Hans-Thilo Schmidt

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hurler

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to yell

scream

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le mépris

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contempt

disdain

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méprendre

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to misunderstand

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un krach

un krach boursier

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a crash, downfall

stock market crash

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or (conj)

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now
so
but
however

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disposer qc

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to arrange qc

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disposer de

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to have (at one’s disposal)

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subodorer

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to suspect
guess
surmise

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monnayer

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print money

turn into cash

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l’état-major

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leadership (of a country)

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le démarche

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walk

gait

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démarcher

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to sell door-to-door

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un joaillier

une joaillière

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jeweler

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cumuler

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to get concurrently (eg two pensions)
accumulate
combine

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moyennant qc

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in return for st

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le processus (nom invariable)

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process

procedure

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un fascicule

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an instalment
part of a larger item

a booklet

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le effectif

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workforce

strength

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sidérer

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to flabbergast

blind-side

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être sidéré

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to be flabbergasted

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infini (adj)

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infinite

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inexploitable (adj)

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impractical

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parvenir à

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to reach

manage to

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destinataire (m/f)

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addressee

recipient

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une sacoche

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satchel saddlebag a large bag

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encaisser

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to absorb embed pocket (as in cash)

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un brevet

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a patent

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pietiner

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to trudge along (in frustration)

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outre

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besides

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scruter

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to scrutinize | scan

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une redondance

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redundancy

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une dépêche

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dispatch

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empiler

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to stack up

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un transfert

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transfer

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se méfier de

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to be distrustful of

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une officine

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an organization

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capital (adj)

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momentous | crucial

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être aux premières loges (idiom)

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to be in an ideal position

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se replier

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to withdraw (lit: to fold oneself up)

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à défaut de

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for want of

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un compte-rendu

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a progress report

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élargir

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to widen

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le souci

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worry

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riposter

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to answer back | counterattack

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dresser

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to set up

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le procès-verbal

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minutes (of a meeting)

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séduire

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to seduce

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leurrer

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to delude

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relâcher

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to release

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pressentir que

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to have a prescience that

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buter

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to trip, stumble to make more stubborn kill (informal)

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parallélement à

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parallel to | at the same time as

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la trahison

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betrayal

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un repérage de

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a location for

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en priorité

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first

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pardessus tout

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first and foremost

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abréger

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to abridge

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périmer

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to expire

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périmé

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expired

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un char

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a tank (military)

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patrouiller

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to patrol

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improviste (adj) à l’improviste

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unexpected off the cuff unplanned

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élaborer

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to work st out explain note: not to elaborate, expand as in english

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impuissant (adj)

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powerless

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inlassablement (adj)

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tirelessly

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concurrent (adj)

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concurrent

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démonter

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to dismantle

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bourrer de

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to stuff with

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bourré de (adj)

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stuffed with

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vierge (adj)

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virgin pristine unused

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dûment

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duly | rightfully

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un apport

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contribution

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le sabordage

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scuttling (of a vessel)

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une consigne

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instruction

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une épave

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wreck

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un matelot

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seaman

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le blindé

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armour (ie, armoured vehicles, weapons)

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blinder

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to reinforce | protect with armour

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blindé (adj)

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armoured

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couler

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to sink (a ship) to flow make a casting

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ravitailler

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to refuel | resupply

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au plus fort de... au plus fort d'hiver

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in the dead of... in the thick of... in the dead of winter

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acheminer

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to route dispatch transport

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un convoi

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a convoy

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le renfort

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reinforcement

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censé faire

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supposed to do

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survenir à

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to happen

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une perte

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a loss

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une flotte

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fleet

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la filière la filière d'evasion les filières habituelles

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channel route the escape route the usual channels

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limoger

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to dismiss

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être à l'écart

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to be isolated un écart = a gap, a distance

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extorquer

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to extort

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dorénavant

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henceforth désormais

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un enjeu

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wager | stake