Mot Passerelle Flashcards

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An asset

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Un atout / un point fort

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To backfire

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Avoir un effet inverse

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The bottom line

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L’essentiel

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A burden

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Un fardeau

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To bridge a gap

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Combler un fossé

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To dwell on

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S’arrêter sur

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To downplay

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Minimiser

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A deadline

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Une date limite

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A downturn

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Une recession

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Far-fetched

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Tire par les cheveux

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À Quick fix

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Une solution rapide

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A hurdle

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Un obstacle

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A burning issue

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Un sujet brulant

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To jettison

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Se débarrasser / abandonner

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To jeopardize

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Mettre en danger

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To be at loss

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Etre perplexe

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To alter

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Modifier / changer

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To drop

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To fall

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To conceal

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to hide (dissimuler)

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to expect

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Attendre

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To acknowledge

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to admit (admettre)

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To deny

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Nier

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To resign

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Démissionner

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Growth

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Surge (croissance)

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Subsidiary
Filiale
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Holding
Avoir
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To handle
To manipulate
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To borrow
Emprunter
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Embedded
Rooted (ancré)
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Suitable
Proper (convenable)
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Factory
Plant (usine)
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Loan
Advance (prêt)
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Earnings
Gains
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To enlighten
Eclairer
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However
Yet (néanmoins, cependant)
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To defeat
Vaincre
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Submit
Soumettre / déposer
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to map out
Plannifier
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Give up
Abandonner
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Carry on (v-ING)
Continuer
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To plummet
S'effondrer
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To compel
Obliger
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domestic
Interieur
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Crunch
Crise
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Plenty of
Bcp de
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Barely / hardly
A peine
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inasmuch as
Dans la mesure ou
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Incidentally
D'ailleurs / Et par la meme occasion
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Discussion
Débat
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To lift
Soulever / porter
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Baffled at
Perplexe
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Relief
Soulagement
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TO trigger
Declencher
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Une montée
Surge
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To swap sthg
Changer de
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To evict
Expulser
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Truly
Vraiment
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in a row
De suite
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to curb down
Limiter
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Stakes
Enjeux
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intricate
Complexe
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Lenient
Indulgent
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To remain
Stay
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Regulations
Règles
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To pass exams
Reussir des exams
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to take exams
Passer des exams
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To behave
Se comporter
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The CEO
The head
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Lack of
Un manque de
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To rely on
Compter sur
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To appoint
Nommer
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Magnate
Tycoon (un magnat)
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Charges
Accusations
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To overcome
To surmount
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Mere
Meager (simple/petit)
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A shift
A work ( un service)
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To yield
Give in (céder)
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Disicentive
Discouragement (demotivation)
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Evidence
Proofs (preuves)
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To undermine
To spoil (ternir/gacher)
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Burglary
Combriolage
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TO provide
Fournir
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Stakes
Risks (enjeux)
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To behave
Se comporter
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Aloof
Distant
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To waver
Hésiter
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Actual
Réel
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the midst of
Le milieu
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Vicinity
Voisinage
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To run sth
Diriger qqch
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To prevent
empecher
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Strain
Pression
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Cast
Jeter
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to endaveour
To try
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to make sth up
Inventer
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To subdue
Atténuer
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to quicken
Accelerer
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utmost
Extreme
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legacy
Bilan
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to assess
Evaluer
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processed
transformé
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to fear
Craindre
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throughout
a travers
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oversight
Oubli
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position
Poste
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in spite of
Malgré
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to wonder
Se demander
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tough
difficile
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to enhance
Ameliorer
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to raise
Elever
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to postpone
repouser
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fierce
Violent
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complimentary
Gratuit
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abroad
A l'etranger
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to sever
Couper / amputer
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duty
devoir
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trust
Condifence (confiance)
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to submit
envoyer
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oversights
Oublis
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tremendous
Enorme
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to discard
Jeter
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to favor
Priviligier
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to drop
Laisser tomber
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Riots
Emeutes
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Clerk
Employé
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On our plates
Ahead of us (devant nous)
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to call the shots
to decide (Decider)
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bribery
Corruption
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To grasp
To understand
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Physicians
Doctor
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The rage
The craze (fureur)
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To soar
To skyrocket (monter en fleche)
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Premises
Building
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To induce
To prompt (pousser / inciter)
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potent
Powerful
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Awarness
Consciousness (sensibilisation)
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on her behalf
On her part
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To account for
to explain
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Incumbent
defeat (sortant)
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to rally
Rassembler
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Benefits
Aids (allocations)
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breakthrough
Advance (decouverte/avancée)
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Overdraft
overspending (découvert bancaire)
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Doldrums
Slump (recession)
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Setbacks
Hardships (difficultés)
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to propound
Avancer
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pleas
Excuses
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in earnest
serieusement
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to jest
Plaisanter
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contestant
Concurrent
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to sever
Couper
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to assert
Affirmer
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momentous
Considérable
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bond
Link (lien
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to intertwine
Lier
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to deem
Considérer
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to greet
Accueillir
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to curb
To limit
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to utter
To pronounce
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in the pipeline
in process (en cours )
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fitful
Agitated (agité)
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Tentative
Provisional (temporaire)
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harsh
Dur
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To outdo
To surpass (faire mieux que)
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issue
Probleme
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demise
Décès
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the highs and lows
les hauts et les bas
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to take in
Accepter
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crops
Recolter
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to flee
Fuir
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to achieve
Atteindre
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to undergo
Subir
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to grab
Attraper
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drop in
Baisse dans
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to lead to
Mener a
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to dare
Oser
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to injure
Blesser
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recollection
Memory (souvenir)
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to look up to
To admire
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discrepancy
Gap (ecart)
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Impediment
Obstacle (entrave)
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To freeze
To stop
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misleading
Deceptive (mensonger)
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to entertain
To pleaser (divertir)
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Forecast
Prediction
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to occur
To take place (se produire)
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Poll
Survey
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Barely
Merely
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Affordable
Cheap
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Benefits
Pensions (allocations)
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retirement
Withdrawal (retraite)
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to allow
to let
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several
Multiple (plusieurs)
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Fines
Amendes
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to enforce
appliquer
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to shift
deplacer
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to forge
etablir
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mainly
Principalement
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Beyond
Au dela
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to depict
Montrer
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Defunct
Dead
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To encounter
Rencontrer
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to walk in
To enter into (entrer dans une piece)
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Journey
Voyage
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Per capita
Par habitant
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The bulk of
L'essentiel
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Aim
But
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Dissapointed
Décu
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Demonstrator
Manifestant
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To implement
Mettre en place
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To starve
Mourir de faim
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A bunch of
a handful of ( un petit grp de )
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To witness
To see 'assister a '
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scope
Extent ' portée / Etendue'
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Relief
Help (aide)
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Coarse
Rude ' grossier '
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To subsidize
To fund (financer)
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Utterly
Completely
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Straightaway
Immediately
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Grant
Bursay (bourse)
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Previous
Former (precedent)
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To bother
To annoy 'ennuyer'
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Links
Ties (liens)
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To check
To verify
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To betray
Trahir
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Burden
Load (fardeau)
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To side with
TO back up 'soutenir'
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target
aim
229
To broadcast
Diffuser
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to stifle
To smorther 'etouffer'
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To jeopardize
Menacer
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Concern
Soucis
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To cope with
Gerer