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fusionner

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to merge

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une fusion

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a merger (between two firms)

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rendre justice, infliger une punition

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to mete out justice

to mete out punishment

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mâcher ses mots

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to mince words

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il n’y est pas allé par quatre chemin

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he didn’t mince his words

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soucieux de

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mindful

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idiot, stupide

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mindless

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minuscule

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minute (minuscule)

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une fausse couche

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a miscarriage

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une erreur de justice

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a miscarriage of justice

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des inquiétudes, des doutes

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misgivings

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un acte délictueux, un écart de conduite

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a misdemeanour

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le foule, le peule

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the mob

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un truand, un gangster

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a mobster

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simulé, feint

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mock

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un examen blanc

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a mock exam

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élan, du punch

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momentum

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gagner du terrain

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to gain momentum

to gather momentum

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capital

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momentous

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surveiller, contrôler

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to monitor

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humeur, ambiance

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mood

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je ne suis pas d’humeur à discuger

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i am in no mood to argue

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une autoroute

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a motorway, a highway

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se débrouiller tant bien que mal

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to muddle through

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une pagaille, une confusion
a muddle
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confus
muddled
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agression
mugging
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un agresseur
a mugger
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pousser comme un champignon
to mushroom
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une ville-champignon
a mushroom-town
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étroit
narrow
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au sens étroid du mot
in the narrow sense of the word
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l'échapper belle
to have a narrow escape
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un ressortissant
a national
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native english speaker
anglophone
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les indigènes, les autochtones
the natives
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le voisinnage, le quartier
the neighborhood
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un réseau
a network
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un cauchemar
a nightmare
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de bêtises, des âneries, des absurdités
nonsense
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plonger, s'effondrer, descendre en flèche
to nosedive, to pummet, to plunge
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une arme nucléaire
a nuke
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un serment
an oath
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sous serment
to declare sth on oath/ under oath
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l'oubli
oblivion
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obsolète
obsolete
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les chances
the odds
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il est peu probable qu'il réussisse
the odds are against him
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il n'a que de minces chances de gagner
the odds of his winning the election are silm
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le grand favori des parieurs
the odds-on favorite
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être en conflit
to be at odds
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bizarre
odd
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un nombre pair/impair
an even/odd number
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faire bande à part
to be the odd man out
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des petits boulots
odd jobs
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quarante et quelque
forty-odd
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elle doit avoir la quarantaine
she must be fifty-odd years
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un délit
an offence
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un délinquant, un contrevenant
an offender
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un bureau, une fonction
an office
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être en fonction, être au gouvernement
to be in office, to hold office
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prendre ses fonctions
to take office
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quitter ses fonctions
to go out of office
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un responsable
an official
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un responsable de haut rang
a high-ranking official
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compenser
to offset
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le pétrole
oil
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un puits de pétrole
an oil well
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une nappe de pétrole
an oil slick
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une marée noire
an oil spill
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one-sided
partial, partisan
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qui dure, qui persiste
ongoing

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