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une fermeture définitive

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a shutdown

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une navette spatiale

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a shuttle

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prendre parti pour/contre

se ranger à l’avis de

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to side with/ against

to pitch one’s tent/ in one’s camp

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soupirer

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to sigh

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regretter, se lamenter

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to sigh over something

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sélectionner, choisir

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to single out

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célibataire

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single

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père/mère célibataire

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a single parent

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monoparentale

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a single-parent family

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un aller simple

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a single ticket

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un aller-retour

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a return ticket

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considérable

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sizeable

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faire une esquisse

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to sketch

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esquisser

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to sketch out a plan

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une ébauche

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a rough sketch

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une compétence, un savoir-faire

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a skill

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ouvrier qualifié

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a skilled worker

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une main d’oeuvre qualifiée

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a skilled workforce

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un gratte-ciel

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a skyscraper

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monter en flèche

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to skyrocket

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une gifle

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a slap in the face

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réduire brutalement

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to slash

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avoir recours à des licenciements massifs

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to slash jobs

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abattre un animal, massacre

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to slaughter

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un carnage
a slaugther (a bloodbath)
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la corruption, la sordidité
sleaze
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une tranche
a slice | a slice of life
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léger, petit
slight
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je n'en ai pas la moindre idée (la moindre intérêt)
i haven't the slightest idea (slightest intérêt)
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un dérapage
a slip
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un lapsus
a slip of tongue
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un bout de papier
a slip of paper
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lent, mou (a slug : une limace)
sluggish
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un taudis
a slum
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les quartiers pauvres / bidonvilles
the slums
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tomber brutalement, chuter
to slump, to plummet
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une forte récession, une crise
a slump
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casser, briser, fracasser
to smash
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pulvériser un record
to smash a record
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casser en mille morceaux
to smash to smithereens
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devenir fou furieux
to run amok
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un effondrement, une débâcle, un krach (éco)
a smash
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lisse, doux
smooth
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bien fonctionner
to run smoothly
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passer en fraude, faire du traffic
to smuggle
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un traffiquant
a smuggler
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un inconvénient
a snag
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monter en flèche
to soar
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mou, doux
soft
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avoir un faible pour
to have a soft spot for sth, sby
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adopter une ligne modérée
to take a soft line on sth
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ne pas trop insister (mettre la sourdine)
to softpedal
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amortir un choc
to soften a blow (to cushion)
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calmer
to soothe
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recherché
sought-after
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une âme
a soul
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corps et biens
with all souls
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solide, qui tient debout (adj)
sound
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une affaire solide
a sound business
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espace, place
space
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un court laps de temps
a short space of time | a span of time
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gagner du temps | consacrer du temps
to spare time
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peux-tu me consacrer un instant?
can you spare me a minute?
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aucun effort n'est de trop pour lui
he spares no effort
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sauver la vie de qqn
to spare sby's life
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la chambre d'amis
spare room
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est-ce que tu as un stylo en trop pour moi?
have you got a spare pen for me?
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pour un temps court
for a brief span, for a short while, for a short spell
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déclencher
to spark off
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une étincelle
a spark
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être le fer de lance, être à la pointe de
to spearhead
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une espèce
a species
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les détails spécifiques, les précisions
the specifics
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accélerer
to speed up
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la vitesse
speed
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épeler
to spell
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l'othographe
spelling
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un laps de temps, une période | un sortilège
a spell
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période de soleil
sunny spells
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after a while
after a spell
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pendant une courte durée
for a short spell
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il traverse une mauvaise passe
he is going through a bad spell
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envoûter
to cast a spell on sby
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être envouté par
to be/to fall under the spell of
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city's spell
le charme

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