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l’obtention (f)

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attainment

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débourser

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to pay out

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en vertu de

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by virtue of

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le retard

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lateness

delay

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envenimer

s’envenimer

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to inflame
poison (a relationship)

to worsen
turn ugly

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la manutention

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handling

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préalable (adj)

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prior

preliminary

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ébaucher

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to begin

draft

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clamer

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to proclaim

cry out

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rogner

rogner sur
rogner une photo

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to trim
grumble

to cut down on
to crop a photo

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de concert

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in unison

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inculper de

inculper pour

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to be charged with

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hisser

se hisser

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to hoist up

to run up (eg. debt)

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élogieux

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praiseworthy

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une bagarre (entre)

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fight (between)

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friand (adj)

être friand de qc

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very fond of

to be very fond of st

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cinglant (adj)

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biting
scathing
stinging

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regretté (adj)

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late lamented

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la prévision

en prévision de

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forecasting

in anticipation of

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laissant de côté

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leaving aside

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à propos de

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about

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ébaucher

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to sketch out

state in rough terms

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détenir

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possess

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ogive nucléaire

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nuclear warhead

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refroidissement éolien
wind chill
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la chaussée
road surface
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un abrasif
abrasive
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la pouderie
explosives facory | driven snow
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assujettir à
to subject to
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assujetti (adj)
liable for | subject to
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reporter
postpone transfer take back wear again
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une déneigeuse
snow plow
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résorber
to absorb | to reduce
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un traversier
ferry (Canadian)
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l’amiante (m)
asbestos
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sous peu
shortly
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la denrée de base denrées alimentaires denrées congelées denrées de luxe/périssables
staple foodtuffs frozen foods luxury/perishable foodstuffs
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dénombrer
to count
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un huis clos
closed hearing
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d’affilé (adj)
at a stretch | on end
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ferroviaire (adj)
rail transport
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un huard | un huart
loon (bird) loonie (coin) Canadian dollar
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le pétrole brut
crude oil
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l’envoi les envois en wagon complet
shipment full railcar shipments
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suffoquer
to suffocate
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le mercure
mercury
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la brousse en pleine brousse
bush in the middle of nowhere
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un avertissement
warning | caution
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le changement climatique
climate change
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s’aggraver
to worsen
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la superficie
surface area
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un enjeu
stake (something at risk) | issue
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un cours d’eau
watercourse | waterway
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côtier (adj)
coastal
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rejeter
reject | eject (effluent for eg)
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illustrer de
to illustrate with
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s’illustrer
to distinguish oneself
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graduellement
gradually
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renfermer
to contain
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vivement
greatly sharply fiercely
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les pourparlers (mpl)
talks
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désobligeant (adj)
discourteous
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un/une trouble-fête
spoilsport
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plancher plancher sur
to bottom out work on
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il y a fort à parier que...
It’s a good bet that...
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effriter
to crumble | break up
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une motte de terre
a clod of earth
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Je ne donne pas cher de sa peau. (idiom)
I don’t give him much likelihood of success.
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ensevelir
to bury | enshroud
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un droit
law | fee
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refiler
to pass along (eg costs)
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un aperçu un aperçu de un aperçu sur
glimpse, taste, outline glimpse of taste of insight into
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trous à rats pays de trous à rats
shithole shithole countries
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le redoux
mild spell (weather)
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excessivement
excessively
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la dureté
toughness
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continu (adj)
continuously
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grandissant (adj)
growing
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un embâcle
an accumulation of broken ice in a river
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un secteur
sector | administrative area
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réclamer
to demand | ask for
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à l’écoute
tuned in
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à la recherche de
in search of
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un éternuement
sneeze
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prévenir de
to warn about
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un socle un batteur sur socle
stand plinth a stand mixer
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âpre (adj) unr âpre bataille judiciaire
fierce bitter a bitter judicial battle
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controversé (adj)
controversial
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un repli
double fold retreat fall (in value)
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saper être bien/mal sapé
to undermine to dress to be well/badly dressed
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vêtir
to dress
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potentiellement
potentially
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l’essor (m) prendre son essor être en plein essor
development spread one’s wings to be booming
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concrètement
in concrete terms
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rallonger
to extend
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une rallonge
extension an extension cord
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être en litige
in litigation

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