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W-12/13 Flashcards

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Un marché immobilier en mauvaise santé

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The ailing property market

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Des prix défiant toute concurrence

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Rock-bottom prices

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Ne…pas vivre au dessus de ces moyens

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Live within its means

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Blanchiment d’argent

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Money laudering

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Quelque chose de très précieux pour

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A real boon to

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Éviter

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To stave off

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Remettre l’économie sur rails

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To get the economy back on track

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Redresser

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To revitalise

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Attirer des clients

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To pull in shoppers

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Surmonter la crise

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To weather the crisis

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Rendent les intempéries responsables des

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Blame…on the bad weather

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Il ne pourra s’en prendre qu’à lui même

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He’ll have only himself to blame

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Est à la base de

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Underpins

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Ce n’est pas vraiment sorcier

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It’s not rocket science

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Pas besoin d’être un génie pour

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It doesn’t take-off a rocket scientist to

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La cote de popularité du président est de 60%

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The president enjoys a 60% approval rating

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Tempérer leur enthousiasme

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To blunt their enthusiasm

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Limiter la propagation du virus du sida

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To curb the spread of the HIV virus

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Ont voté massivement

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Voted overwhelmingly

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Le groupe de réflexion

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Think-tank

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D’autant plus difficile à comprendre

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All the more difficult to understand

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Le monde vous appartient

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The world is your oyster

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Tenir leur promesse

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To keep their pledge

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Mis en veilleuse

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Put on the back burner

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A besoin qu’on l’aide

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Needs to be given a helping hand

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Inaccessible

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Unattainable

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Un tournant décisif

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A tipping point

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Parlent beaucoup mais agissent peu

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Talk the talk but don’t walk the walk

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Il ne faut pas laisser une minute de répit aux responsables politiques

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Policymakers must not be left off the hook

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La seule super puissance mondiale

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The world’s sole superpower

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Vendre la mèche

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To spill the beans

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Le monde ne tourne pas rond

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The world is out of joint

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Le bonheur est ce que vous en faites

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Happines is what you make of it

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La faute de la société

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Society is to blame

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Gêner, entraver

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To hamper, to hinder

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S’occuper de qqch

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To handle (to deal with)

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1) suspendre, accrocher

2) prendre (qqn)

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To hang

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Traîner qq. part, généralement en attendant qqn

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To hang around, out

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1) garder, ne pas lâcher qqch

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To hang on

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Se serrer les coudes

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To hang together

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40
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Raccrocher

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To hang up

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Sans méthode ou organisation, au hasard

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Haphazard

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Harceler, tracasser

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To harass

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Faire du mal, du tort à qqn, nuire à

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To harm

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Sévère, dur, rigoureux

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Harsh

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1) risquer, hasarder

2) un danger un risque (nom)

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1) to hazard

2) a hazard

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1) chef, en tête de
2) pile ou face
3) rubrique, titre
4) gros titre (journal)
5) chef d’état

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1) head
2) heads or tails
3) heading
4) headline
5) heads of state

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Diriger

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To head (up)

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La santé

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Health

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Cœur

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Heart

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Héritier

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Heir

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Incapable de s’en sortir, impuissant

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Helpless

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Détourner par la force

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To hijack

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Laisser entendre

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To hint

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Louer

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To hire

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Durer

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To hold out

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Retarder

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To hold up

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Maison, ménage

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Household

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Logement

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Housing

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Ne tenir aucun compte de, passer sous silence

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To ignore (to disregard)

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Diminuer, affaiblir, abîmer

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To impair

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Inculper de qqchse, mettre en examen

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To indict (to charge)

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L’industrie

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Industry

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Réaliser, exécuter

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To implement

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Améliorer

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To improve

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Motivation, incitation à faire qqchse

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Incentive

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Revenu, chiffre d’affaires

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Income

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Inactif, désœuvré

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Idle

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Informatique

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Information technology

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Habiter

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To inhabit

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Blesser

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To injure

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Demande, s’informer sur

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To inquire

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Investir

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To invest

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1) nécessiter, comporter
2) impliquer, mêler qqn à
3) avoir des engagements, des responsabilités
4) impliqué (crime)

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1) 2) to involve (+ ing)
3) to be, to get involved
4) to be involved, implicated

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Sujet de débat, question

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Issue

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Compréhension intuitive d’un sujet

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Insight

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Faire d’une pierre deux coups

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To kill two birds with one stone

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Chaque point à l’ordre du jour

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Item

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Compromettre, mettre en danger

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To jeopardize (to endange, to compromise)

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Il s’y connaissait en

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He knew a thing or two about

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Sans travail

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Jobless

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Il a fait le rapprochement

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He put two and two

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Rejoindre, retrouver

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To join

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La moitié de la population mondiale

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Half the world’s population

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Refugiés climatiques

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Ecomigrants

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Faire cavalier seul

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Go it alone

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Elle continue à espérer

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She is hoping against hope

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Le projet de réforme du système de santé

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The blueprint for healthcare reform

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Un point de non retour

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A point of no return

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Qu’on ne le croyait auparavant

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Than previously thought

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Un livre blanc

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A white paper

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Qu’on ne peut pas être gagnant sur tous les tableaux

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We can’t have the best of both worlds

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Déréglementation

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Deregulation

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Autant s’en accommoder au mieux

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Just as well make the best of it

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Coupé du monde moderne

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Out of touch with the modern world

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Les répercussions

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The knock-on effects

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On n’a rien sans rien

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No pain, no gain

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La tempête politique qui couvait

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The brewing political storm

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A tiré le meilleur parti de

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Made the most of

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Bouleversements majeurs

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Major upheavals

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Être à la hauteur

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Rise to the occasion

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Ont flambé

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Have surged

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Le temps presse

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We are running out of time

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Traîne les pieds pour

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Is dragging its feet over

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La nouvelle… s’est répandue comme une traînée de poudre

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The news… spread like wildfire

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Il n’a rien à se reprocher

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He has nothing to reproach himself with

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Faire profil bas

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To keep a low profile

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Un investissement sans risque

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A risk free investment

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Une industrie veillissante

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An ageing industry

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Expliquer en détail

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To spell out

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Dans une certaine mesure

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To a certain extent

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Il s’est contenté d’observer en spectateur

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He just watched from the sidelines

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Remède miracle

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Magic bullet for

118
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À combien se monte la somme qui échappe au fisc

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How much tax goes missing

119
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Donner la parole aux femmes

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To let women have their say

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