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Menacer

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Jeopardize

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Une maladresse

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A blunder

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En vain

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All on vain

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Peintre en bâtiment

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A house painter

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Élargir

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To widen

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Renouveler

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To renew

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Critiquer

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Criticize

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Boulot

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Birch

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Acajou

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Mahogany

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Pin

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Pine

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Fréquenter

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To patronize

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Monter en flèche

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To soar

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Avoir des racines profondes

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To hâve deep roots

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Épouvantable

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Awful

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Fermer boutique

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To go out of buisness

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un ennemi

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a foe

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enchanté

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overjoyed

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à juste titre

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justifiably

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une avancée majeur

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breakthrough

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un progrès

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a step forward//an advance

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un lien

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a tie

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un sous fifre

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an underling

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s’épanouir

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to flourish

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céder

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to give up

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SIDA

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AIDS

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OMC

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WTO

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une prévision

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a forecast

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morosité (économie)

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sluggishness

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abbatage

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slaughter

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un licenciement

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a lay-off// redundancy

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un fléau

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a scourge

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dernier cri

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state-of-the art

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des dépenses

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spending

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s’accumuler

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to pile up

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militaire

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military force

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Ainsi

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thereby

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par conséquent

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therefore

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juge de Cour Supreme

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Chief Justice

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entreprendre

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to undertake

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bondé

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packed

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Banque centrale

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Federale reserve

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aller chercher

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to fetch (from)

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt
to go bust
to go broke

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une augmentation de salaire

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a wage-rise

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un rang

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a rank

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cadre moyen

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middle-ranking executive

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haussier

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bullish

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augmenter (qqun)

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give a rise

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grandement

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greatly

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agréable

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pleasant

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concitoyens

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fellow-citizens

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un logiciel

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a software programme

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faire rebondir

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to bounce

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environnant

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surrounding

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faire un geste

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to gesture

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gagne-pain

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livelihood

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un prêt

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a loan

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un combiné (téléphone)

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a handset

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fiable

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reliable

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rembourser

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to pay back

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une rémunération// frais

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a fee

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large

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wide

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ligne de communication

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landline

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s’enorgeillir

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to pride

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autonomie

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self-reliance

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allocation chomage

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dole

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propriétaire

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homeowner

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stupéfiant

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staggering

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étalage

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array

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une subvention

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a subsidy

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étiquette (prix)

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price tag

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part (=action)

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holding

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une botte

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a boot

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demeure

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dwelling

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un emprunt immobiler

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a mortgage

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une saisie

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a foreclosure

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encourageant

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hopeful

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désordre

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mess

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subventionné par l’état

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state-subsidized

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tremblant

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shaky

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un poste

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a position

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cheminée

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chimney

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ramoner

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to sweep (swept,swept)

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un avocat

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a lawyer

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bijoux

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jewels

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rendre

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bring smith back

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briser

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to broke up

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un délégué

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a delegate

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mécontent

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annoyed

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exorbitant

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outrageous

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malheureux

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unhappy

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pourtant

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yet

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une note

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a mark

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conseiller à

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to advice to

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sans interruption

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on end

uninterruptedly

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tricoter

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to knit

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écharpe en laine

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wool scarf

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repasser

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to iron

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empressement

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willingness

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passioné (entrainant)

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rousing

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gauchiste

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leftist

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propension (inclinaison, tendance)

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proclivities

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fournir (qq chose à q’un)

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to supply

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perspicacité

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insight

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réaction instinctive

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knee-jerk

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peu flatteur

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unflattering

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vivement (avec enthousiasme)

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keenly

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prendre conscience de

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to be aware of

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en cours

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ongoing

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limpide

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unclouded

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inconscient

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oblivious

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inconscient (cerveau)

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the unconscious

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insouciant

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blithe

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résultat

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upshot

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sectarisme

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bigotry

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frapper

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to struck

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répétition

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rote

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apprendre par coeur

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rote-learning

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réticent

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grudging

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impecable

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spotless

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traître

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treacherous

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agitateur

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rabble-rouser

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tyranniser

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to bully sme

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se moquer de

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to taunt

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par la suite

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subsequently

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accablant

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overwhelming

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ennemi juré

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archrival

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intelligemment

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cannily

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faire une bourde

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to blunder

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un empoté

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a blumber

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une marée noire

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an oil spill

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desceller

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to strike

unseal

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“accent” (tonalité)

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tone

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stratégie, scénario

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playbook

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soutenir

  • idées
  • autre
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to support
to maintain
to back

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début

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outset

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saisir (comprendre= figuré)

-empoigner

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to grasp

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une fuite

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a leak

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plutot

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rather

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pencher

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to lilt/ to lean

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contrariant

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frustrating

testy

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établir (relations)

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to struck up (relations)

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commun

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joint

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inexprimé

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unstated

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parer

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to ward off

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s’associer

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to team up

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proche de

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close TO

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ancien allié

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long lasting olly

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pourparler

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talk

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ennemi éternel

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perennial foe

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agacer

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to annoy

to rile

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une caractéristique

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a feature

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alimenter

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to fuel

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flagrant

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blatant

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prévisible

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predictable

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une tendance

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a trend

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tout d’abord

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to begin with

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