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Vocab 2nd Year Flashcards

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Perturbation

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disruption

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Il y a plus que cela ne le laisse paraitre

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there is more to it tham meets the eye

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Avoir son mot à dire

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To have a say

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Investisseurs

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Investors; venture capitalists

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Avoir des contacts professionels

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To have networking opportunities

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Etre ostracisé

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To be ostracized

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Ostraciser

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To ostracize

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Lancer une chasse aux sorcières contre qq un

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To launch a witchhunt against sbdy

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Laisser voir; publier

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Disclose

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Des retours sur qq chose

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Feedback about sthg

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Bien s’en sortir

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To fare well

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Mal s’en sortir

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To fare bad

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Faire appel à

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To involke sthg

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Etre inscrit dans qq choqe

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To be enshrined

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Avoir une grande marde de manoeuvre

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To have a broadleeway in doing sthg

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Idolâtrer qq un

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To idolize sbdy; To Lionise sbdy

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Antisémitisme

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Anti-seminitism

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Défiler dans la rue

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To march into the street; To take down the street

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Déposer une plainte contre qq un

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To file a complaint against sbdy; To logde a complaint against sbdy

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Faire la demande

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To seek

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Opinion dominant

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Mainstream

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Virer qq un

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To sack sbdy

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Rapidement

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Quickly; Swiftly

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Etre assailli

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Surrounded; Beset with

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Etre difficile de faire qq chose

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To be difficult to do sthg; To be hard-pressed to do sthg

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Plafond de verre

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The glass ceiling

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Avoir tendance à faire qq chose

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To be prone to do sthg

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Proclamer; Affirmer

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To make the case that

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Un dissident

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A dissenter

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Passer qq un sous silence

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To stifle sbdy

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Le maitre mot

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The watchword

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Ne jurer que par qq chose

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To swear by sthg

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Discrimination positive

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Positive discrimination (UK); Affirmative actions (USA)

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Soulever un tollé

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To spark off an uproar/ an outcry; To trigger an uproar/ an outcry

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Soulever l’indignation générale

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To spark off a backlash; To trigger a backlash

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Une attitude globale

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A pervasive attitude

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Il y a plus que cela ne le laisse paraitre

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There is more to it than meets the eye

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Faire une demande pour qq chose

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To seek for sthg

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Une perspective

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A prospect; An outlook

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Aléatoire

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Random; Haphazard

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Etre occupé

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To be busy; To be hectic

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Démoniaque

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Evil; Heinous

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Menaçant et imminant

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Impending

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Généreux (faste)

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Generous; Lavish

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Qq chose de laxiste

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A lax sthg

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Une victoire écrasante

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Overwhelming victory; Landslide victory

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Héler qq un

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To hail sbdy

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Un groupe de décision

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A board

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S’assurer du respect des lois

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To enforce labour laws

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Négocier

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To bargain

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Négociations collectives (entre employés et patrons)

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Collective bargaining

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Disparaitre

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To disapear; To fade

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Employés et patrons

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Labour and management

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54
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Raviver un débat

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To revive a debate; To rekindle a debate

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Raviver

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To revive; To rekindle

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Des retours sur qq chose

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Feedbacks

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Combler un vide juridique

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To close a legal loophole

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Un vide juridique

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A loophole

58
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Etre audacieux

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To be bold; To be daring; To be audacious

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Original

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Original; Out of the box

60
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Suivre qq chose à la lettre

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To stick to sthg to the letter; To follow sthg to the letter

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Introspection

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Soul searching

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Etre à la hauteur de qq chose (figuré)

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To live up to sthg

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Etre à la hauteur de sa réputation

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To live up to his/her/its reputation

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Etre dans la mouise

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To be in a bind; To be in a predicament

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Reprimander qq un

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To dress sbdy down; To tell sbdy off

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Une vague de chaleur

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A heat wave; The dog days

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Etre intrigué par qq chose

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To be puzzled at sthg

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Etre intéressé par qq chose

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To be interested in sthg; To be intringed by sthg

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Se pencher (physiquement)

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To lean

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Une inauguration

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A grand opening; an opening

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Journée porte-ouvertes

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Open days

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Investiture

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Inauguration

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Dévoiler qq chose

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To unveil sthg

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Etre le lieu qui héberge qq chose/qq un

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To be home to sthg/sbdy

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Une salle de réception

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A venue

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Le patrimoine

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Heritage

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Un mécène

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A patron

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Le mécénat

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Patronage

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Les ancètres

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Ancestors; Forebears; Forefathers

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Etre l’exemple parfait de qq chose

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To epitomize

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Incarner qq chose

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To embody sthg

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Enterrer (vivant)

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To burry

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Mettre sur écoute

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To bug; To wiretap

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La mise sur écoute

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Wiretapping; Phonetapping

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Concaincre qq un de faire qq chose

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To convince sbdy to do sthg; Persuade sbdy to do sthg; To bring sbdy around

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Un passant

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A passer by; a bystander; an onlooker

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Un dérivé

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A by-product

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Un bastion; un rempart

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A bulwark; A bastion

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Rendre visite à qq un

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To visit sbdy; To call on sbdy; To pay sbdy a visit

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Nécessite de faire qq chose

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To require doing sthg; To call for doing sthg

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Monsieur tout le monde

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The man in the street

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S’adresser pour un certain public (+)

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To cater for a certain target (+)

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S’adresser à un certain public (-)

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To cater to a certain traget (-)

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La chasse gardée des hommes

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A male preserve; the preserve of males

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Rallier qq un à sa cause

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To win people over to their cause

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Atteindre l’égalité des salaires

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To achieve (gender) pay equality

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Prendre un congé maternité

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To go on maternity leave

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Prendre un congé pour prendre soin de qq un

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To take compassionate leave

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Concillier sa carrière et sa famille; Concillier travail et vie familliale

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To juggle a career and a family; To balance work (life) and family (life)

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Le télétravail

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Telecommute; Telework

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Améliorer les crèches

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To improve childcare centers/services

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Trembler

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To shake; To shiver; To tramble

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Trembler de qq chose

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To shake with sthg; To shiver with sthg

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Héberger qq un

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To put sbdy up; To accomodate sbdy

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Se facher avec qq un

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To fall out with sbdy

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Se débrouiller

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To get by sthg; To manage on sthg

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Érrer

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To wander

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Dériver (propre et figuré)

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To drift

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Un petit boulot

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An odd-job

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Supporter qq chose

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To stand sthg; To bear sthg; To put up with sthg; To abide

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Un conflit social

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A dispute

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Qq chose de louche

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Sthg fishy; Sthg shady; Sthg dodgy

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Defaire

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To undo

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Defaire une veste

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To unbutton a jacket; To undo a jacket

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Etre à découvert (argent)

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To be overdrawn

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Etre aussi rusé qu’un renard

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To ba as sly as a fox

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En faire trop

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To overdo

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Etre intelligent; malin

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To be witty; To be clever

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Une polémique

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A controversy

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Surenchérir

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To overbid

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Faire une offre; Enchérir

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To bid

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Etre submerger

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To be overwhelmed

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Qq chose d’inévitable …

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Sthg bound to happen

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Le radeau

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The raft

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Le bulletin metéo

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The weather forcast

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Prédire; Prévoir

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To forecast

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Faire payer qq pour qq chose (argent)

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To charge sbdy for sthg

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Contre toutes probabilités

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Against all odds

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Pour toute vraissemblance

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In all likelyhood

129
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Sangloter

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To sob

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Éviter qq chose

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To shun sthg

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Étancher sa soif

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To quench one’s thirst

132
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Avoir une soif que l’on ne peut étancher

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To have an unquenchable thirst

133
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Etre hanté par ses souvenirs

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To be haunted by traumatic memories

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Entre encré dans la mémoire

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To be engraved/etched on her memory

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Etre calciné

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To be charred

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La pierre angulaire

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The cornerstone of sthg

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Un témoignage poignant

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A heart-rending testimony; A harrowing account

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