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Underlying problems

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Problèmes de fond

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To wane

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Diminuer

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Half-hearted

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Timide/hésitant

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Say nothing of…

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Sans parler de…

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Outcome

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Résultat

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With an eye to

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En vue de

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To shape

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Mettre en forme

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Likewise

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De même

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At first glance

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À première vue

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To broaden

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Élargir

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To enhance

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Ajouter de la valeur

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At face value

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En jugeant par les apparences

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To distrust

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Se méfier

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Foolproof

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Sans faille

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To qualify (an idea)

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Nuancer

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However…

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Quelle que soit la manière

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17
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Thereby

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De cette manière

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Shed light on

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Éclairer

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To have a say

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Donner son opinion

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To resort to

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Avoir recours à

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To narrow down

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Limiter

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Debatable

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Discutable

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Slant

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Angle, point de vue

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To encompass

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Inclure

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Entangled
Empêtré
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To slacken
Ralentir
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To enforce
Mettre en vigueur
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Far-reaching
Étendu
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Insight
Perspicacité
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To object to something
Faire objection à quelque chose
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To deprive
Priver
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To look upon
Considérer
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To be ahead of the game
Avoir un pas d'avance
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On second thought
En y réfléchissant
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Provided (that)
Pourvu que
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Play up, down
Insister sur, minimiser
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To be doomed to
Être condamné à
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Stems from
Provient de
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Sharp
Net
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To bring up (a question)
Soulever une question
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To stray from
S'égarer de
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To flow from
Découler de
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To undermine
Nuire à
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Remote
Lointain
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Forbidding
Sévère, menaçant
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To come in handy
Être pratique
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To stress
Mettre l'accent sur
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To devise
Inventer, concevoir
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Ploy
Stratagème
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Gut reaction
Réaction viscérale
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To pinpoint
Cerner
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To give rise to
Provoquer
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To lay the blame on somebody
Rejeter la responsabilité sur quelqu'un
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To trigger
Déclencher
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To undergo
Subir
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Ordeal (cf ordalie)
Épreuve
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To wipe out
Enrayer
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To flare up
S'embraser
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To entail
Nécessiter
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Sparingly
Avec modération
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For the sake of
Pour...
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To forewarn
Avertir
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To charge somebody for something
Faire payer quelqu'un pour quelque chose
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All-purpose
Passe-partout
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At your fingertips
Sur le bout des doigts
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In these respects
En ce qui concerne
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No less
Encore moins
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To tackle
S'attaquer à
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Intricacies
Complexités
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Bias
Préjugé
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Egregious
Énorme
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Outgrowth of
Résultat de
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Misgivings
Doutes
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Formerly
Autrefois
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Due to, owing to
À cause de
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Flabbergasting
Sidérant
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Erstwhile
Jadis, autrefois
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Ensuing
Qui s'en suit
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Twofold, threefold...
Double, triple...
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Slash
Entaille, coupe (budgétaire)
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To usher
Conduire
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To fall in pace with
Rattraper quelqu'un
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To keep in pace with
Rester au même niveau que
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Dressing-down
Engueulade, savon
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Superseded
Supplanté
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To wilt
Faner
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Forthcoming
À paraître
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Discrepancies
Divergences
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To belittle
Rabaisser, dénigrer