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un don

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a bent (a gift)

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avoir le don des langues

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to have a bent for languages

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suivre son penchant

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to follow one’s bent

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être décidé absolument

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to be bent on doing something

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un gros bonnet
un grand ponte
une huile

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a big shot

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un briseur de grève

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a blackleg

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une tache
une souillure
une honte

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a blemish

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une aubaine

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a blessing

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un blocus

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a blockade

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un film

un livre à grand succès

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a blockbuster

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un avant-projet

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a blueprint

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une gaffe, une bavure

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a blunder

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faux

bidon

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bogus

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des faux demandeurs d’asile

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bogus asylum-seekers

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un mariage blanc

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a bogus marriage

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soutenir

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to bolster

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un os

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a bone

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une pomme de discorde

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a bone of contention

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un bon

un titre

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a bond

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le marché obligataire

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the bond market

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un marché actif, porteur

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a buoyant market

bullish

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enterrer

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to bury

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pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

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to bury one’s head in the sand

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enterrer la hache de guerre

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to bury the hatchet

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être plongé dans son travail
to be buried in one's work
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être plongé dans ses pensées
to be buried in one's thought
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une expression à la mode
a buzz word
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une élection partielle
a by-election
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contourner
to bypass
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un spectateur
a bystander
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une limite | une frontière
a boundary
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une crise | une poussée
a bout | a bout of fever, a bout of inflation
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une rupture
a breach
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un abus de confiance
a breach of trust
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palpitant
breathtaking
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fauché | sans le sou
broke
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un courtier
a broker
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un butoir | un tampon
a buffer
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une zone tampon
a buffer zone
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persécuter | maltraiter
to bully
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contraindre quelqu'un par la menace à faire quelque chose
to bully sby into doing something
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rater | bousiller
to bungle | to botch
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un travail bâclé
a bungled job | a botched job
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faire faillite
to bust to go bust to go bankrupt
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être fauché
to be bust | to be broke
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solliciter des votes | faire du démarchage électoral
to canvas
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sonder l'opinion
to canvas opinion
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se renverser | chavirer (propre et fig.)
to capsize
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1. pourvoir aux besoins de | 2. satisfaire, répondre à
to cater for
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un concierge | un gardien
a caretaker
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un gouvernement provisoire
a caretaker government
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une situation inextricable
a catch-22 situation | a catch-22
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le plafond
the ceiling
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les prix ont touché le plafond (fig.)
prices have hit the ceiling
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un graphique | une courbe
a chart
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fustiger, critiquer sévèrement
to chastise | to castigate
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impertinent
cheeky
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une corvée
a chore | a drudgery
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un cours
a class
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sécher les cours
to skip classes
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une situation à suspense | un moment d'angoisse
a cliffhanger
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un apogée | un point culminant
a climax
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maladroit
clumsy
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grossier | ordinaire
coarse
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vulgaire
coarse behaviour

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