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1
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souiller la réputation de quelqu’un

calomnier

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to smear

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dénote toujours une action faite de manière furtive

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to sneak

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du savon

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soap

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un feuilleton

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a soap opera

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monter en flèche

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to soar

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qui donne à réfléchir

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sobering

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solvable

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solvent

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cracher

déverser

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to spew

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une marée noire

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an oil spill

spillage

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un produit dérivé

un avantage inattendu

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a spin-off

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faire durer

faire traîner

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to spin out

to prolong

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vivre aux crochets de

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to sponge off someone

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un parasite

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a sponger

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aiguillonner

encourager

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to spur

to stimulate

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faux

fallacieux

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spurious

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un intérêt feint

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a spurious interest

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une querelle

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a squabble

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compresser

pressurer

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to squeeze

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un manque de place

une cohue

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a squeeze

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poignarder

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to stab

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tituber

chanceler

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to stagger

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énergie

endurance

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stamina

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une débâcle
une déroute
un sauve-qui-peut

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a stampede

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dévoué

loyal

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dependable

loyal

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un ami dévoué
a staunch friend
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un ardent défenseur de la démocratie
a staunch supporter of democracy
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loyauté | fermeté
staunchness
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raide
stiff
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garder son flegme | rester impassible
to keep a stiff upper lip
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s'ennuyer à mourir
to be bored stiff
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mourir de trouille
to be scared still
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étrangler | maintenir dans un étau (fig.)
to strangle
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étouffer
to strangle free speech | to muzzle
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dominer le marché
to have a strangehold on the market
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flâner
to stroll
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trébucher
to stumble | to stagger
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une pierre d'achoppement
a stumbling block
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être dans l'impasse
to be stymied
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une industrie d'avenir
a sunrise industry
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une industrie sur le déclin
a sunset industry
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hautain | méprisant
supercilious
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furtif | en douce
surreptitious | on the sly
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un regard/sourire furtif
a surreptitious look/smile
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substitut
surrogate
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une mère porteuse
a surrogate mother
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échanger | troquer
to swap
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un échange | un troc
a swap
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doux | sucré
sweet
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sentir bon
to smell sweet
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adoucir (sens propre et fig.)
to sweeten
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adoucir la tâche de
to sweeten somebody's task
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toucher à mettre son nez dans trafiquer (péj)
to tamper (with)
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enregistrer sur bande ou vidéo
to tape
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un magnétophone
a tape-recorder
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taquiner
to tease
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ennuyeux
tedious | boring
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grouiller
to teem
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ténu
tenuous
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un lien ténu
a tenuous link
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une position fragile
a tenuous position
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avoir peu d'emprise sur
to have a tenuous hold on something
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un groupe de réflexion
a think tank
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économe
thrifty
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dépensier
thriftless
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les affres
the throes
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être à l'agonie
to be in the throes of death
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dans les douleurs de l'enfantement
in the throes of childbirth
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pencher
to tilt
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bricoler
to tinker with | to tamper with
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renverser
to topple
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tomber | s'effrondrer
to topple over
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renverser un gouvernement
to topple a government

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