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un tas

un amas d’ordures

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a dump

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une décharge

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a rubbish-dump

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déverser

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to dump rubbish

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écouler des marchandises à bas prix

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to dump goods

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résider, demeurer

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to dwell

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les citadins

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city-dwellers

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les habitants de la campagne

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country-dwellers

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les habitants des cavernes

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cave-dwellers

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insister sur, s’étendre sur

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to dwell on

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une résidence, un logement (terme administratif)

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a dwelling

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diminuer, décroître

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to dwindle

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empressé

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(to be) eager (to)

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avoir soif de changement

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to be eager for change

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gagner (de l’argent)

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to earn

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réduire, soulager

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to ease

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l’Orient

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the East

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le Moyen-Orient

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the Middle-East

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le Proche-Orient

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the Near-East

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l’Extrême-Orient

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the Far-East

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l’Europe de l’Est

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Eastern Europe

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un tremblement de terre

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an earthquake

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les personnes du troisième âge

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the elderly

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incarner

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to embody

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une incarnation

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an embodiment

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mettre l'accent sur
to emphasize | to lay emphasis on
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endosser
to endorse (a cheque)
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approuver, appuyer
to endorse
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l'approbation
the endorsement | the approval
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une lettre d'approbation
a letter of endorsement
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accroître
to enhance (for abstract words such as beauty, power, reputation)
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distraire | amuser
to entertain
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une distraction
an entertainment
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l'industrie du spectable
the entertainment industry
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divertissant
entertaining
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éradiquer, éliminer
to eradicate
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augmenter
to escalate
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escalade, intensification
an escalation
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une propriété
an estate
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un lotissement
a housing esate
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un programme immobilier
a housing estate
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une cité HLM
a council estate
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un agent immobilier
an estate agent
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l'immobilier
real estate
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estimer
to estimate
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une estimation, un devis
an estimate
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grosso modo
at a rough estimate
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estimé
estimated
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un problème d'éthique
an ethical issue
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l'éthique
Ethics
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final
eventual
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des preuves (une preuve)
evidence (uncountable) (a piece of evidence)
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un fléau
an evil
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le moindre mal
the lesser of two evils
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un cadre
an executive
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un cadre moyen
a junior executive
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un cadre supérieur
a senior executive
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un directeur général
a chief executive officer
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épuiser
to exhaust
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épuiser la patience de qqn
to exhaust somebody's patience
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un pot d'échappement
an exhaust pipe
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des gaz d'échappement
exhaust fumes
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fatigant, épuisant
exhausting
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un travail épuisant
an exhausting job
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an exhibition
une exposition
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développer, se développer
to expand
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les dépenses
expenditure (uncountable)
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les dépenses publiques
government expenditure
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les frais
expenses
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des équipements, des installations
facilities
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la foi
the faith
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fidèle
faithful
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une foi inébranlable
unshakable faith
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un compte-rendu fidèle des événements
a faithful account of the events
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faire semblant, simuler
to fake (illness/ death)
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truquer, falsifier
to forge, to fake (signature, accounts...)
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un faux
a fake
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faux, bidon (adj)
fake
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par centaines
by the hundred
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diminuer, décroître
to fall off
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à peine
hardly

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