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Piège

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Pitfall

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Sujet/thème

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Topic

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Résumer un texte

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To sum up a text

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Le lectorat

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The readership

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Danger/péril

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A jeopardy

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Mettre en péril

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To jeopardize

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S’attaquer à/ aborder un text (2)

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To tackle/ to deal with a text

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Entrer dans une pièce

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To enter a room

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Une information/ des information

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A piece of information/ many pieces of or a lot of information

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L’intrigue

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The plot

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Un problème (2)

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A problem/ an issue

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Jeu de mots (2)

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Pun/ word play

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Équitablement, assez, plutôt

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Fairly

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Neutre politiquement (2)

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Middle of the road/ not politically oriented

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Extrême droite

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Extreme right-wing

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Plein de (2)

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An array of/ plenty of

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Le sommet

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The apex (propre comme figuré par ex: the apex of its growth = le sommet de sa puissance)

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Proverbe (2)

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A saying/ a proverb

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Uniquement

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Solely

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Simplement, seulement

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Merely

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Prendre à la légère

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To trifle

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Prévoir

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To forecast

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Un bienfait/ une bénédiction

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A boon

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Un fléau/ un cauchemar

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A bane

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Jargon journalistique
Journalese
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L’abattage/ la déforestation (2)
Logging/ deforestation
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Une bûche/ un rondin
A log
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La frénésie
The frenzy
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Rapetisser/ diminuer/ baisser
To dwindle
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Faute de
For want of
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Le manque/ la pénurie (2)
The shortage of/ the lack of
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Évoquer
To conjure up
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De même/ pareillement
Likewise
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Coupable/ responsable
Culprit
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Tiré par les cheveux/ irréaliste/ exagéré
Far-fetched
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Périphérique
A circle road
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Considérer/ juger/ estimer
To deem
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Reprise/ résurrection
A revival
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Faire d’une pierre deux coups
To kill two birds with one stone
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Un aperçu
A glimpse
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Attirer en trompant
To lure
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Ce denier
The latter
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Représenter une menace
To pose a threat
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Impliquer (2)
To entail/ to involve
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Étouffer
To stifle
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Omnipresent
Ubiquitous
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Les entrailles
Innards
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La marge de progression
A room for improvement
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Qui brise le cœur
Heart wrenching
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Le deuil
The mourning
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Brandir/ agiter
To wave
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Blanchir de l’argent
To launder money
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Le refus/ le déni
The denial
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L’âne (symbole des démocrates)
The donkey
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L’éléphant (symbole du Grand Old Party = républicains)
Elephant
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Figure: symbol of patriotism
Uncle Sam
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Un cartoon en deux parties (deux images)
A two-sided cartoon
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Un récit
A narrative
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Remboursement/ abaissement d’impôts
Tax rebate
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Une société/ une entreprise
A corporation
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Violer
To rape
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Harcèlement
Harassment
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Comportements sexuels abusifs
Sexual misconduct
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Le magnat = la personne la plus important d’une entreprise
The mogul
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Mettre en œuvre/ réaliser
To implement
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Être là pour une surprise
To be in for a surprise
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La goutte d’eau qui fait (a fait) déborder le vase
The last straw that breaks (broke) the camel back
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Louche (étrange)
Sleazy
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Un règlement/ un accord
A settlement
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Coucher utile
To sleep your way to the top
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Urbanisation
Urban sprawl
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S’étaler/ s’affaler
To sprawl
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Etrange (3)
Odd/ strange/ weird
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Exagéré (réaction par ex)
Over the top
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Paradoxal
ParadoXIcal
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Fermer les yeux sur qqch (expression)
To turn a blind eye to something
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Expliquer qqch
To account for/ to explain
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Totalement/ entièrement (4)
Thoroughly/ comprehensively/ totally/ completely
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Évaluation
Assessment/ rating/ evaluation
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Une plaine d’inondation
A floodplain
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Une zone tampon
A buffer zone
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L’immobilier
The real estate
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Se chevaucher
To overlap
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Jouxter
To abut
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Vider/ égoutter
To drain
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Alimenter le débat
To fuel the debate
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La fuite
The leak
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Fraude fiscale
Tax evasion
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Etrange, mystérieux
Uncanny
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Un puit
A pit
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Être doté de (2)
To be graced with/ to be endowed with
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Labourer (2)
To till the soil (or the land)/ to cultivate
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Un surnom (2)
A moniker/ a pet name
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Violation/ atteinte
Infrigement
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Prévoir
To foresee

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