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1
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Soutenir, appuyer

A

To back

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Faire un raté, échouer, avoir l’inverse de l’effet prévu

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To backfire

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Arrière-plan
Milieu
Documentation
Experience

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Background

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Retour de baton, contre coup

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Backlash

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5
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Interdire, proscrire à

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To ban

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6
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Faire faillite

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To go bankrupt

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7
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Exclure, empêcher

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To bar

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8
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Sauf, exepté

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Bar(barring)

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9
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The bar

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Le barreau

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10
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Marchander

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To bargain

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De base, fondamental

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Basic

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12
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A la base

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Basically

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13
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Base

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Basis

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14
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Ne pas se laisser abattre

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To bear up

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15
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Ne pas oublier

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Bear in mind

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16
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Tendance vers le haut/bas

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Upbeat/downbeat

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17
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Martyriser

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Batter

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18
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Comportements

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Behavior

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19
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Etre resolu de faire qlqchose

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To be bent on

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20
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Se plier en quatre

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To bend over backwards

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21
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Parier

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To bet

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22
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Trahir

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To betray

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23
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Révéler

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To betray

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24
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Desorienté, dérouté

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Bewildered

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25
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Inclination, tendance, partie pris

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Bias

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26
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Faire une offre

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To bid

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27
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Ordonner, enjoindre

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Bid

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28
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Projet de loi

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Bill

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29
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Facture, addition

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Bill

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30
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Billet de banque

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A $10 bill

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31
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Poster

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Billboard

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32
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Faire du chantage

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To blackmail

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33
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Explosion

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Bladt

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34
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Frayer un chemin, innover

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To blaze a path, a trail

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35
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Desole, desert, peu prometteur

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Bleak

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36
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Bloquer les prix

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To block prices

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37
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Blocus, barrage

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Blockade

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38
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Souffler

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To blow

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39
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Un coup

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A blow

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40
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Calmer, s’apaiser

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To blow over

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41
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Exploser, faire exploser, s’emporter contre qlqun

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To blow up

42
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Etre brusque, sans mâcher ses mots

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To give a blunt answer

43
Q

Soutenir, renforcer

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To bolster

44
Q

Hausser, faire monter

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To boost

45
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Une aubaine

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A boon

46
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Etre presque sûr de faire qlqchose

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To be bound to do sth

47
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Etre plongé dans

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To be bound up in

48
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Être tenu,

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To be bound by duty, law

49
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Etre en route pour

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To be bound for

50
Q

Freiner, ralentir

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To brake

51
Q

Succursale

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Branch

52
Q

Etendre ses activités

A

To branch out

53
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Bifurquer

A

To branch off

54
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Marque

A

Brand

55
Q

Image de marque

A

Brand image

56
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Marquer, accuser, qualifier de

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To brand

57
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Flambant neuf

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Brand-New

58
Q

Rupture de contrat

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Breach, to breach a promise, a law..

59
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Chance, veine

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Break (to give sbdy a break)

60
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Reduction d’impôts

A

Tax breaks

61
Q

Tomber en panne

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To break down

62
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Entrer par effraction

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To break into

63
Q

Eclater, se déclencher

A

To break out

64
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Faire une percée

A

To break through

65
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Interrompre, faire une coupure

A

To break up

66
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Respirer

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To breathe

67
Q

Respiration

A

Breath

68
Q

Le souffle coupé

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Breathless

X

69
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Élever, faire de l’élevage

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To breed

70
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Une race, une espèce

A

A breed

71
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Faire naître, engendrer

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To breed

72
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Acheter, soudoyer

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To bribe

73
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Elever, éduquer

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To bring up

74
Q

Soulever une question

A

Bring up

75
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Large, vaste

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Broad

76
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Large d’esprit, ouvert

A

Broadminded

77
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Elargir

A

To broaden

78
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Dans les grandes lignes

A

Broadly speaking

79
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Emettre, diffuser

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To broadcast

80
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Diffuser (tv)

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To beam

81
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Diffuser en direct

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To broadcast live

82
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Fardeau, charge

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Burden

83
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Etre chargé de, accablé par

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To be burdened with

84
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Pesant, écrasant

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Burdensome

85
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Brûler

A

Burn

86
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Incendier complètement

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To burn down

87
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S’éteindre, griller

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To burn out

88
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Stress, tension, nerveuse

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Burnout

89
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Eclater, exploser

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To burst

90
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Entrer, sortir précipitamment

A

To burst in, into, out of

91
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Enterrer

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To bury

92
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Enterrement, obsèques

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Burial

93
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Enfoncer, plonger(au sens figuré)

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Bury

94
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Faire faillite

A

To go bust

95
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Les affaires

A

Les affaires

96
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Un commerce, une société

A

A business

97
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Passons aux choses sérieuses

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Let’s get down to business

98
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Mêlez-vous de ce qui vous regarde

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Mind your own business

99
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Ecole de commerce

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Business school

100
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S’affairer

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To bustle

101
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Excitation, remue-ménage

A

Bustle