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1
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Aborder un problème

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To tackle a problem

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2
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À première vue

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At first sight

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3
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Dès l’abord/dès le départ

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From the outset

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4
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Réfléchissons d’abord à…

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Let us first consider

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5
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Il s’agit d’abord de se demander

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We must first ask ourselves

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6
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La première question qui se pose est de savoir

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The first question is…

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7
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Dans le fond

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Basically

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8
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Préalablement

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Beforehand

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9
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Au premier abord/de prime abord

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At first sight

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10
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Partons au principe que…

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Let us take as a basic principle that

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11
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Quant à…

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As for…

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12
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En ce qui concerne…

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As far as…is concerned

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13
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Passer en trombe

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To pass like a whirlwind

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14
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Coûte que coûte

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At all costs

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15
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Search warrant

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Un mandat de perquisition

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16
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Une égratignure

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A scratch

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17
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Ça ne m’emballe pas

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It doesn’t appeal to me

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18
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Passer à travers

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To overlook

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19
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Hargneux

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Aggressive

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20
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En ser lee ressort

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As a last resort

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21
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Racler les fonds de tiroir

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To scrape together every last penny

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22
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Du reste
Au reste

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Besides; moreover

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23
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Partir sans demander son reste

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To leave without further ado

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24
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Une tuile

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A tile (of a roof)

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25
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C’est du kif

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It’s the same

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26
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À l’occasion

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On occasions
Sometimes

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27
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Pallier

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To make up for
To compensate

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28
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Les tenants et les aboutissants

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The ins and outs

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29
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Renouer les lacets

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To tie shoelaces

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30
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Se brouiller

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To become blurred/confused

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31
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La crise

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The crisis

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32
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En crise

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In a state of crisis

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33
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A worrying state of affairs

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Une situation inquiétante
Avoir du mal à
Avoir de la peine à
Éprouver des difficultés à

34
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Une question épineuse

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A thorny questions

35
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Un problème incontournable

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A problem that cannot be ignored

36
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Le fond du problème

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The basis of the problem

37
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La principale difficulté porte sur

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The main difficulty involves

38
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Toute la difficulté réside en

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The main difficulty is in

39
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Le souci prédominant

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Main problem

40
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Un obstacle insurmontable

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An insurmountable obstacle

41
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Un accident conjoncturel

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Conspiracy of circumstances

42
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L’entrave

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A hindrance

43
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La pierre d’achoppement

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Stumbling block

44
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Des obstacles subsistent encore

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Some obstacles remain

45
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Le terrain est miné

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It’s a minefield

46
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Une crise qui couve

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A brewing crisis

47
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Difficilement maîtrisable

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Hard to bring under control

48
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Le bilan est globalement négatif

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On the whole things are not good

49
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Les choses prennent une mauvaise tournure

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Things are going wrong

50
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Un avant-goût de ce qui pourrait survenir

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A foretaste of what might occur

51
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Plus inquiétant encore

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What is even more more worrying…

52
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La situation se complique

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The situation is getting more complicated

53
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Une autre difficulté est venue s’ajouter

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A further difficulty has cropped up

54
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Une nouvelle donne

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A new state of play

55
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Une série de catastrophes

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A succession of disasters

56
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La situation empire de jour en jour

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The situation is getting worse every day

57
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La situation s’accentue avec le temps

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The situation is getting worse as time passes

58
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La situation tourne à la catastrophe

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The situation is becoming disastrous

59
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La situation atteint un niveau critique

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The situation is reaching a critical level

60
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La situation atteint la cote d’alerte

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The dizzying is a flash point

61
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La situation menace de s’ éterniser

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The situation threatens to go on forever

62
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D’autres facteurs contribuent à aggraver la crise

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other factors are helping to worsen the crisis

63
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le phénomène s’accroit

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the phenomenon is on the increase

64
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la tendance s’accentue

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the tendency is becoming more noticeable

65
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le problème se banalise

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the problem is getting more common

66
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le problème a pris une telle ampleur que

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the problem has taken o such proportions that

67
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mettre le feu aux poudres

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to bring things to a head

68
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pour comble de malheur

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to capi it all

69
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une crise sévit

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a crisis is raging

70
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surmonter

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overcome

71
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remédier à

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to cure

72
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venir à bout de

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to get through

73
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la solution est loin d’être évidente

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the solution is far from obvious

74
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la question est de savoir comment s’y prendre pour

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it is a matter of knowing how to go about

75
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il existe de nombres moyens de

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there are many ways of

76
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la solution qui s’impose, c’est

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the obvious solution is

77
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l’essential du travail consiste à

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the main job is to

78
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examiner au cas par cas le problème

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to examine each incidence of the problem

79
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saisir la question à bras-le-corps

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to get to grips with an issue

80
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élaborer une strategie

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to draw up a plan of action

81
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mieux vaut…que de…

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it ie beter to…than to…

82
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comment éviter que (+ subjonctif)

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how can one avoid (+ verb)

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