Voc Comme Ca

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Chêne

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Oak

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Honorer

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To worship

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Thorough

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Complet, minutieux

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Une filiale

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A subsidiary

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Minimiser l’importance de

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To downplay

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Dissuader

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To deter

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Porter atteinte à la nature

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To tamper with nature

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Soulager

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To alleviate

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Écœurement

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Revulsion

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Éoliennes

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Wind turbines

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À peine

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Hardly

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Assister

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To attend

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Entre ceux qui… et ceux qui

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What with this who…. and those who

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Se résigner à

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To resign oneself TO sthg

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To be bound to do sthg

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Être vouer à faire qqchose, aller faire sûrement qqchose

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Cela devait arriver

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It was bound to happen

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Considérer, juger qqchose de

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To deem sthg as…

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Sa position sur

Adopter une position sur

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Her/his stance on

To take a stance

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Tromper

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To foul

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Les vieux préjugés / Les vieilles habitudes ont la vie dure !

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Old prejudices / habits die hard !

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Entraver (2 mots)

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To hinder, to hamper

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La fracture numérique

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The digital divide

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Être médiatisé

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To have media coverage

To be publicized, hyped

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Faire la une

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To make the headline

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Des questions d'actualité

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Topical issues

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Si jamais elles doivent recourir à ...

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Should they resort to ... | Were they to resort to...

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Une flèche

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An arrow | tirer une flèche --> to shoot / to fire an arrow

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Faire une affaire

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To get a bargain

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To bargain for

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Négocier ou marchander ou s'attendre à qqchose (we got more than we bargained for)

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A bargain

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``` A deal (un marché) A good buy (une affaire) ```

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Prying

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Curieux, indiscret

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Mettre son nez dans la vie des gens

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To pry into sbdy's affaires

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Faire des confidences

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To pour out one's heart

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Amortir les critiques

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To cushion criticism

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Un coussin

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A cushion

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Un travail tranquille

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A cushy job

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Finir par faire qqchose

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To end up doing

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Comment se fait-il que...?

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How come...?

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Une critique littéraire

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A book review

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Ca se vend bien

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It sells well

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Noter à la va vite

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To jot down

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Casually

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Nonchalamment

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Editor

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Rédacteur en chef

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Éditeur

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Publisher

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Trembler

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To tremble, to shiver, to shake

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Errer

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To wander

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Décrocher un boulot

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To land a job

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Dériver

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To drift

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Un petit boulot

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An odd job

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Louche

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Fishy, dodgy

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Héberger qqn

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To put sbdy up, to accommodate sbdy, to give sbdy shelter

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To fall out with sbdy

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Se fâcher avec qqn

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Mettre qqn à la porte

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To kick sbdy out, to throw sbdy out

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Supporter

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To abide, to put up with

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À chaque fois

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Whenever

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Ramper

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To creep (crept-crept)

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A creeper

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Une plante grimpante

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Un sale type

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A creep *

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To sneak - to crawl

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Se faufiler en douce

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To call the roll

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Faire l'appel

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Lancer un produit

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To launch a product = to roll out a product

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Rouler sur l'or

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To be rolling in money

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Marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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To tiptoe

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La batterie de cuisine

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The pots and pans

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Prendre plaisir, savourer

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To relish

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Être le portrait craché de qqn

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To be the spitting image of sbdy

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Boiter

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To be lame

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A lame argument

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Un argument bancale

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Autrefois

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In those days

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Voyou

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A thug, a rascal, a scoundrel

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Être infidèle, tromper qqn

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To two-time sbdy, to double cross sbdy (trahir), to cheat on sbdy, to be unfaithful to sbdy

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To demand

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Exiger

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Kiosque

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Stall

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Caler (en voiture )

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To stall a car

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Gagner du temps

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To stall, to play for time

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Foul

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Odieux, abject, immonde

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To foul

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Polluer, souiller

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Avoir des ennuis avec la justice

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To fall foul of the law

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By foul means

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Les moyens déloyaux

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Prendre les jambes à son cou

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To take one's heel

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To scrape

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Gratter, érafler, racler

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Se débarrasser de

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To fob off sbdy

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A solicitor

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Un avocat

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Merely

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Simplement, seulement

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First class honours / second class honours

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Mention très bien / mention bien

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To mitigate

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Atténuer, réduire, minimiser

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Circonstances atténuantes

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Mitigating circumstances

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Silhouette

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Figure (pour une personne), shape (objet), outline (contour)

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Attentivement

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Intently

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A teetotaler

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Qqn qui ne boit jamais d'alcool

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The foyer

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Le hall de l'hôtel

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To be misled

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Être induit en erreur

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Être décidé à faire

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To be intent ON doing sthg | To be determined to do