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un don

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a bent/gift

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avoir le don des langues

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to have a bent for languages

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suivre son penchant

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to follow one’s bent

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être décidé absolument

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to be bent on doing smtg
to be intent of V+ing
to be determined

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un gros bonnet
un grand ponte
une huile

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a big shot

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un briseur de grève

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a blackleg

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une tache, une souillure, une honte

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a blemish

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une aubaine

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a blessing

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un blocus

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a blockade

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un film/livre à grand succès

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a blockbuster

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un avant-projet

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a blueprint

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une gaffe, une bavure

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a blunder

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faux, bidon

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bogus

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des faux demandeurs d’asile

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bogus asylum-seekers

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un mariage blanc

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a bogus marriage

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soutenir

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to bolster

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un os

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a bone

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une pomme de discorde

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a bone of contention

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un bon, un titre

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a bond

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le marché obligataire

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a bond market

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haussier, optimiste

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buoyant, bullish

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une marché actif, porteur

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a buoyant market

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enterrer

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to bury

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pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

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to bury one’s hand in the sand

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enterrer la hache de guerre
to bury the hatchet
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être plongé dans son travail
to be buried in one's work
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être plongé dans ses pensées
to be buried in one's thoughts
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une expression à la mode
a buzz word
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une élection partielle
a by-election
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contourner
to bypass
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un spectateur (dans la rue)
a bystander
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une limite, une frontière
a boundary
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une crise, une poussée
a bout (of fever, of inflation)
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une rupture
a breach
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un abus de confiance
a breach of trust
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palpitant
breathtaking
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être fauché, sans le sou
to be bust/broke
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un courtier
a broker (Stock Exchange)
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un butoir, un tampon
a buffer
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une zone tampon
a buffer zone
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un taureau
a bull
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un marché à la hausse
a bull market
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persécuter, maltraiter
to bully
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contraindre qqn par la menace à faire qqc
to bully sbd into doing smtg
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rater, boussiller
to bungle/to botch
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faire faillite
to bust | to go bust/bankrupt
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faire du démarchage électoral, solliciter des votes
to canvas
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sonder l'opinion
to canvas opinions
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se renverser/chavirer (au sens propre et fig)
to capsize
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pourvoir aux besoins de | satisfaire, répondre à
to cater for (people, opinions)
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un concierge, un gardien
a caretaker
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un gouvernement provisoire
a caretaker government
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un catalyseur
a catalytic converter
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une situation inextricable
a catch-22 (situation)
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le plafond
the ceiling
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toucher le plafond (fig)
to hit the ceiling
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un graphique/une courbe
a chart
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fustiger, critiquer sévèrement
to chastise, to castigate
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impertinent
cheeky
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une corvée
a chore/drudgery
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un cours
a class (faux-ami)
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sécher les cours
to skip classes
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une situation à suspens, un moment d'angoisse
a cliffhanger
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un apogée, un point culminant
a climax
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maladroit
clumsy
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grossier, ordinaire
coarse
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un comportement vulgaire
a coarse behavior

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