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un extrémiste pur et dur

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a hardliner

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un port, un refuge, un hâvre

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a harbour

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héberger, garder (protéger, garder)

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to harbour

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entretenir, nourrir

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to harbour fear, hopes, suspicions

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souffrances, épreuves (often uncountable)

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hardship

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des privations

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harships

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quincaillerie, matériel informatique, matériel militaire (uncountable)

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hardware

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une moisson, une récolte (sens propre et figuré)

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a harvest

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récolter

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to harvest

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un refuge, un hâvre

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a haven

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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la tête

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the head

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de la tête aux pieds

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from head to toe/ from head to foot

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être éperduement

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to be head over heels

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aller vers

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to be heading for

to move towards

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la santé

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health

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sain

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healthy

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un esprit sain dans un corps sain

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a healthy mind in a healthy body

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la chaleur

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heat

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dans le feu de la discussion

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in the heat of the argument

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cette question a fait l’objet d’un débat animé

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the issue was debated with some heat

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le ciel, le paradis

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heaven

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être au septième ciel

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to be in seventh heaven

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c’est le paradis sur Terre

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it is heaven on earth

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l'âge d'or
the heyday | the golden age
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faire des randonnées
to hike
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faire de l'auto-stop | augmenter (US)
to hitch-hike
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une augmentation
a hike
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une allusion
a hint
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faire allusion à
to hint at
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emprunter, louer | embaucher
to hire
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système (américain) qui consiste à embaucher puis à licencier
to hire and fire
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frapper
to hit
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être durement touché
to be hard-hit
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une liste noire
a hit-list
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séropositif
HIV-positive (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
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un foyer
a home
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une maison de retraite
a home for the elderly | an old people's house
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le ministère de l'Intérieur (UK)
The Home Office
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le ministre de l'Intérieur britannique
the Home Secretary | US: the Secretary of the Interior
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les sans-abris
homeless | homelessness is one of the scourges of our society
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un creux
a hollow
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elle le mène par le bout du nez (elle le tient dans le creux de la main)
she holds him in the hollow of her hand
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vide, creux
hollow (ex: hollow promises)
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un rire jaune
a hollow laugh
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un otage
a hostage
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prendre qqn en otage
to take/hold someone hostage
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chaud
hot
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le sujet est épineux à traiter
this subject is subject too hot to handle
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être dans le pétrin
to be in hot water
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un tuyau sûr
a hot tip
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du blablabla
hot air
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un sujet trop délicat à traiter
a hot potato
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un numéro vert (le téléphone rouge entre chefs d'états)
a hotline
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un foyer d'agitation sociale
a hotbed of social unrest
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planer au-dessus de | hésiter
to hover
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être entre la vie et la mort
to be hovering between life and death
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un chasseur
a hunter
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un chasseur de têtes
a head hunter
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une chasse à l'homme
a man hunt
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il est à la recherche d'un travail
he is hunting for a job
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être à la recherche de
to be on the hunt for
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faire taire
to hush
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un silence de mort
a deadly hush
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le pot-de-vin que l'on donne pour acheter le silence de quelqu'un
hush-money
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gonfler artificiellement, faire mousser
to hype up
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ne pas tenir compte de
to ignore
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un déséquilibre
an imbalance
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un déséquilibre commercial
a trade imbalance
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détériorer
to impair
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une santé détérioré, une vue abîmée
impaired health/eyesight
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imminent
impending
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impliquer
to imply
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des suppressions d'emplois
shedding jobs
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une insinuation, une implication
an implication
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appauvrir
to impoverish
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appauvrissement
impoverishment
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un encouragement
an incentive
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des revenus (uncountable)
income
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impôts sur le revenu
Income tax
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le R.M.I
Income support
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les familles à revenu modeste
low-income families
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incohérent
inconsistent
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l'incohérence
inconsistency
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un mouvement revendicatif
industrial action
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un industriel
an industrialist

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