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attempt (noun)

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tentative (f)

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challenge (noun)

to challenge someone

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défi (m)

lancer un défi à qn

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to claim responsibility for/authorship of
to claim to be the painter of a painting
no one has claimed responsibility for the attack

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revendiquer
revendiquer un tableau
l’attentat n’a pas été revendiqué

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riot (n)

to turn into a riot

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émeute (f)

tourner à l’émeute

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growth
annual/economic/fast growth
sustained sharp growth

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croissance (f)
croissance annuelle/économique/rapide
forte/vive croissance

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to lend

lend their support to this venture

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prêter

prêter leur concours à cette entreprise

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tale, story
fairy tale
to tell (a story)

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conte (m)
conte des fées
conter

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to be supposed to
to be supposed to do
we are supposed to arrive at 7:00

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être censé
être censé faire
nous sommes censé arriver à sept heures

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luck (informal)
he is lucky
stroke of luck
just my luck!

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veine (f)
il a de la veine
coup de veine
c’est bien ma veine!

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road map

city map

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carte routière (f)

un plan

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To snub, to turn one’s nose up st

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Snober

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timid, shy; bitter, savage

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farouche (adj.)

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current (adj.)

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actuel

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empty (of), blank

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vide (de)

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to boast

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fanfaronner

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to jostle, to shake up, to bump into

to bump into/fall all over each other

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bousculer (vt)

se bousculer

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to be at stake, to be the focus

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être l’enjeu (nm)

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disappointment

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déconvenue (f)

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trial (legal)

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procès (m)

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stake
what’s at stake
what’s at stake now is more than the fate of one person

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enjeu (m)
ce que est en jeu
l’enjeu dépasse maintenant le sort d’une seule personne

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ballot, polling place
electoral system
to count the votes

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scrutin (m)
mode de scrutin
dépouiller le scrutin

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male

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mâle (adj, nm)

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female (for animal)

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femelle (adj)

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to give rise to, to arouse, to spark

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susciter (vt)

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disinformation

to spread disinformation

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intox (m)

faire de l’intox

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sensor

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capteur (m)

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fine (noun)

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amende (f)

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insignificant, harmless, mild, safe, neutral

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anodin/anodine (adj.)

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to hit, to strike; to act counter to e.g. public opinion (vt)
to come up against (problem, refusal)

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heurter

se heurter à

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to start, initiate, enter into
to undermine (someone's reputation)
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entamer (vt)

entamer la reputation de quelqu’un.

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bend, turning point

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tournant (m)

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to undo, untie, loosen
to hold one’s arms away from one’s body
to break loose, to come undone, to turn one’s back on, to stand out

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détacher (vt)
détacher les bras du corps
se détacher

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riot

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émeute (nf)

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cleaning up, refining, purge

ethnic cleansing

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épuration (nf)

épuration ethnique

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special effect
optical effects
vote rigging

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trucage (nm)
trucages optiques
trucage des scrutins

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to set off (alarm, offensive), to cause, to initiate, to spark
to provoke general laughter

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déclencher (vt)

déclencher un éclat de rire général

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to remain, to live

he remained deaf to our entreaties

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demeurer

il est demeuré à nos supplications

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to rest or to lean on/against

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appuyer sur/contre

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process (noun)

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processus (m)

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to be ahead of, to lead
at the moment he is 12 minutes/2000 votes ahead of his opponent.
a thinker who is ahead of his time

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devancer
pour l’instant, il devance son rival de 12 minute/2000 voix

un penseur qui a devancé ses contemporains.

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to win

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remporter

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to divert, distract, to embezzle, to hijack

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détourner

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stalemate, collapse

a country’s slide into war

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enlisement (m)

l’enlisement d’un pays dans la guerre

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to get stuck, bogged down

the country is being sucked into civil war

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s’enliser

le pays s/enlise dans la guerre civile

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uprising

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soulèvement (m)

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to dig, plow

to dig a hole

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creuser

creuser un trou

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to recommend, to advocate

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préconiser

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to deal with, to treat
treat sb like an invalid/a son
to deal with the subject
to call sb a liar

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traiter
traiter qn en malade/comme son fils
traiter le sujet
traiter qn de menteur

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to tell (about sth), to warn, to call, to anticipate
tell us when you are coming
call the police
she anticipates their every wish

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prévenir
prévenez-nous de votre visite
prévenez la police
elle prévient leurs moindres désirs

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search/to search

body search

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fouille (nf)/fouiller (vt)

fouille corporelle

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escalation

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escalade (f)

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support

to lean on

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appuis (m)/appuyer

prendre appui sur

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to deny

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nier (vt)

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to take over, to seize

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s’emparer de

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to take responsibility for

having taken on the role of aggressor

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endosser (vt)

avoir endossé le rôle d’agresseur

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to slow down

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ralentir/se ralentir

57
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shortage

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raréfaction (nf)

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birth, delivery

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accouchement (m)

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easy, well-off

the most well-off colonists left

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aisé (adj.)

les colons les plus aisés quittent

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to catch a glimpse

to see a glimmer of hope for peace/of recovery

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entrevoir (vt)

entrevoir un espoir de paix/de redressement

61
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to dismiss (fire), to transfer

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limoger

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development, increasing popularity, comeback

to spread ones wings, to take off (person, region)

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essor (m)

prendre son essor

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sequence, procedure
the procedure for the ceremony
the organization of the working week

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déroulement (m)
le déroulement de la cérémonie
le déroulement d’une semaine de travail

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guarantee (n)
guaranteed by
to endorse, to give sb one’s approval

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aval (m)
bon pour aval
donner son aval à

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dam, barricade, roadblock

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barrage (m)

66
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kidnapping

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enlèvement (m)

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to worry, to disturb

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inquiéter (vt)/s’inquiéter

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fate

to worry about the fate of the others

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sort (m)

s’inquiéter du sort des autres

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haste
in great haste
a hastily drawn up report

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hâte (f)
en toute hâte
un rapport rédigé à la hâte

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heartbreak, rift

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déchirement (m)

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to win (a victory)

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remporter (vt)

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to sink
to sink into despair
to sink into civil war

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sombrer (vi)
sombrer dans désespoir
sombrer dans la guerre civile

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to settle

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solder

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to manage, to run

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gérer

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to found, to establish

he based his theory on Hegel

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fonder

il a fondé son théorie sur Hegel

76
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demand, claim (n)

wage demands

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revendication (f)

revendications salariales

77
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to take on

I can’t take on the cost of his education myself

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assumer (vt)

je ne peux assumer seul les frais de son éducation

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to sadden, upset (vt)
to struggle (vi)
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peiner

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wave (n)

the wave of attacks

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vague (f)

la vague d’attentats

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to take place

the demonstration went off without incident

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se dérouler

la manifestation s’est déroulée dans le calme

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loose, vague, fuzzy, hazy (literally or figuratively)

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flou (adj)

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painful, aching

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douloureux

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to tear, to break up

to go back on a contract

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déchirer

déchirer un accord

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all of a sudden

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subitement (adv.)

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educated (adj.)

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instruit

86
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to repress

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réprimer (vt)

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tight, tense, nervous
the straps are not tight enough
you can see he is tense and vulnerable

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tendu (adj)
les courroies ne sont pas assez tendues
on le sent tendu, vulnérable

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to subtract, to take away

to save from death

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soustraire (à = from)

soustraire à mort

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ordeal, test

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épreuve (f)

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to harden, to intensify
to take a harder line on
to harden the arteries
quick setting cement

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durcir
durcir sa politique en matière de
durcir les artères
ciment qui durcit vite

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search (n)

to carry out a search of an area

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ratissage (m)

procéder au ratissage d’une région

92
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ambush, trap

to walk into an ambush

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guet-apens (m)

tomber dans un guet-apens

93
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misappropriation, hijacking
perversion of the democratic process
embezzlement of funds

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détournement (m)
détournement du processus démocratique
détournement de fonds

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to transport

to head towards (country, economy e.g.)

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acheminer (vt)

s’acheminer

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to happen
no matter what happens
what will become of democracy

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advenir
quoi qu’il advienne
qu’adviendra-t-il de la démocratie?

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to suffer, to subject to

suffer the effect of

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subir

subir le contrecoup de

97
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to push back, to stifle, to hold back, to turn back

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refouler

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to subdue, to subject sb/sth to, to submit
we are subjected to tax
to put a law to the vote

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soumettre qn/qch à
nous sommes soumis à un impôt
soumettre une loi au vote

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to fall dramatically (person, regime), to collapse

to be distraught with grief

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s’effondrer

s’effondrer de chagrin

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to attack, to assault
to be mugged in the street
to feel threatened by

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agresser
se faire agresser dans la rue
se sentir agressé par

101
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milestone, watershed
to turn a corner, to reach a milestone
to reach the milestone of one’s fortieth

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cap (m)
franchir un cap
franchir le cap de la quarantaine

102
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to make fun of

they made fun of their friend’s accent

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railler

ils ont raillé leur camarade sur son accent

103
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bathtub

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baignoire (f)

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to invade, to overcome, to pervade
overrun with ants
overcome with sleep
to take over the building

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envahir (vt)
envahi par les fourmis
envahi par le sommeil
envahir l’immeuble

105
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decade

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décennie (f)

106
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liable for

persons liable for income tax

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assujetti (adj)

les personnes assujetties à l’impôt sur le revenu

107
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fabric, cloth

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tissu (m)

108
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customs, lifestyle, practices

to become part of everyday life

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moeurs (f plural)

entrer dans les moeurs

109
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to remain
he remained deaf to our entreaties
nonetheless, the fact remains that …

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demeurer
il est demeuré à nos supplications
il n’en demeurer pas moins que …

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consideration, regard
without regard for, with regard to sth
to take someone’s wishes/age into account

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égard (m)
sans égard pour, à l’égard de qch
avoir égard aux souhaits/à l’âge de qn

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clumsiness, tactlessness, awkwardness
forgive my clumsiness
he was tactless to her
mistakes by the government provoked discontent

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maladresse (f)
excuse ma maladresse
is a agi avec maladresse envers elle
les maladresses du gouvernement ont provoqué le mécontentement

112
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well off/badly off

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bien loti/mal loti

113
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to waste away, to fade away, to decline

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dépérir (vi)

114
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wealthy (adj, noun)

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possédant (adj., nm)

115
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to force sth on sb

to compel sb to do/to make oneself do

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astreindre qn à qch

astreindre qn à faire/s’astreindre à faire

116
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gap, interval

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écart (m)

117
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to undermine

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saper (vt)

118
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boiling

to bring to/come to a boil

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ébullition (f)

porter/arriver à ébullition

119
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disagreement between/over

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différend (m) entre/sur

120
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contribution

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cotisation (f)

121
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to feel/to suffer from

felt to be an emergency/insult

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ressentir/se ressentir

ressenti comme une urgence/insulte

122
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to occur, to arise

should any problem arise

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survenir

s’il survient un problème

123
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next to, beside

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auprès de

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to catch up, to make up
to catch up with the someone
to catch up on one’s sleep

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rattraper
rattraper son regard sur qn
rattraper du sommeil en retard

125
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to split (org, group), to break down (problem, question)
to split into two/several parts
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scinder

scinder en deux/plusieurs parties

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