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s’attarder, traîner

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to linger

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un souvenir persistant

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a lingering memory

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des doutes qui persistent

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lingering doubts

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un faible espoir

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a lingering hope

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un test décisif

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a litmus test

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un prêt, un emprunt

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a loan

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détester, avoir en horreur

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to loathe

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traîner

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to loiter, to loaf, to idle

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une faille, une lacune, un défaut

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a loophole

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piller

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to loot, to plundle

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un pillage

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a looting

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un pilleur

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a looter

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un loubard, un voyou

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a lout

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un voyou qui se saoule à la bière

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a lager lout

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ridicule, risible

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ludicrous

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un gros morceau/une masse

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a lump

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avoir la gorge serrée

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to have a lump in one’s throat

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un morceau de sucre

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a lump of sugar

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fou, dément, aliéné

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lunatic

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un asile d’aliénés

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a lunatic asylum

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attirer par la ruse

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to lure

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l’attrait de la gloire

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the lure of fame

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attirer dans un piège

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to lure into a trap

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le voyage inaugural (pour un bateau)

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the maiden-voyage

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de fortune
makeshift
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un centre commercial
a mall
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fumier
manure
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manipuler, truquer les chiffres
to massage figures
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un chef d'oeuvre
a masterpiece
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un dissident, un non-conformiste
a maverick
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pagaille, désordre
mayhem
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la miséricorde
mercy
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clément
merciful
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impitoyable
merciless
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hypnotiser, fasciner
to mesmerize
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sans valeur (adj)
mickey mouse
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de la monnaie de singe
mickey mouse money
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doux
mild
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un temps doux
a mild weather
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un sourire doux
a mild smile
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un mélange hétéroclite, un pêle-mêle
a miscellany, a medley
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des. gens variés
miscellaneous people
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hétéroclite
a miscellaneous collection | motley (pej)
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un tant soit peu
a modicum (of common sense for ex)
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agresser physiquement (voire sexuellement)
to molest
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travailler au noir
to moonlight
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hypothéquer
to mortgage
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une hypothèque
a mortgage
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quelle belle équipe (ir)
what a motley crew
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banal, terre à terre
mundane (faux-ami)
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trouble, sombre
murky
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les musulmans
Muslims, Moslems
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ressembler
to muster (courage or money for ex)
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zéro
naught
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échouer
to come to naught
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faire peu de cas de
to care naught for
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angoissant
nerve-racking
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un surnom
a nickname
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persistant, qui vous ronge
niggling (feeling, doubt)
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tuer dans l'oeuf, faire avorter
to nip smtg in the bud
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faire un signe affirmatif de la tête
to nod
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où tous les coups sont permis
no-holds-barred (adj)
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un noeud coulant
a noose
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se jeter dans la gueule du loup (fig)
to put one's head in the noose
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resserrer l'étau (fig)
to tighten the noose
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marquer une victoire
to notch up a victory
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une encoche, une entaille
a notch
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notoire
notorious
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odieux, détestable
obnoxious
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les heures creuses
off-peak hours ≠ the rush hours
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une plateforme offshore
an offshore platform
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des investissements extra territoriaux
offshore investments
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la progéniture
offspring
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un médiateur
an ombudsman
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présage, augure
an omen
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de bon augure
of good omen
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de mauvais augure
ominous
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la responsabilité
the onus
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se montrer plus rusé que
to outsmart, to outfox, to outwit
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un paquet
a pack (of cigarettes)
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une bande (péj)
a pack of hoioigans
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un tissu de mensonges
a pack of lies
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une meute de oup
a pack of wolves

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