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Il faut que nous nous décidons

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We have to made up our minds !

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Reporter notre départ

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To put off our departure

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Baisser les bras

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To throw in the towel

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En jeu

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At stake

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Dorénavant

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From now on

From then on

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Plus … Plus il sera difficile de renverser la tendance

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The more …. The more difficult it will be to reverse the trend

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Une bonne fois pour toute

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Once and for all

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D’autant plus

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All the more

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S’enganger

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Commiting oneself

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Une loque humaine ( une épave)

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A wreck

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Se lancer

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Go for it

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Un point de non retour

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A point of no return

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Les tenants et les aboutissants

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The ins and the outs of the plan

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Un programme de plafonnement et de cap

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A cap and trade programs

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Adopter la politique du bâton et de la carotte

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To adopt a carrot and stick policy/approach

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Le point de réfèrence

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The baseline

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Étre similaire

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To be akin

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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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Much ado about nothing

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Faire semblant de

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To pay lip service to sthg

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Faire passer la pilule

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To sweeten the pill

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Ouvrir la voie

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To pave the way

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Être d’accord

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To be reckoned with

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Être déterminé

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To be hell-bent

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Poursuivre qq en justice

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To sue somebody / to take somebody to court

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Trouver refuge
Toctake shelter from sthg
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voir la vérité en face
to face facts
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faire quelque chose en douce
to act on the sly
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la crise des migrants est Un bon exemple
the migrant crisis is a case in point
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Dans le sillage de ..
In the wake of this article i would like to focus on a few point that i thought particularly interesting. [CHERCHER]
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Il est peu/pas étonnant
it is no wonder that | it is little wonder that
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On ne peut pas ignorer le fait que
One cannot disregard the fact that
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L'europe a été secouer par des biens des tempêtes, la plus grosses est en train d'arriver.
Europe has been rocked by many storms. The biggest is breaking
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Sonner le glas
Spell the end
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Un afflux de migrants
An influx of migrants
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Quand on veut on peut
Where there is a will, there is a way
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beaucoup de journalistes voudraient nous faire croire
Many journalists would have us believe
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Avec la crise grecque
What with the GREEK debt
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L'europe semble aller à sa perte
Europe seems to go to the dogs
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Il reste beaucoup à faire
Much remains to be done
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Saper la stabilité Européenne
To undermine Europe's stability
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Trouver un terrain d'entente
To find common ground
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Notre village global
Our global village
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Mettre la barre trop haute
To set the bar too high
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Précipiter
To hasten
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préconiser
to advocate
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ça m'était égal
i didn't mind
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Prendre ses désirs pour des réalités
it is wishful thinking
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loin des sentiers battus
off the beaten track
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loin de la foule
far from the madding crowd
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il n'y a pas de temps à perdre !!!
there is no time for delay
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nous devons prendre conscience du sérieux de la situation
We have to wake up to the seriousness of the situation !!!
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ces personnes ne trient même pas leurs déchets.
these people do not even sort out their waste
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l'environnement
THEenvironment
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POUR AGGRAVER LES CHOSES
to make matters worse
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il a tout d'un soldat
he is every bit a soldier
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Pourquoi diable
Why on earth ? Why the hell !
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le temps presse
time is of the essence
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A notre époque
In this day and age
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c'est le comble
that takes the biscuit !
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il pleut averse
it's pouring
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Le revers de la médaille
The flip side of the coin
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Enfin, et le dernier point, mais pas des moindres
last but not least
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il est loin d'être certain
it is far from certain
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Peu importe
Never mind
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être enclin à (la violence)
to be prone to (violence)
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bien que l'on dise d'eux qu'ils sont ...
Although they are said to be
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être le moteur de ..
to be the driving force behind /of
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dans la mesure ou, en ce qui concerne, pour autant que
insofar as
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que cela soit ..
Be it at work or at home
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les vieilles habitudes ont la vie dure
old habits die hard
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être sur le banc de touche
to watch from the sidelines
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suivre le rythme de l'inflation
to keep pace with inflation
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Faire le jeu de quelqu'un
to play into the hands of sbdy
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en difficulté, dans une situation désastreuse
in dire straits
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BILAN .......
Present perfect .... Obama term ...
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les médias ...
the fourth power/estate
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ça va sans dire
It goes without saying that
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sensibiliser
to raise awareness of/about
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régulariser
to regularize
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entrer en récession
to enter a recession

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