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suspect, douteux

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dubious

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avoir le triste honneur de

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to have the dubious honour of being

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le classement de document

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filing

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un documentaliste

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a filing clerk

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désolé, sévère, morne

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stark

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en contraste frappant avec

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in stark contrast to

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complétement nu

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stark naked

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une descente de police

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a raid

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un braquage de banque

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a bank raid

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attaquer à la voiture bélier

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to ram-raid

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une tentative d’OPA surprise

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a dawn raid

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les sapeurs-pompiers

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the Fire Service

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une révision pour une voiture

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a service

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en campagne (mil)

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on active service

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fonction publique

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Civil Service

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formation continue

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in-service training/education

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pressing ou nettoyage complet d’une voiture

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valet service

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une annulation de la dette

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a debt forgiveness

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remboursement de dette

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debt repayment

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la dette publique

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national debt

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un bus de campagne

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a battle bus

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rétif

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restive

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entrer en lice

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to join the fray

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la mêlée politique

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the political fray

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découragé
despondent
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studieux
bookish
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faire miroiter
to dangle
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balancer
to dangle
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tendre la carotte à qqn
to dangle a carrot in front of
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un abîme, un gouffre
a chasm
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dégouter, remettre à plus tard
to put off
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atteindre un moment décisif
to be at a crossroads
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pervertir
to warp
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une chaîne (bijou)
a warp
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tendre la main
to hold one's hand out
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tenir bon
to hold out
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sois raisonnable
to talk some sense into you
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passer la cap, à autre chose
to turn the corner
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participer
to partake
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une voyelle
a vowel
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bobonne, m'dam, bourgeoise, patronne
missus, missis
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un propriétaire terrien
a squire
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un responsable des délégués syndicaux
an union convenor
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une douairière
a dowager
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écrire pour demander
to write off
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faire une croix sur
to write off
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a fuss
a hassle
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peinard
hassle-free
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un type
a bloke
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commettre un impair
to commit a gaffe
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vendre la mèche
to blow a gaffe
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morbide
ghoulish
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lancer avec violence
to hurl
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lancer des injures contre qn
to hurl abuse at sb
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en l'air
aloft
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a stalemate
a stand-off
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réfléchir
to ponder
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se demander comment
to ponder how
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un tourbillon
a swirl
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être de nouveau sur pied
to be out and about
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une volte-face
a about-turn
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radoter sur
to bang on about*
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mener à la baguette
to boss about
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s'agiter sans résultat
to bumble about
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faire l'idiot
to lark about
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fainéanter
to loaf about
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faire l'imbécile
to mess about
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faire tourner qn en bourrique
to mess sb about
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se morfondre
to mope about
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se pavaner
to prance about
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entreprendre de faire qch
to set about
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rester assis à rien faire
to sit around
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suivre les pas de
to follow in sbdy's footstep
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une personnage politique
a political figure
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le mauvais coté
the minus side
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de travers
lopsided
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âcre, caustique (fig)
pungent
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déborder de
to ooze
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suinter
to ooze
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une cachette
a hideaway
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enchanteur, ensorcelant
spellbinding
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magouille, activités douteuses
skulduggery
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envelopper dans
to swathe
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un mauvais moment (à passer)
a blip
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perturber l'équilibre
to throw sb off balance
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n'avoir rien en commun, être à des années-lumière
to be worlds apart
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pour autant que je sache
for aught I know
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un ruisseau
a brook
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to tolerate
to brook
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une fougère
a bracken
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perturber
to disrupt
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rebord
a ledge
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l'essentiel c'est que
the bottom line is that
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c'est le vrai problème
that's the bottom line
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un congé
a time off
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c'est l'heure
time's up
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il était grand temps
not before time
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avoir beaucoup de respect pour qqn
to have a lot of time for sb
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temps d'antenne
air-time
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la référence absolue de qn
sb's all-time favourite

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