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poursuite
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pursuit, chase;
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poursuites nfpl (JUR)
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legal proceedings;
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(course) poursuite
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track race; (fig) chase
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poursuivre
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vt to pursue, chase (after);
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poursuivre
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(relancer) to hound, harry
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poursuivre
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(obséder) to haunt
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poursuivre
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(JUR) to bring proceedings against, prosecute
(: au civil) to sue |
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poursuivre
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(but) to strive towards
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se poursuivre vi
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to go on, continue
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poursuivre(voyage, études)
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to carry on with, continue < vi to carry on, go on;
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un/une poursuivant, e
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pursuer; (JUR) plaintiff
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avoisiner
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to be near ou close to;
(fig) to border ou verge on |
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avoisinant, e
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neighbouring
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obligeant(e);
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neighbourly
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(relations) de bon voisinage
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neighbourly
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n quartier m; voisinage m.
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neighbourhood x2
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voisin/e.
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neighbour
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obligeant, e
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obliging; kind
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obligeance
avoir l'obligeance de |
to be kind ou good enough to.
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obligeamment
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obligingly
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obliger
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(JUR: engager) to bind; (rendre service à) to oblige;
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(contraindre): obliger qn à faire
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to force ou oblige sb to do
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obligé, e (nécessaire: conséquence)
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necessary;
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(redevable): être très obligé à qn
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to be most obliged to sb;
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(contraint): je suis (bien) obligé (de le faire)
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I have to (do it
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c'est obligé!
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it's inevitable!
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obligatoire
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compulsory, obligatory
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obligataire
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adj bond cpd nm/f bondholder, debenture holder.
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nf obligation; (gén pl: devoir) duty; (COMM) bond, debenture;
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obligation
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obligations familiales ;
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family obligations ou responsibilities
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parier
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to bet
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parieur
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punter
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pari mutuel urbain (PMU)
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system of betting on horses
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il y a de fortes chances
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it's a safe bet (fig)
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les paris mpl
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betting
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un paria
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an outcast
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commission paritaire
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joint commission
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parité de change (ÉCON)
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exchange parity
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parité
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parity
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un parjure (faux serment)
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false oath, perjury
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hériter de qch (de qn)
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to inherit sth (from sb)
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héritier, ière
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heir/heiress
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un héritage
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inheritance; (fig) heritage; (: legs) legacy;
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faire un (petit) héritage
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to come into (a little) money
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hérisson
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hedgehog
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hérisser qn (fig)
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to ruffle sb
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se hérisser
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vi to bristle, bristle up
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hérissé, e
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bristling;
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hérissé de
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spiked with; (fig) bristling with
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un/une hérétique
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heretic
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tripler
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to triple, treble, increase threefold
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triplement (à un degré triple)
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three times over; trebling, threefold increase.
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pour trois raisons
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on three counts
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un triplé
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hat-trick (BRIT), triple success.
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le triple
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triple/treble
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le triple (de) (comparaison)
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three times as much (as)
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en triple exemplaire
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in triplicate;
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triple saut (SPORT)
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triple jump
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triplace
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three-seater
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un trio
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un trio
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s'effondrer vi
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to collapse
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un effondrement
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a collapse
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effondré, e (abattu: par un malheur, échec)
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overwhelmed
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s'écrouler vi
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to collapse
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un écroulement
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a collapse
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écroulé, e (de fatigue)
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exhausted
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écroulé, (par un malheur)
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overwhelmed
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écroulé (de rire)
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in stitches
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écrouer
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to imprison; to remand in custody
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un écrou
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a nut
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solder (compte) ;
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to settle;
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solder (marchandise)
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to sell at sale price, sell off;
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se solder par (fig)
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to end in
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article soldé (à) 10 F
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item reduced to 10 F.
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un/une soldeur, euse
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discounter
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un soldat de plomb
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a tin soldier
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une solde
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pay
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un solde nm (COMM)
solde à payer |
(COMM) balance
balance outstanding |
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les soldes (articles)
en solde ; aux soldes |
sales
sales goods at sale price at the sales |
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à la solde de qn (péj)
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in sb's pay; (pej)
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échelonner (versement)
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to space out, spread out;
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échelonné
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(payment) by instalments
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échelon (d'échelle)
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rung;
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échelon (ADMIN)
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grade
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une échelle
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ladder;
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une échelle(fig, d'une carte) à l'échelle de
sur une grande/petite échelle ; |
scale
on the scale of; on a large/small scale |
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faire la courte échelle à qn
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to give sb a leg up;
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échelle de corde
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rope ladder
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espacer
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to space out
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un versement
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a payment
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soutenir
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to support;
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soutenir (assaut, choc, regard)
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to stand up to, withstand
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soutenir (intérêt, effort)
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to keep up
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(assurer): soutenir que ;
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to maintain that
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se soutenir (dans l'eau etc)
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to hold oneself up
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soutenir(être soutenable: point de vue)
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to be tenable
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soutenir (s'aider mutuellement)
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to stand by each other
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soutenir la comparaison avec
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to bear ou stand comparison with
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soutenir le regard de qn
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to be able to look sb in the face
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soutenu, e (de soutenir)
(efforts) |
(efforts)sustained, unflagging; (style) elevated;
(couleur) strong |
