned speech

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Un discours passionné

114
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To entice

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Séduire/ leurrer

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Enticing

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Attrayant/ tentant

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Entitlement

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Le fait d’avoir droit a qqchose (allocations chômage/ sécu)

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