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à égalité avec

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to be on a par (equality of value) with

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liberté conditionnelle

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parole

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être en liberté conditionnelle

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to be on parole

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colporter

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to peddle

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colporter des ragots

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to peddle gossip

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propager

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to peddle ideas

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faire du trafic de drogue

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to peddle drugs

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un colporteur

un camelot

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a peddlar

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un pair

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a peer

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un avantage en nature

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a perk (a non-wage benefit)

ex: a car, free air-fares, etc.

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un animal familier (domestique)

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a pet

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mineur

insignifiant

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petty

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des petits boulots

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petty jobs

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un délit mineur

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a petty offense

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la pillule (contraceptive)

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the pill

to be on the pill

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commencer à prendre la pillule

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to go on the pill

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un numéro de code personnel

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a PIN number

Personal Identification Number

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être en route

être en attente

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to be in the pipeline

to be underway

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un appel

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a plea

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plaider coupable

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to ender a plea of guilty

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une demande de grâce

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a plea for mercy

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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braconner

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to poach

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un braconnier

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a poacher

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étudier de près
to pore over
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être absorbé par un livre
to pore over a book
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chic | bon chic bon genre
posh
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une situation difficile
a predicament
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les locaux
the premises
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absurde
preposterous
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une ordonnance
a prescription
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une proie
a prey
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sonder | fouiller
to probe into
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une sonde
a probe
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une sonde spatiale
a space probe
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poursuivre en justice
to prosecute
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un procureur
a prosecutor
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un témoin à charge
a witness for the prosecution
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soutenir | étayer
to prop up
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faire traîner en longueur
to protract
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procuration
proxy
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un éditeur
a pubisher
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une maison d'édition
a publishing company
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un expert | un spécialiste
a pundit
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un comité d'experts
a board of pundit
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une marionnette (sens propre et fig)
a puppet
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se faire passer pour
to purport to be
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se vouloir objectif
to be unbiassed
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rendre perplexe
to puzzle
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essayer de comprendre
to puzzle over sth
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une énigme | un casse-tête
a puzzle
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bizarre étonnant troublant
puzzling
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un charlatan
a quack
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un bourbier (sens propre et fig)
a quagmire
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un dilemme
a quandary
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un trimestre (civil)
a quarter
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un trimestre scolaire/universitaire
a term
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de très près
at close quarters
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annuler | écraser
to quash | the rebellion was quashed by the army
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contestable
questionable
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étrange louche suspect
queer
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ergoter
to quibble
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délabré | qui tombe en ruine
ramshackle
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saccager | piller
to ransack
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une rançon
a ransom
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violer (une personne)
to rape
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violer la loi
to violate the law
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1. un viol | 2. du colza
rape
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la course à la réussite | la foire d'empoigne
the rat race
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l'arrière
the rear
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les pattes arrière
the rear legs
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mener un combat d'arrière-garde
to fight a rearguard action
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réprimander
to rebuke | to take to task
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la paperasserie administrative
red tape
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des cours de rattrapage
remedical courses, lessons
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un sursis | une remise d'exécution
a reprieve
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faire un remaniement ministériel
to reshuffle
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un remaniement ministériel
a reshuffle
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retaper
to revamp
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retaper une maison délabrée
to revamp a dilapidated house
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réorganiser
to revamp a company | to streamline

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