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119 Cards in this Set
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se mettre à l’ouvrage
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to get/set to work
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à la carte
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tailor-made
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un bébé sur mesure
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designer baby
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une mère porteuse
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surrogate mother
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la dérive génétique
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genetic drift
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une carence
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deficiency (med)
shortage shortcoming |
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inscrire une question à l’ordre du jour
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to put a question on the agenda
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d’ores et déjà
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already
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se saisir de
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to seize
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des dérapages (m) budgétaires
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overspending
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un dérapage
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skid
unexpected increase provocative remark |
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dépasser les bornes/la mesure
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to go too far
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trancher
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to cut
to settle, make a decision to stand out clearly, to contrast sharply |
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une greffe d’organe
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organ transplant
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la PMA (procréation médicale assistée)
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assisted reproduction
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un surhomme
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superman
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la carte du génome humain
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human genome map
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le patrimoine génétique
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genetic inheritance
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une affection génétique
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genetic disease
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s’en tenir à
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to confine os to
to content os with |
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le diagnostic génétique
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genetic diagnosis
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une IVG (interruption volontaire de grossesse)
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termination (of pregnancy)
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un(e) donneur(-euse)
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donor (of organs, blood etc)
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mettre qch en lumière
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to bring sth to light
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la trompe utérine/de Fallope
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Fallopian tube
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un chef de service
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consultant (med)
departmental head |
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licite
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lawful
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un bébé-éprouvette
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test-tube baby
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la FIV (fécondation in vitro)
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IVF
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légiférer (en matière de)
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to legislate (on)
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un médecin légiste
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medical examiner
forensic scientist (career) |
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sans nuance
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unsubtle
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faire exception à la règle
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to make an exception to the rule
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la Cour de cassation
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French Supreme Court (for private disputes)
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la contrepartie
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compensation
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le marquage génétique
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genetic marking
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outre-Atlantique
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across the Atlantic, i.e. in America
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un(e) triplé(e)
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triplet
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un(e) quadruplé(e)
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quadruplet
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faire valoir (que)
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to assert (legal), to put forward, highlight
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les instances (f) communautaires
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EU authorities
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un diagnostic prénatal
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prenatal exam/test
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un groupe de travail
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working party
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l’échographie (f)
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ultrasound (technologie)
ultrasound scan |
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prélever
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to take, remove (blood, organ)
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la fin justifie les moyens
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the ends justify the means
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donner toute latitude à qqn
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to give sb a free hand
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un tableau clinique
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clinical board
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un procédé
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method, process
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un procès
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proceedings, trial (law)
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défunt(e)
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late, deceased
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primer
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to avail over
to award a prize to to be the prime feature/of utmost importance |
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se rendre à l’évidence
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to bow to the evidence
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à la lumière de
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in (the) light of
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un embryon
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embryo
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faire une fausse couche
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to have a miscarriage
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un tribunal de grande instance
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court of first instance
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des lésions (f) internes
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internal injuries
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maintenir qqn artificiellement en vie
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to keep sb alive artificially/by artificial means
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l’insémination artificielle post-mortem
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PMC (post-mortem conception)
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une cellule germinale
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germ cell (bio)
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un greffon
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graft
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un service de réanimation
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intensive care ward
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s’en faire
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to worry, fret
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restituer
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to return (sth to sth)
to restore, reproduce, recreate |
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un processus (pronounce the final ‘s’)
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process
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une cellule souche
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stem cell
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la thérapie génique
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gene theraphy
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l’emprise (f) (sur)
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influence, sway (over)
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la cécité
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blindness
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la surdité
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deafness
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un(e) porteur(-euse)
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carrier (of disease)
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l’inné et l’acquis
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nature and nurture
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inné(e)
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innate
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un tare génétique/héréditaire
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genetic/hereditary defect
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(un/e) indigent(e)
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destitute, poor
pauper |
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assommer
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to stun, knock out
to crush (morally) |
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l’effarement (m)
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alarm, shock
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prolixe
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verbose, talkative
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une ablation
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removal, resection
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un compte rendu
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account
progress report |
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un marécage
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marsh
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le dragage des mines
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minesweeping
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le dragage
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dredging
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une matière première
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raw material
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un gisement
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source, deposit, mine
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la crosse
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arch (of the aorta)
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l’énucléation (f)
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eye removal (med)
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faire un legs à qqn (don’t pronounce the ‘s’)
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to leave sb a legacy
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une globe oculaire
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eyeball
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une loi-cadre
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outline law
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statuer sur
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to give a ruling on
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au milieu du gué
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right in the middle of things, midstream (where it is just as much trouble to go forward as it is to retrace one’s steps)
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régir
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to govern (law)
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l’agrément (m)
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charm
consent (formal) |
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s’imbriquer
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to be linked (problems)
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un(e) chercheur(-euse)
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researcher
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faire la navette entre
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to commute between
to operate a shuttle service between to be sent backwards and forwards between (eg law) |
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la parenté
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kinship
relationship |
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la valse-hésitation
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pussy-footing
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un calendrier
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calendar
schedule |
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vendre au détail
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to sell separately
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un réquisitoire
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indictment
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un aléa
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hazard, ups and downs
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volumineux(-euse)
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bulky
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expérimenter
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to experiment
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faire des expériences
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to carry out experiments
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l’expérimentation (f) animale
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animal experimentation
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la génie génétique
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genetic engineering
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la Fivete (fécondation in vitro et transfert d’embryon)
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GIFT (gamete intrafallopian transfer)
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la licéité (very rare)
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legality, legitimacy
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une expérience
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experiment
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un tiers
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third-party, outsider
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discourir sur/de
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to make a speech on/about
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fouler aux pieds de
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to trample on, to ride roughshod over
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le suivi médical
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aftercare
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un moratoire
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moratorium (suspension of an ongoing activity)
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le suivi
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monitoring
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récuser
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to challenge, deny, object to
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