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1
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Conséquences, suites

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Aftermath

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Abondant, riche

La société d’abondance

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Affluent

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À l’ordre du jour

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On the agenda

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Passage à l’antenne ou sur les ondes

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On the air

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Être interdit d’antenne

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Taken off the air

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Temps d’antenne

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Air-time

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Évaluer, estimer

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To assess

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Avoir des rebondissements imprévus, échouer

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To backfire

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Répercussion, contrecoup, retour de bâton

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Backflash

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Baratin, balivernes

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Balderdash

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Embobiner

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To bamboozle (somebody)

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désolé, sombre, désert, peu prometteur

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Bleak

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Révélation fracassante

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Bombshell

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Hausser, faire monter, donner de l’élan

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To boost

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Rater, bousiller, foirer

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To botch (something)

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Invention personnelle

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Brainchild

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Signature (newspaper article)

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By-lyne

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Légende

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Caption

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Dessin humoristique

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Cartoon

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Victime, mort ou blessé

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Casualty

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Soutenir, défendre

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To champion

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Revendiquer, réclamer, prétendre

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To claim

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Revenir sur ses positions, céder

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To climb down

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Poids, influence, pouvoir

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Clout

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Chronique

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Column

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Homologue

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Counterpart

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Couverture médiatique

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Coverage

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Actif, point positif

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Credit

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Limiter la liberté de la presse

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To curtail press freedom

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Réduire

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To cut back

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Réductions, licenciements

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Cutbacks

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Impasse, blocage

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Deadlock

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Démentir, désavouer

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To disclaim

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Un démenti

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Disclaimer

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Respecter une loi une tradition

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To abide by law tradition

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Révélation, divulgation

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Disclosure

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Réfuter

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To disprove

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Esquiver

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To dodge

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39
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Cautionner

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To endorse

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Escroquer, détourner les fonds

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To embezzle

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Empiéter sur

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To encroach on

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Implication

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Entanglement

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Preuve, témoignage

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Evidence

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44
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Article de société, portrait

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Feature

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Sur le terrain (enquête, reportage)

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Field work

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Fantoche, personnage sans importance réelle

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Figurehead

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47
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Renseignement de première main

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First - hand information

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48
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Époustouflé

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Flabbergasted

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49
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La presse (métonymie)

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Fleet Street

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50
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Documents audiovisuels

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Footage

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51
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Conclusion courue d’avance

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Foregone conclusion

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52
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Prochain, à venir

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Forthcoming

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53
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Le 4eme pouvoir

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The Fourth Estate

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54
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Bâillonner

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To gag

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55
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Entrer dans l’histoire

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To go down on history

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Un jeune loup, un arriviste

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A go-getter

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Sinistre, dur, pessimiste

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Grim

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Extrémiste, intransigeant

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Hard-line

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59
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Un gros titre

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Headline

60
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Siège d’une société

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Head office

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D’après des “on dit”

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By hearsay

62
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Canular

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Hoax

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Informations nationales / internationales

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Home / Wolrd news

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Point chaud, point sensible

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Hotspot

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Balivernes, boniments

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Humbug

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Étouffer (un scandale)

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To ush up / To cover

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Imminent

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Impending

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Titulaire (d’une fonction administrative)

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Incumbent

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Inepte, stupide

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Inane

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Motivation, incitation

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Incentive

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Railler, huer

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To jeer

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Secouer, ébranler

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To jolt

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Prendre le train en marche

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To jump on the bandwagon de

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En rapport avec

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In keeping with

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Thème clé, ton dominant

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Keynote

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Réaction, contrecoup / commission, pot de vin

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Kickback

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Rester en arrière, traîner

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To lag behind

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Glissement de terrain, victoire écrasante

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Landslide

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L’homme de la rue, le profane

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Layman

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Mise en page

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Layout

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Diffamation

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Libel (defamation)

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Enquête, travail de terrain

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Legwork

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Tracer, construire, élaborer

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To map out

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Date

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Milestone

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Ahurissant

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Mind-boggling

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Passer à côté du but

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To miss the mark

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Passer à côté du but

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To miss the mark

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Contrôler, surveiller

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Monitor

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Point de divergence

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Moot point

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Porte-parole ( souvent péjoratif)

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Mouthpiece

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Journaliste de caniveau

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Muckraker

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Qui ne s’engage pas

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Noncommital

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Nocif

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Noxious

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Elever, éduquer, cultiver, promouvoir

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To nurture

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Improvisé, à brûle-pourpoint

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Off-the-cuff

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Évincer, forcer à démissionner

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To oust

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Matraquage

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Overkill (media overkill)

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Grossir le tableau, exagérer les choses

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To overstate the case

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Préparer le terrain

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To pave the way for

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Adopter une position de pure forme, ou de façade

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To pay lip service

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Minimiser

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To play down

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Dramatiser, gonfler

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To play up

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Les milieux politiques

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Political circles

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Éminence grise

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Power broker

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La presse écrite

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The print media

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Déontologie

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Professional ethics

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Présumé

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Putative

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Scrupules, inquiétudes

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Qualms

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Embarras, dilemme

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Quandary

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Citer

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To quote

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Trace écrite ou enregistrée, officieux

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Record, off the record

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Sans prendre en considération

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Regardless of

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Pertinent

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Relevant

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Manquer à sa parole

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To renege

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Recommencer, reprendre après une interruption

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To resume

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Précurseur

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Seminal

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Calomnier

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To slander

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Magouille, corruption

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Sleaze

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Calomnie, diffamation

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Smear

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Travail de défrichage

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Spadework

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Opération de com

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Spin

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Conseiller en communication (péjoratif)

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Spin doctor

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Feux de l’actualité

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Spotlight

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Défendre

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To stand up for

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Dernier cri

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State-of-the-art

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S’attaquer à un problème

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To tackle

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S’aligner, rentrer dans le rang

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To toe the line

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Vanter, faire la pub de

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To tout

129
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Magnat, baron de la presse

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Tycoon

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Sous-jacent

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Underlying

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Affaiblir, miner, compromettre

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To undermine

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Déchaîner

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To unleash

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Bouleversement

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Upheaval

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Résultat, issue à court terme

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Upshot

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Intérêt direct (financier ou politique)

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Vested interest (s)

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Enquêter sur, vérifier les informations sur

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Vet, vetting procedures

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Audimat

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Viewership

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Accréditer

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To vindicate (theory, truth)

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Comité ou organisme de protection ou de vigilance

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Watchdog

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Mot d’ordre

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Watchword

141
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Tournant

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Watershed

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Prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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Wishful thinking

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La fin est imminente

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The writing is on the wall

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Avoir très envie de

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To yearn for

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Céder

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To yield

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Zèle, ferveur

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Zeal

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Entrain, enthousiasme

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Zest