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agitation, bruit

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fuss

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faire des histoires, faire tout un cinéma

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to make a fuss

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protester, faire des histoires

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to kick up a fuss

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jouer

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to gamble

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jouer au casino

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to gamble in casino

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jouer à la Bourse

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to gamble on the Stock Exchange

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jouer avec la vie de qqn

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to gamble with somebody’s life

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une entreprise risquée, un pari

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a gamble

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un fossé, un écart, un abîme

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a gap

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disponible

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at hand

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combler le fossé

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to bridge the gap

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réduire l’écart entre…

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to narrow the gap

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creuser l’écart

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to widen the gap

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les ordures (US)

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garbage

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jeter les ordrures

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to dump garbage, to dispose of garbage

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une poubelle (US et brit.)

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a garbage can/ a dust bin

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se rassembler

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to gather

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réunir

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to gather

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comprendre

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to gather

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un rassemblement

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a gathering

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mesurer, jauger

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to gauge

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le sexe

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gender

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un parti pris sexiste

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a gender-bias

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un marché du travail qui atteint un équilibre hommes-femmes

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a gender-balanced labour-market

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susciter, générer
to generate, to bring about
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génie génétique, manipulations génétiques
genetic engineering/manipulations
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un don, un cadeau
a gift
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il est doué pour les maths
he has a gift for maths
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un enfant surdoué
a gifted child
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se débarasser
to get rid of
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bon débarras!
good riddance!
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horrible, affreux
ghastly
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engendrer, provoquer
to give rise to
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commérages
gossip
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une lueur
a glimmer
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une lueur d'espoir
a glimmer of hope
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un aperçu
a glimpse
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entrevoir
to catch a glimpse of
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un aperçu de l'avenir
a glimpse into the future
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mondialisation
globalisation
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un but, une finalité
a goal
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fixer un but
to set a goal
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de la bonne volonté
helpful attitude, goodwill
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un homme de bonne volonté
a man of goodwill
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faire preuve de bienveillance
to show goodwill to/towards
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faire de bon coeur
to do sth with goodwill/ in a spirit of goodwill
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doré
golden
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marchandises, articles
goods
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biens de consommation
consumer goods
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un train de marchandises
a goods train
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saisir
to grab
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qualité
grade
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acier de première qualité
high-grade steel
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échelon
grade
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la catégorie la plus basse des ouvriers
the lowest grade of skilled workers
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se montrer à la hauteur, y arriver
to make the grade
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avoir de bonnes notes
to get good grades (US)/marks (brit.)
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être dans une classe de terminale
to be in an upper grade (US) / form (brit.)
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un diplômé de l'enseignement supérieur (licencié)
a graduate
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obtenir un diplôme universitaire
to graduate (from Oxford)
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cérémonie de la remise des diplômes
graduation day | graduation ceremony
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l'effet de serre
greenhouse effect
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les gaz à effet de serre (CFC)
greenhouse gases
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saluer, accueillir
to welcome | to greet
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énorme
gross
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un invité
a guest
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un travailleur imigré
a guestworker
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les lignes directrices, les directives
the guidelines
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coupable
guilty
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plaider coupable
to plead guilty
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un caniveau
a glutter
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la presse à scandale la presse à sensation (très péjoratif)
the gutter press
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tripes, intestins, courage
guts
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une habitude
a habit
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avoir l'habitude
to fall into the habit of
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faire qqch hors du commun
to do sth out of habit
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faire qqch par habitude
to do sth from habit
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paralyser, entraver
to harmstring
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choisir avec soin sélectionner trier sur le volet
to handpick

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