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mépriser

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to scorn

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méprisant

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scornful

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un fléau, une plaie

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a scourge, a plague

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gratter, râcler

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to scrape

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s’en sortir de justesse

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to scrape through

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trouver de l’argent en râclant les fonds de tiroirs

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to scrape up money

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être dans une mauvaise situation

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a scrape, to be in a scrape

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s’attirer des ennuis

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to get oneself into a scrape

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une égratignure

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a scratch

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partir de zéro

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to start from scratch

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il ne s’est pas montré à la hauteur

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he didn’t come to scratch

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rayer, barrer

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to scratch out

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chercher, fouiller

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to search for

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des recherches

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a search

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un siège

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a seat

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une résidence secondaire

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a second home

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obtenir

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to secure

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se protéger

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to secure against

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sécurité

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security

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des valeurs, des titres

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securities (stock Exchanges)

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sûr, solide

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secure (a secure investment)

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saisir

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to seize

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sauter sur l’occasion

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to seize the opportunity to do sth

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une capture, une saisie

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a seizure

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sûr de soi
self-assured/self-confident
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égocentrique
self-centered
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timide, intimidé
self-conscious
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évident
self-evident/self-explanatory
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autonome
self-governing
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les personnes du troisième âge
senir citizens
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un cadre supérieur
a senior executive
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raisonnable
sensible
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sensible, épineux
sensitive
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une série
a series
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mettre de côté
to set aside
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un revers
a setback
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subir un revers
to suffer a setback
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créer, mettre en place
to set up
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s'installer, s'établir
to settle
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un accord, une solution, un règlement
a settlement
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couper, interrompre
to sever
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secouer
to shake
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se serrer la main
to shake hands
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une poignée de mains
a handshake
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se secouer
to shake oneself
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ébranler
to shake sby confidence
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la honte
shame
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faire honte à
to bring shame on sby
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it is a shame
c'est dommage!
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c'est honteux de votre part!
shame on you
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honteux
shameful
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éhonté
shameless
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un bidonville
a shantytown
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briser, voler en éclats
to shatter
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casser en mille morceaux
to shatter into smithereens
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être bouleversé
to be shattered
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pur, véritable, simple
sheer, mere
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mettre en veilleuse
to shelve (a plan, a reform)
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to shelter
abriter
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un abri
a shelter
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briller
to shine
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un exemple remarquable
he is shining example of
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une cargaison
a shipment
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monter en flèche
to shoot up, to soar
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un magasin, une boutique
a shop
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faire des courses
to go shopping
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une fièvre d'achat
a shopping spree
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un commerçant
a shopkeeper
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une vitrine
a shop-window
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vol à l'étalage
shoplifting
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un (une) accro du shopping
a shopaholic
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une pénurie
a shortage
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les épaules
the shoulders
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avoir les reins solides
to have broadshoulders
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se tenir les coudes
to stand shoulder to shoulder
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s'atteler à la tâche
to put one's shoulder to the wheel
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battre froid à quelqu'un
to coldshoulder sby, to give sby the cold shoulder
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un spectacle
a show
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une démonstration de force
a show of force
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une épruve de force, un bras de fer
a showdown
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rétrécir, diminuer
to shrink
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un psy (celui qui vous rétrécit le cerveau)
a shrink

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