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Intervenir

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To step in / To intervene

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Le déclanchement

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The outbreak

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Engager les hostilités

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To engage in hostilites

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Prendre les armes

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To take up arms

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Etre en guerre contre

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To be at war with

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Riposter

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To retaliate

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Représailles

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Retaliations / Reprisal

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Etre en quarantaine

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To be in quarantine

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Etre mis en quarantaine

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To be put under a quarantine

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Déployer des troupes

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To array / deploy troops

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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Renverser (gouvernement)

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To overthrow

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Le contrecoup

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The aftereffect / the aftershock

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Le moral

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The morale

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(En) prendre un coup

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To take a bit of a bashing

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Encaisser le coup

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To reel under the blow

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Retourner sa veste

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To change one’s colours

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Une défection (faire défaut à qqn)

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A defection / a withdrawal of support

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Un allié indéfectble

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An unshakable ally

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Exiger

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To exact / to demand

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Clouer qqn au sol

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To pin down sb

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Attendre l’ordre de lancer l’offensive

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To hold fire

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Un marché aux puces

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A flea market

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Vendre qqch bon marché

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To sell smth for a song

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Négocier
To bargain about / to haggle over
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Une foire / un parce d'attraction
Un fun fair
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Renverser la tendance
To reverse engines
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Des célibataires endurcis
Confirmed bachelors
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Des vieilles villes
Spinsters
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Soi-disant
So-called
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Possible / éventuel
Prospective
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Etre rassemblé
To be congregated
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A l'extérieur
In the open air / outdoor
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Un groupe
A lot
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Un sort / un destin
A lot
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Beaucoup
A lot
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En aucune façon
By no means
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Parmi
Amid(st) / among(st)
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La silhouette
The figure
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Faire une sale tronche / une sale tête
To cut a poor / sorry figure.
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Légèrement
Slightly
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Courbé
Convex
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Guibolles
Shanks
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Un nez en trompette
A turned-up nose
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Hautain
Haughty
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Aller aux toilettes
To go to the loo
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Des guirlandes
Tinsels
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La matière première
The raw material
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Une traversée
A crossing / a passage
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Un bateau
A boat
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Un navire
A ship
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Une embarcation
A craft
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A radeau
A raft
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Un paquebot
A liner
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Une cabine
A cabin
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Le port
The harbour
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Une couchette
A berth
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Une chaise-longue
A deck-chair
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Une couverture de voyage
A rug
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Un train de marchandises
A goods train
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Une locomotive
A steam engine
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Un chauffeur de train
A stoker
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Une gare
A station
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Un chef de train
A guard
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Un wagon
A carriage / a coach
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Un fourgon à bagages
A luggage-van
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Une place
A seat
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Un compartiment
A compartment
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Un filet à bagages
A luggage-rack
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Un employé des chemins de fer
A railway clerk
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La consigne
The left-luggage office
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La salle d'attente
The waiting-room
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Le quai
The platform
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Le buffet de la gare
The refreshment-room
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Un aller simple
A single-ticket
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Un billet aller-retour
A return-ticket
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Un ticket en règle
A valid ticket
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Combien coûte un billet pour Londres ?
How much is the fare to London ?
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Avoir le feu vert
To get the go-ahead
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Un brocanteur
A second-hand dealer
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Un particulier
A private individual
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Rentrer chez soi (armée)
To be discharged
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La portée, l'étendue
The extent
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Etre sur le qui-vive
To be alarmed
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Faire la guerre
To make war
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Condamner à mort
To sentence to death
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Un compromis
A compromise
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Un adversaire, un opposant
An opponent
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Dédaigneux
Disdainful
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Hautain (litt)
Supercilious
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Une voix sonore
A carrying voice
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Etre au diapason / dans la note / à l'unisson
To be in keeping
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Faire passer un message, faire passer, transmettre
To convey
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Un sale phallocrate
A male chauvinist pig
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Le manques de qch
The want of smth
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Un arriviste, un parvenu
A go-getter
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Une voix trainante
A drawl
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Pincer la voix très haut
To pitch one's voice
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Une barrière
A fence
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Une haie
A fence
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Avoir le cul entre deux chaises
To sit on the fence
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Enjoué
Jolly
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Une cavalière chevronée
A riding-mistress
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La vénerie
The hunting field
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La lie de l'humanité
The scum of the earth
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Belliqueux
Warlike
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Aller de l'avant
To move forward
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S'en tirer, s'en sortir
To cope
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Sauf si
Unless
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Sauf (adv)
Except / but / save
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Sain et sauf
Safe and sound
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Gâché
Spoilt
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Un petit morveux
A little brat
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Chéri (adj)
Cherished
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Choyé
Pampered
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Elever dans du coton
To mollycoddle
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Choyer
To coddle / to pamper
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Avoir un métier
To have a career
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Avoir son métier à soi
To have an occupation of one's own
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Assurer (gérer)
To get by
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Assurer (gérer)
To hold / stand one's own / ground

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