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à égalité avec

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to be on a par with (par=equality of value)

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liberté conditionnelle

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parole

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être en liberté conditionnelle

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to be on parole

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colporter

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to peddle

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colporter des ragots

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to peddle gossip

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propager des idées

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to peddle ideas

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faire du trafic de drogue

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to peddle drugs

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un colporteur, un camelot

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a peddlar

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un pair

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a peer

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la pression de ses pairs

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peer pressure

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un avantage en nature

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a perk, a non-wage benefit (ex: a car, free airfares)

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un animal familier

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a pet

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mineur, insignifiant

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petty

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des petits boulots

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petty jobs

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un délit mineur

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a petty offense

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la pilule contraceptive

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the pill

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être sous pilule (contraceptive)

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to be on the pill

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commencer à prendre la pilule

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to go on the pill

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un numéro de code personnel

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a PIN number (Personal Identification Number)

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être en route, être en attente

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to be in a pipeline, to be under way

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un appel

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a plea

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plaider coupable

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to enter a plea of guilty

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une demande de grâce

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a plea for mercy

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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braconner
to poach
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un braconnier
a poacher
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étudier de près
to pore over
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être absorbé par
to pore over a book
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chic, bon genre
posh
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une situation difficile
a predicament
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être dans une situation délicate
to be in a predicament
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absurde
preposterous
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une ordonnance
a prescription
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une proie
a prey
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sonder, fouiller
to probe into
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une sonde
a probe
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une sonde spatiale
a space probe
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poursuivre en justice
to prosecute
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un procureur
a prosecutor
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un témoin à charge
a witness for the prosecution
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soutenir, étayer
to prop up
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faire traîner en longueur
to protract
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procuration
proxy
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voter par procuration
to vote by proxy
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un éditeur
a publisher
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une maison d'édition
a publishing company
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un expert, un spécialiste
a pundit
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un comité d'experts
a board of pundits
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une marionette (sens propre et fig)
a puppet
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se faire passer pour/se vouloir être
to purport to be
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un point de vue objectif
an unbiased point of view
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rendre perplexe
to puzzle
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essayer de comprendre
to puzzle over smtg
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une énigme, un casse-tête
a puzzle
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bizarre, étonnant, troublant
puzzling
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un charlatan
a quack
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un bourbier (sens propre et fig)
a quagmire
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un dilemme
a quandary
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un trimestre civil ≠ un trimestre universitaire
a quarter ≠ a term
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de très près
at close quarters
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annuler, écraser
to quash
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contestable
questionable (argument for ex)
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étrange, louche, suspect
queer
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ergoter(=pinailler, chipoter)
to quibble (for someone finicky=pointilleux)
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délabré, qui tombe en ruine
ramshackle
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saccager, piller
to ransack
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une rançon
a ransom
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violer une personne ≠ violer la loi
to rape ≠ to violate the law
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le viol ou du colza (2 significations)
rape
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la course à la réussite, la foire d'empoigne
the rat race
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l'arrière
the rear
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les pattes arrières
the rear legs
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l'arrière de la voiture
the rear of the car
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les roues arrières
the rear wheels
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mener un combat d'arrière-garde
to fight a rearguard action
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réprimander
to rebuke, to take to task
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la paperasserie administrative
red tape
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des cours de rattrapage
remedial courses, lessons
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un sursis, une remise d'exécution
a reprieve
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faire un remaniement ministériel
to reshuffle (The Cabinet has been reshuffled)
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retaper
to revamp
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retaper une maison délabrée
to revamp a dilapidated house
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réorganiser (une entreprise par ex)
to revamp a company, to streamline

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