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sournois

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sneaky, insidious, niggling pain

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usine à gaz

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Heath Robinson device, overly complicated machine

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être brute de décoffrage

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be a bit rough & ready / raw & brutal

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conjoncturelle

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short term, temporary, cyclical

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il y a 3 logiques

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there are 3 aspects

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aiguillon

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goad, sting

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valoriser

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leverage value from, recognise the value of, develop, promote

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espace

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platform

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clientélisme

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cronyism, pork-barrel politics

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aménagement du territoire

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territorial development & cohesion

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bidim

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geotextile

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éclaireur

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scout

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aléatoire

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unpredictable, uncertain, random

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gestation pour autrui (GPA)

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surrogate motherhood

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emporte-pièce / à l’emporte pièce

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pastry cutter / snap, sweeping

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potache

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school kid, student

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sourate

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surah

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amalgame

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mixture, jumble, hotch-potch

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strabisme

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squint, strabismus (med.)

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aubaine

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bargain, godsend

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effet d’aubaine

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deadweight effect, windfall effect

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rescrit fiscal

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tax ruling

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MIE

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mécanisme pour l’interconnection européen

CEF

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va-t-en-guerre

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hawkish

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RNB
revenu national brut | GNI
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liège
cork
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gueux
pauper, outcast, bandit (Gueux -Flemish rebel vs. Spanish Catholic power)
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tison
ember
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Quartier Général
Army Corps HQ
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décôte
haircut
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renflouement
bail-out
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renflouement interne
bail-in
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trisomique
Down's syndrome
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aide juridictionnelle
legal aid
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tréma
umlaut
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frondeur
dissident
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goéland
seagull
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alternance
change in power
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chavirer
capsize, overturn
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trépas
death
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équarissage
quartering, cutting up
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ouaille
flock
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diaphane
translucent
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lubie
fancy, whim
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SVT
Sciences de la Vie et Terre | biology, earth & life sciences
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le bagne
slavery, penal colony
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grivèlerie
doing a runner
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à iso
comparable, similar, equivalent
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rouage
cog, machinery
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geunille
rag
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lambeau
scrap, shred
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rapport de force
balance of power, power struggle
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écartement
gauge
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tapis écossais
patchwork
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envenimer
infect, aggravate
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(principe du) contradictoire
right for both parties to be heard, adversarial proceedings
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Lettonie
Latvia
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être au pied du mur
be up against it
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RSA -Revenu de solidarité active
Unemployment benefit / jobseekers' allowance
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tribunal de première instance
trial court
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revaloriser
restore the credibility of, change attitudes regarding...
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ACCIS | assiette commune consolidée pour l'impôt sur les sociétés
CCCTB | Common consolidated corporate tax base
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fonds de commerce
goodwill
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condemnation
sentence
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porter plainte
report s/thing to the police, lodge a complaint
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épeautre
spelt
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double actif
part-time farmer
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hermine
stoat
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belette
weasel
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une cane
female duck
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une faux
scythe
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étayer
support, back up
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garde à vue
hold for questioning
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faire la part belle à
give prominence to
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décrochage
disengagement | (scolaire) dropping out of school
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ponctionner
draw off, tap into
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clause d'extinction
sunset clause
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bêche-de-mer
sea cucumber
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dépouillement
extraction, stripping (of assets)
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oriflamme
banner, banner of war
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ventilation
breakdown
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vol à la roulotte
theft of objects from parked cars
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limier
bloodhound, sleuth
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coup de filet
a haul (police)
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gendarmerie prévôtale
Provost Gendarmerie (military police for French forces stationed abroad)
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La Grande Muette
the (Fr) army
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'saisir' la justice
take to court, have recourse to the law
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coup de force
power play
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être aux abois
be at bay, in dire straits, have back to the wall
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se cabrer
bridle, rear up
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ligueur
agitator
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chevet
bedside
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forcené
fanatic, extremist
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chamaillerie
squabble, quarrel
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litote
understatement, euphemism
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scrutateur
teller
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divorce pour faute
divorce for just cause
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abscons
abstruse, diff to understand
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inculpé
charged
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acarien
acarid, dust mite
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se compléter
complement e. oth.
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fraude fiscal
tax evasion
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évasion fiscale
tax avoidance
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traire
to milk
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onirique
dreamlike, fantasy
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panachage
mixing, blending
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être dans les clous
be right on course, be where we should be
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contre amiral
rear admiral
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rester sur sa faim
be disappointed, left wanting
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GEPSA
French public services operator
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boules Quiès
(kièsse) | earplugs
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fièvre catarrhale ovine
blue tongue (catarrhal fever)
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Cnil
French nat. data protection authority
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appât
bait
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greffier
law clerk, clerk of the court
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matière gracieuse
non-contentious matter
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marsouin
porpoise
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gisement
deposit, well
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boue d'épurement
sludge, slurry
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lixiviation
leaching
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variole
smallpox
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rejeton
offspring
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co-commissariat
joint audit
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que chacun prend ses responsabilités
we need to draw the logical conclusions
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à contre-jour
backlit
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collage du vin
wine bonding
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corsé
full-bodied
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assemblage
blend
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à l'impossible nul n'est tenu
you can't do the impossible, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
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de détail
retail (eg investor)
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pendaison de crémaillère
housewarming
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grelotter
shiver
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chanoine
canon
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moue
pout
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être le dindon de la farce
to be taken for a ride, become a laughing stock
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atone
lifeless, blank (look)
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Giec
(Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climat) IPCC
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disposition d'invalidation
defeat device
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maison d'arrêt
remand centre
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glycine
wisteria
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platane
plane tree
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borgne
blind in one eye, one-eyed, badly lit
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niche
kennel
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opposable
binding, enforceable
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nuisance
pollutant
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reconnu d'utilité publique
officially recognised as promoting the public interest, non-profit orgn
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amorçage
seed (funding)
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projet de proximité
community-based project
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seigle
rye
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interpeller
hold for questioning
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écueil
pitfall; reef
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établi
workbench
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charme
hornbeam
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chêne
oak
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frêne
ash