Vocabulaire général. Flashcards

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Rentable

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Profitable

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Donnée

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Data

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Prospère

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Flourishing, thriving

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To rule the world

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Diriger le monde

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To give/say the word

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Donner l’ordre

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To roll dice

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Jouer aux dés

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To roll the dice (sens figuré)

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Décider du sort des uns et des autres

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To sweep

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Balayer

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The shield

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Le bouclier

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The field

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Le terrain, le sol

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Chiffres

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Figures

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être probable de

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to be likely to

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continuer

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to go on

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admettre, reconnaître

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to admit, to confess

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une carte de séjour

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a residence permit

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obliger, exiger, demander, réclamer

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to require

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se plaindre de qqch

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to grouse about sth

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une clôture, une palissade (en bois)

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a surround

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faire l’effort de, s’ingénier à

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to endeavour to do sth

to strive

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au fond de moi

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deep inside

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un cambriolage

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a burglary

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un cambrioleur

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a burglar

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cambrioler

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to burgle

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se faire assommer

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to be knocked out

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aller à

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to be off

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finalement, finir de

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eventually

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trébucher sur qqch

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to trip on sth

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la dynamique, la vitesse

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the momentum

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la publication

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the release

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le seuil

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the threshold

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to stride

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avancer à grands pas

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soutenir

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to claim, to argue

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un partisan

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an advocate

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donner le feu vert

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to give a green light

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juger que, déclarer que (instance juridique)

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to rule that

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attendu depuis longtemps

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long-awaited

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un grand pas

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a stride

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être laissé pour compte

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to be left behind

to be left out in the cold

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refondre

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to overhaul

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une refonte, une révolution

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an overhaul of

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limiter, endiguer

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to stem

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le flot de

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the tide of

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imminent

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impending

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se profiler (menace)

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to loom

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vieillir

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to gray

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avec en toile de fond

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against the backdrop of

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reposer dans

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to lie in

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la production américaine

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the US output

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avoir pour conséquence

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to result in

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mener, réaliser une étude

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to carry out a study

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les résultats (d’une étude)

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the findings

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le gagne-pain

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the livelihood

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un défenseur, un gardien

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a watchdog

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surveiller

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to monitor

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étaler, lancer (un projet)

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to roll out

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un paysan

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a peasant

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un bout de bois

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a stick

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le millet (céréale)

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millet

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border, longer

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to skirt sth

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remplir (objectif)

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to fulfill

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mettre en opposition, confronter

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to pit sth

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seulement, uniquement

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solely

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avoir le droit à, remplir les conditions de

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to qualify for

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donc, par conséquent

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therefore

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être gangréné par

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to be plagued by

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le charbon

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the coal

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un labyrinthe, un dédale

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a maze

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trébucher

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to stumble

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reportedly

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on rapporte que

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merely

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seulement, simplement

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a nod

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un hochement de tête

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rejeter, dégager, expulser

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a expel

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désirer ardemment, aspirer à

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to sigh after

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avoir la nostalgie de, être nostalgique de qqch

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to sigh for

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pousser un soupir, soupirer, se languir de

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to sigh

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un soupir

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a sigh

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ordinaire, simple, uni

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plain

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de nulle part

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out of the blue

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jusqu’aux genoux

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from the knees down

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tremper

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to soak

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81
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la nuit porte conseil

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sleep on it

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un caramel

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a toffee

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passer

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to drive by

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faible, vague, léger

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faint

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un évanouissement

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a faint

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s’évanouir

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to faint

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87
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un craquement, un grincement

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a creak

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grincer, craquer

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to creak

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89
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marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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to tiptoe

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avec surprise

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startingly

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la crasse

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the grime

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des références, des qualifications

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credentials

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un aristocrate

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a patrician

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saluer

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to greet

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sortir, venir

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to came out

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conduire (mener)

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to usher in

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faire entrer quelqu’un

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to show sb in

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faire visiter qqchose à qqun

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to show sb around

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défoncé

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beat-up

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faire signe

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to motion

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101
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tomber sur qqchos/qqn

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to come upon

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102
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une librairie

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a bookshop

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passer devant

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to walk past

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104
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s’approcher de qqn

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to come over to sb

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s’attacher à qqn

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to take to sb

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faute de qqn, qqchose de mieux

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for lack of

for want of anyone better

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qqn qui s’éprend peu à peu de qqchose

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sth to grow on sb

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aux dépens de

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at the expense of

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bien élevé

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well-bred

well-mannered

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maîtriser

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to master an art of

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supporter, avoir mal

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to suffer from

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étonné

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bewildered

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113
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jeter un regard

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to cast a glance

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Confier quelque chose à quelqu’un / charger quelqu’un de

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To entrust sb with

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Plutôt

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Rather

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116
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Apprendre quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To inform sb that sth

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Bien s’entendre avec

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To get on well with

To get along with

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Envisager

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To consider (in) + BVing
To contemplate the idea of
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119
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Fondre en larmes

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To burst into tears

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120
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Le lendemain

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The morrow

The day after

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121
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S’approcher

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To come over

To come closer

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122
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Conduire dans une pièce

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To show sb into a room

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À voix basse

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Softly
In a low / subdued voice
Whispering

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Soupirer

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To sigh

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125
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Un bon ami

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A fast friend

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126
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Démanteler

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To dismantle

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127
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un taudis, un trou à rats

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a hellhole

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128
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la risée

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the laughingstock

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129
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lugubre, sombre, triste

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dismal

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sa vanter

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to boast

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un magouilleur

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a wheeler-dealer

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se moquer de

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to scoff at sb

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engloutir, s’enfiler, bouffer

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to scoff sth

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un magnat

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a tycoon

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torpiller

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to torpedo

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l’esclavage, la servitude

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the thrall

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être prisonnier de qqch

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to be in thrall to sth/sb

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la cohérence, l’homogénéité

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the consistency

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hélas

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alas

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rassembler

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to round up

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141
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brut

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crude

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142
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arracher qqch

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to rip sth off

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arnaquer qqn

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to rip sb off

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144
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un maniaque de

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a stickler for

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145
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la grossièreté

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boorishness

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agitateur, fauteur de trouble

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firebrand

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un paysan

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a peasant

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une fourche

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a pitchfork

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149
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ennuyeux/se

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dull

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irréfutable

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compelling

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époustouflant

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belting

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rendre, remettre

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to hand in

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153
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aplatir, écraser

A

to flatten

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154
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stupéfier qqn

A

to stun sb

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155
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enrichir

A

to enrich

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156
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usé, rassis

A

stale

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l’enthousiasme, la volonté

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the willingness

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complaisant, content de soi

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complacent

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un lâche

A

a coward

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160
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reculer

A

to flinch

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161
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ricaner

A

to sneer

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162
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adopter, saisir

A

to embrace

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163
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creux, vide

A

hollow

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164
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un chaudron, une situation délicate

A

a cauldron

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165
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chanceler, tituber

A

to lurch

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166
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un fiasco

A

a bust

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167
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imparfait, qui présente des défauts

A

flawed

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168
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grandement, cruellement, extrêmement, énormément

A

sorely

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incontinent

A

incontinent

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170
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la porte dérobée

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the backdoor

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171
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blesser

A

to harm

172
Q

démolir

A

to wreck

173
Q

évider, creuser

A

to hollow out

174
Q

faire plaisir à qqn

A

to indulge sb

175
Q

inégalable, incomparable, hors pair

A

unmatched

176
Q

gronder qqn

A

to scold sb

177
Q

pousser dehors, évincer

A

to crowd out

178
Q

une corvée

un travail acharné

A

a drudgery

179
Q

incessant

A

relentless

180
Q

un examen approfondi

A

a scrutiny

181
Q

une épreuve

A

a hardship

182
Q

baisser, se calmer

A

to subside

183
Q

le dégout

A

the loathing

184
Q

Le vêtement (industrie)

A

The garment

185
Q

Aspirer

Capter (les richesses)

A

To suck up

186
Q

Gravé dans

A

Hard-wired into

187
Q

Un bip

A

A blip

188
Q

Conserver

Garder

A

To retain

189
Q

S’en sortir avec

Se débrouiller avec

A

To get by on

190
Q

Stupefiant

A

Staggering

191
Q

Le montant des recettes fiscales

A

The revenue

192
Q

Mettre un pied sur l’échelle

A

To get a foot on the ladder

193
Q

les fonds propres

A

equity

194
Q

stagner, reculer

A

to stall

195
Q

plonger, se précipiter

A

to plunge

196
Q

démontrer sa force

A

to flex sth (nuclear/military muscles)

197
Q

la vague de qqch

A

the tide of sth

198
Q

tracer

A

to streak

199
Q

un destin tragique

A

a doom

200
Q

faible, petit

A

faint

201
Q

un aperçu

A

a glimpse

202
Q

apercevoir

A

to glimpse

203
Q

et ainsi de suite

A

and so forth

204
Q

désormais, dorénavant

A

forth

205
Q

se mettre en route

A

to set forth

206
Q

aller et venir

faire la navette

A

to go back and forth

207
Q

une épreuve

A

a struggle

208
Q

avoir du mal

être en difficulté

A

to struggle

209
Q

faire suite à qqch

A

to arise from sth

210
Q

un pillier

un soutien

A

a pillar

211
Q

assurer

A

to ensure

212
Q

s’effilocher

craquer

A

to fray

213
Q

diluer

A

to dilute

214
Q

échapper à

A

to elude sth/sb

215
Q

un vide

A

a vacuum

216
Q

la fonction, la titularisation

A

the tenure

217
Q

un garant

A

a guarantor

218
Q

inévitablement

pour des raisons indépendantes de sa volonté, malgré lui

A

unavoidably

219
Q

choquer qqn, effrayer

A

to appall sb

220
Q

sombre, lugubre, morne

A

bleak

221
Q

la perspective

A

the prospect

222
Q

ciseler

A

to chisel

223
Q

le rebord

A

the ledge

224
Q

se précipiter

A

to rush

225
Q

une garantie

A

an assurance

226
Q

se dérouler

A

to unfold

227
Q

les conséquences, les répercussions

A

the aftermath

228
Q

proche, à portée de main

A

at hand

229
Q

être en jeu

A

to be at stake

230
Q

un point de vue, une perspective

A

a perspective

231
Q

entamer

A

to deal a blow to

232
Q

échouer, se défaire

A

to unravel

233
Q

impliquer, entraîner, causer

A

to entail

234
Q

sélectionner

A

to cherry-pick

235
Q

bricoler qqch

A

to cobble sth together

236
Q

l’influence, le poids

A

the clout

237
Q

expliquer, constituer, causer, justifier

A

to account for

238
Q

sérieusement, gravement

A

severely

239
Q

diminuer, réduire

A

to diminish

240
Q

robuste, solide, fiable

A

robust

241
Q

soulagé, rassuré

A

to be eased

242
Q

les liens

A

ties

243
Q

hargneux

A

acrimonious

244
Q

faire, traîner, faire durer

A

to drag out

245
Q

l’incertitude

A

the uncertainty

246
Q

avoir de lourdes conséquences

A

to take a toll

247
Q

le résultat, l’aboutissement

A

the outcome

248
Q

rationaliser

A

to streamline

249
Q

épineux

A

thorny

250
Q

stressant, tendu

A

fraught

251
Q

faire appliquer, faire respecter

A

to enforce

252
Q

qqch qui donne à réfléchir

A

a sobering thought

253
Q

S’emporter

A

To flare up

254
Q

Les produits laitiers

A

Dairy products

255
Q

Soulagé

A

Relieved

256
Q

Présenter qqn

A

To introduire someone

257
Q

Emboutir une voiture

A

To crash into a car

258
Q

Se mettre en route

A

To set up

259
Q

Déposer qqn qq part

A

To drop out someone somewhere

260
Q

Déchirer

A

To tear, tore, torn

261
Q

Vivre seul

A

To live on my/your/his/her own

262
Q

Communiquer

A

To impart

263
Q

Prendre un bain

A

To have a bath

264
Q

Étourdi

A

Careless

265
Q

Ne pas fermer l’œil de la nuit

A

To do not sleep a wink

266
Q

soudoyer, acheter

A

to bribe

267
Q

un pot-de-vin

A

a bribe

268
Q

il est vrai que
il faut reconnaître que
j’avoue que

A

admittedly

269
Q

à contre-coeur

avec réticence

A

reluctantly

270
Q

mettre en lumière

A

to throw into relief

271
Q

densément

A

densely

272
Q

tricoter

A

to knit

273
Q

charitable, de bienfaisance

A

benevolent

274
Q

gagner du terrain

A

to gain ground

275
Q

sans pitié, impitoyable

A

ruthless

276
Q

sans relâche

A

relentlessly

277
Q

un débat houleux

A

a heated debate

278
Q

satisfaire (les besoins de)

A

to cater TO (the needs of)

279
Q

infaillible, sur

A

surefire

280
Q

gérer, s’occuper de

A

to cope with

281
Q

stérile

A

barren

282
Q

régler, arriver à (un compromis)

A

to hash out

283
Q

une utopie

A

a pipe dream

284
Q

un nouveau venu

A

a newcomer

285
Q

juger, considérer, estimer

A

to deem

286
Q

réalisable, plausible

A

feasible

287
Q

condamné, voué à l’échec

A

doomed

288
Q

répondre à, s’occuper de

A

to address

289
Q

assez grand, assez important

A

sizable

290
Q

défait, délié

A

untied

291
Q

surtout, avant tout
principal, le plus important
le plus en vue

A

foremost

292
Q

honnêtement, directement

A

squarely

293
Q

en ligne avec

A

in line with

294
Q

élever (des enfants), soutenir

A

to nurture

295
Q

un bouc-émissaire

A

a scapegoat

296
Q

le somnanbulisme

A

sleepwalking

297
Q

tremper, détremper

A

to sodden

298
Q

tempérer, modérer

A

to temper

299
Q

sombre, maussade, triste

A

gloomy

300
Q

to be at risk

A

risquer quelque chose

301
Q

l’agitation, la tourmente

A

the turmoil

302
Q

l’obscurité

A

the gloom

303
Q

le mensonge

A

the mendacity

304
Q

la fiction, l’imaginaire

A

the make-believe

305
Q

calmer, apaiser

A

to placate

306
Q

la folie, la stupidité

A

the folly

307
Q

vider

A

eviscerate

308
Q

admettre, reconnaître

A

to acknowledge

309
Q

être analogue, semblable à

A

to be akin to sth

310
Q

enlever des points, solder, inscrire

A

to mark sth down

311
Q

contrer

A

to counter

312
Q

donner un coup de pied

A

to kick

313
Q

tenter de

A

to attempt

314
Q

le désordre, la pagaille

A

the mayhem

315
Q

critiquer, se plaindre

A

to carp

316
Q

infecter, contaminer

A

to taint

317
Q

une ligne de touche

A

a sideline

318
Q

mener, conduire

être à l’origine de

A

to spearhead sth

319
Q

être assailli par

A

to be beset by

320
Q

tourné vers l’avenir

A

forward-looking

321
Q

sous forme de

A

in the form of

322
Q

succomber à qqch

A

to succumb to

323
Q

gérer

A

to cope with

324
Q

surmonter

A

to cope

325
Q

se produire, émerger, survenir, surgir

A

to arise

326
Q

être sous le choc de

A

to reel

327
Q

étayer, soutenir

A

to underpin

328
Q

la prévoyance

A

the foresight

329
Q

endurer

A

to endure

330
Q

la privation

A

deprivation

331
Q

incrusté, enfoncé

A

embedded

332
Q

to play catch-up

A

tenter de se rattraper

333
Q

une impulsion, un élan

A

an impetus

334
Q

comprendre, saisir

A

to get a handle on

335
Q

une estimation

A

a reckoning

336
Q

imposer qqch à qqn

A

to foist sth on sb

337
Q

émousser

A

to blunt

338
Q

venir de, provenir de

A

to stem from

339
Q

de front, sans détour

A

head-on

340
Q

atténuer, réduire

A

to mitigate

341
Q

séduire, captiver, charmé, fasciner

A

to enthrall

342
Q

bienheureux

A

blissful

343
Q

éloigner du précipice

éviter le pire

A

to pull back from the brink

344
Q

Un collègue, un type, un ami

A

A fellow

345
Q

Un chariot

A

A trolley

346
Q

Perplexe

A

Puzzled

347
Q

Un aîné

A

An elder

348
Q

Bouder, faire la moue

A

To pout

349
Q

Paire

A

Peer

350
Q

A longtemps eu

A toujours eu

A

Has long had

351
Q

Denté, abimée

A

Dented

352
Q

Le moral

A

The morale

353
Q

Un contrecoup

A

A backlash

354
Q

Les dépenses

A

Expenditure

The spendings

355
Q

Se tirer dans les pattes

A

To snipe each other

356
Q

Tous les deux jours

Un jour sur deux

A

Every other day

357
Q

ancré

A

anchored

358
Q

être exprimé, concrétisé par

A

to be embodied

359
Q

de la misère à la richesse

A

from rags to riches

360
Q

pur (fig.)

A

sheer

361
Q

un foyer, un ménage

A

a household

362
Q

par conséquent, ainsi

A

thus

363
Q

gluant, collant, poisseux

A

sticky

364
Q

the outsourcing

A

la délocalisation

365
Q

sous-traiter, externaliser

A

to contract out

366
Q

un public

A

an audience

367
Q

monter en flèche

A

to rocket

368
Q

ancrer, enraciner

A

to entrench

369
Q

approbateur

A

approvingly

370
Q

l’ascendance

A

ascendancy

371
Q

le rejeton

A

the scion

372
Q

détourner

A

to siphon

373
Q

inonder qqn de qqch

A

to shower sb with sth

374
Q

une prime

A

a premium

375
Q

être doué pour faire qqch

A

to be adept at doing sth

376
Q

balayer

A

to sweep

377
Q

raide, dur, fort

A

stiff

378
Q

un travailleur acharné

A

a striver

379
Q

Le décollage

A

The takeoff

380
Q

Peu après

A

Shortly after

381
Q

Sur le champ

A

At once

382
Q

Les choses tournent mal

A

Things are going awry

383
Q

s’éterniser

A

to drag on

384
Q

s’abstenir de faire qqch

A

to refrain from doing sth

385
Q

une caractéristique

A

a feature

386
Q

devrait faire qqch

A

ought to do sth

387
Q

réfléchir (à qqch)

A

to ponder (sth)

388
Q

démissionner

A

to resign

389
Q

sinon, autrement

A

otherwise

390
Q

la dispute

A

the row

391
Q

au cas ou

de peur de/que

A

lest

392
Q

déclencher

A

to trigger

393
Q

éviter, exclure, écarter

A

to shut out

394
Q

dédramatiser qqch

A

to downplay sth

395
Q

une poignée de qqcn

A

a scattering of

396
Q

une insulte

A

a putdown

397
Q

odieux

A

obnoxious

398
Q

qui vaut la peine

A

worthwhile

399
Q

ainsi

A

thereby

400
Q

rendre qqch + adj

A

to render sth + adj

401
Q

un appel à

A

an appeal to

402
Q

la lutte des classes

A

class warfare

403
Q

les gens aisés

A

the well-to-do

404
Q

dépendre de

reposer sur

A

to rest on

405
Q

toucher à

A

to tamper with

406
Q

incliner, pencher

déformer, dénaturer

A

to skew

407
Q

durant tout le chemin jusqu’à

A

all the way to

408
Q

protéger qqn de qqch

A

to insulate sb from sth

409
Q

clamer, claironner

A

to trumpet sth

410
Q

le lexique, le jargon

A

the lexicon

411
Q

Entrer en vigueur

Entrer en application

A

To come into force

412
Q

conduire, mener qqch

A

to steer sth

413
Q

déclencher

A

to spark

414
Q

un éloge funéraire

A

a eulogy

415
Q

un éditorial

A

an editorial

an op-ed

416
Q

selon lequel
au moyen duquel
par lequel

A

whereby

417
Q

se terrer, se planquer

A

to hole up

418
Q

privé de, dépourvu de, démuni de

A

bereft of

419
Q

insignifiant, sans intérêt

A

trivial

420
Q

affirmer avec retenue

minimiser

A

to understate

421
Q

présumé

A

alleged

422
Q

atténuer

A

to commute

423
Q

la rancune

A

resentment

424
Q

séparer (fig.)

A

to winnow

425
Q

retomber sur qqn, avoir des retombées sur qqch

A

to redound to

426
Q

une totalité

A

a whole