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Question 1

souiller la réputation de qqn, calomnier

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to smear

Question 2

verbe désignant tjrs une action de manière furtive

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to sneak

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il est entré à pas de loup, en catimini

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he sneaked into the room

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le gvnmt a fait voter en douce de nvlles lois sur le travail

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the gvnmt has sneaked through new labour laws

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du savon

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soap

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un feuilleton

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a soap opera, a soap

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monter en flèche

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to soar

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qui donne à réfléchir

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sobering (news for ex)

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solvable

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solvent

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cracher, déverser

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to spew

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une marée noire

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an oil spill, spillage

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un produit dérivé

un avantage innatendu

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a spin-off

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ce film est tiré de

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this film is a spin-off from the famous novel

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faire durer, faire traîner

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to spin out, to prolong

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vivre aux crochets de

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to sponge off someone

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un parasite

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a sponger

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aiguillonner, encourager

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to spur, to stimulate

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faux, fallacieux

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spurious

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feindre un intérêt

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to display a spurious interest

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une querelle

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a squabble

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compresser, pressuriser

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to squeeze

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le gvnmt essaie de pressuriser encore les contribuables

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the gvnmt is trying to squeeze more money out of taxpayers

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un manque de place, une cohue

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a squeeze

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poignarder

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to stab

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tituber, chanceler

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to stagger

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énergie, endurance

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stamina

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une débâcle, une déroute, un sauve-qui-peut

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a stampede

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dévoué, loyal

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staunch, dependable, loyal

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un ardent défenseur de la démocratie

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a staunch supporter of democracy

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loyauté, fermeté

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staunchness

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raide

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stiff

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garder son flegme, rester impassible

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to keep a stiff upper lip

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s'ennuyer à mourir

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to be bored stiff

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mourir de trouille

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to be scared stiff

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étrangler, maintenir dans un étau (fig)

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to strangle

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étouffer, museler

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to strangle free speech, to muzzle

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dominer le marché

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to have a stranglehold on the market

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flâner

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to stroll

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trébucher

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to stumble, to stagger

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une pierre d'achoppement(=sur laquelle on trébuche)

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a stumbling block

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une cascade

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a stunt

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un cascadeuer

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a stuntman

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un coup de pub

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a publicity stunt

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être dans l'impasse

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to be stymied

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une industrie d'avenir

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a sunrise industry

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une industrie sur le déclin

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a sunset industry

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hautain, méprisant

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supercilious

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furtif, en douce

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surreptitious (look, smile for ex), on the sly

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essayer de faire passer une loi discrètement

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to surreptitiously try to implement a measure

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substitut

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surrogate

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une mère porteuse

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a surrogate mother

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échanger, troquer

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to swap

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doux, sucré

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sweet

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sentir bon

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to smell sweet

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adoucir (sens propre et fig)

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to sweeten

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toucher à, mettre son nez dans, trafiquer (svt négatif)

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to tamper with

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enregistrer sur bande ou vidéo

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to tape

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un magnétophone

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a tape recorder

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taquiner

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to tease

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ennuyeux

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tedious, boring (job, task, conference for ex)

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grouiller

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to teem

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des rues grouillantes de personnes

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streets teemed with people

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ténu

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tenuous

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un lien ténu

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a tenuous link

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fragile

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a tenuous position

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avoir peu d'emprise sur

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to have a tenuous hold on smtg

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un groupe de réflexion

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a think tank

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économe

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thrifty

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dépensier

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thriftless

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les affres

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to throes

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être à l'agonie

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to be in the throes of death

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être dans les douleurs de l'enfantement

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to be in the throes of childbirth

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pencher

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to tilt

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pencher son chapeau sur ses yeux

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to tilt one's hat over one's eyes

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bricoler (fig, nég)

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to tinker with, to tamper with

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renverser

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to topple

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renverser un gouvernement

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to topple a government

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tomber, s'effondrer

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to topple over