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to open fire (on)
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ouvrir le feu (sur)
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source of infection
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un foyer d’infection
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hazardous, risky
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risqué(e)
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lack of fitness
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la méforme
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harmless, innocuous
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anodin(e)
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to be reported as missing
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être porté(e) disparu(e)
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to count, list
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dénombrer
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paragraph
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un alinéa
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to place in intensive care
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placer en soins intensifs
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paramilitary group
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une milice
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to incite sb to
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provoquer qn à
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to cut os off from
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s’abstraire à
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fellow traveller
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un compagnon de route
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peak
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une apogée
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to amount to
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se résumer à
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to distinguish/distance os from
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se démarquer de
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the harder the fall
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plus dure sera la chute
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gate
barrier (at metro) |
le portillon
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to spread out slowly
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faire tache d’huile
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full-bodied, flavoured, strong
spicy (story) steep (bill) (fam.) |
corsé(e)
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against the clock
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contre-le-montre
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to start/play again, to have another one
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remettre ça
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moving handrail
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une main courante
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There they go again!
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Les voilà qui remettent ça!
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novice
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(un/e) néophyte
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sychronous, in time
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synchrone
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cruising speed
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une vitesse de croisière
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to massage
to gather, amass |
masser
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missing link
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un chaînon manquant
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roll, roller
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un rouleau
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peak/busy period
rush hour |
une heure de pointe
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budding (artist, singer etc)
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en herbe
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to drive/force back
to repress, suppress |
refouler
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nudge in the right direction
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un coup de pouce
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to cut corners
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brûler les étapes
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to bid higher, to raise one's bid
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surenchérir
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to pen up (cattle)
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parquer
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to size up
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jauger
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excess, overflow
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le trop-plein
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lesser evil
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un moindre mal
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to break (waves)
to sweep, flood (fig.) |
déferler
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to snowball
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faire boule-de-neige
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juicy (fruit)
lucrative (business)(fam.) |
juteux(-euse)
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rejected candidate
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un(e) recalé(e)
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to be careful/gentle/delicate (with sb)
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prendre de gants (avec qqn)
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to get over, recover from
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se remettre de
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foot-and-mouth disease
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la fièvre aphteuse
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harmful
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néfaste
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to increase, become more
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redoubler de
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moreover (formal)
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de surcroît
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to remain calm, unfazed (fam.)
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rester zen
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to check, stop
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enrayer
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square one
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la case départ
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worrying state (of health)
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un état préoccupant
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to spend time doing sth
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passer du temps à faire qch
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to drink (in)
to devour (fig.) |
s’abreuver
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to accuse sb of
to call sb a |
taxer qqn de
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to swallow, gulp down
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ingurgiter
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ditto (fam.)
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idem
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person on welfare benefits
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un RMiste
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to delude os
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se leurrer
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to be big news
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faire événement
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to take the reins (from sb)
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prendre le relais (de qqn)
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decline
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une décrue
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to cast the net wide
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ratisser large
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political scene/landscape
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l’échiquier (m) politique
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air pocket
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un trou d’air
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to copy out on
to transfer (sth) to (fig.) |
reporter (qch) sur
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fall, tumble
collapse, crash (money) |
un dégringolade
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wiped out, thrashed (fam.)
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laminé(e)
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to shun, stay away from
to refuse to buy/talk to |
bouder
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headquarters
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un quartier général
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the unspeakable, indescribable
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l’indicible (f)
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GP
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un généraliste
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outgoing (mayor, MP)
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sortant(e)
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to be coming down with sth
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couver qch
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dumping ground
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un dépotoir
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scrap (n.)
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le rebut
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upstream
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en amont
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to draw (water)
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puiser
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to be the responsability of (fees, work)
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incomber à
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to set a precedent
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faire un jurisprudence
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customary
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coutumier(-ière)
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wiring
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la connectique
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copper
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le cuivre
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ground water
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une nappe phréatique
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asbestos
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l’amiante (m)
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mocking
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goguenard(e)
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to close down, wind up
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se saborder
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to bear the brunt of
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faire les frais de
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to count on sth
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tabler sur qch
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to not let off lightly
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ne pas faire de cadeau
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to be the idol of (fam.)
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être la coquelouche de
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market gardener
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un(e) maraîcher(-ère)
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dish, meal (formal)
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un mets
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