n5

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to take the hupper hand

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l’emporter

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to cast doubt on

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jeter le doute sur

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evidence is pilling up that

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les prevues s’accumulent

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semingly = apparently

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apparemment

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to renege on promises

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revenir sur ses promesses

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to keep at bay

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maintenir a distance

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to stretch far beyond

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s’étendre bien au delà

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the renegade group

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le gp rebelle

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to bring their own moral compass

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ctad ethical sense

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A tainted report

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un report sale

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the mainstay of

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la base/pilier de

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the shrines of

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les lambeaux de

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to come to terms with

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se resoudre à qqch

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lest

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de peur que

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in some eyes

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aux yeux de certains

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to lead astray

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egarer, eloigner

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to have leeway

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avoir de la marge

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beneath

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sous/dessous

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the midst of

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au milieu de

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to jot down a few notes

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grifonner qql notes

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opposite /// in front of

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juste en face / séparé par un obstacle type rue, bureau ///séparé mais pas d’obstacle

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a glint of // a glimmer

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un lueur (ds lesyeux) // une lueur (abstrait)

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to dash one’s hope

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sapper l’espoir

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to be a lighting rod for

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un defouloir, executoire

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to come close to + ing

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en venir à

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to have the heft to

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avoir le poids pour

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to be a far cry from

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s'averer etre assez distant de

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to be at odds with

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aller dans le sens inverse de

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to be stunk by

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être piqué par

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albeit -> even if

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quoi que

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to take on

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assumer

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time and again

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énième fois/a de nb reprises

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rank-and-file

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subalterne

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put heat above the parapet

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to be brave enough to state an opinion that might upset people

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on the eve of

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a l'aube de

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to be all but plain sailing

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n'etre pas si simple que ca/ ne pas aller sans pb

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to be hungry for

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être assoiffé de

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to herald the death knell of

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sonner le glas de

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from time to time

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de temps en temps

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in next to no time

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en un rien de temps

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for the time being

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pr le moment

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many a time

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maintes fois

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every other day

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tous les deux jours

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as from

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a compte de

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from now on

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desormais

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as early as + date / as late as + date

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dès + date / jusqu'en + date

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to go out of whack

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etre hors de contrôle

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to swing back and forth

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se balancer dun coté et de l'autre

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tit-for-tat

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coopération-réciprocité-pardon = win-win