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92 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Le soutien
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The support
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Le cadre
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The head/leader
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La couverture maladie
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Medical coverage
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Alors que
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When
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Le affrontement
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Confrontation
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Les forces de l'ordre
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The powers that be
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En tournée
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On tour
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Le Proche Orient
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the middle east
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Lier
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To be linked to
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Le complot
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The plot (against someone)
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Le attentat
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The attack
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Le homme d'affaire
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Businessman
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Le bras de fer
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Arm wrestling
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Se rendre
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Surrender
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Le bilan
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The result (balance sheet)
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La frappé aérienne
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The air strike
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La bavure
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The blunder
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L'ouverture (f)
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The opening
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La enquête
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The investigation
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L'insurgé
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The insurgent
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viser à faire
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to aim to do
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le heurt
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clash
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manqué
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failed
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les Pays-Bas
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the Netherlands
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Grande-Bretagne
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Great Britain
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soumettre
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to subject someone to (be subjected to)
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en partance
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about to depart
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en partance pour
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bound for
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efficace
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effective
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prévoir
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to plan
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la rencontre
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meeting
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la direction
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the management
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le syndicat
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labor union
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la grève
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(labor) strike
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entamer
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to start
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certaines
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some people
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menacer
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to threaten
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fermeture
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closing
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en pleines vacances
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during vacations
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la pénurie
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shortage
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d'ores et déjà
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already
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à court de
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short of
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le carburant
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fuel
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à leur tour
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in turn
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la Suisse
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Switzerland
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la Lybie
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Libia
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lors de
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during
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Guillaume Soro
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premier ministre de la cote d'ivoire
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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president francais
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Mahmoud Abbas
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le president de l'autorite palistinienne
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Reccep Erdogan
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premier ministre de Turquie
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la comparution
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the appearance
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le ouvrier
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the worker
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le séisme
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the earthquake
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se relever
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to get over/overcome
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le chantier
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building site
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le meurtrier
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murderer
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les meurtriers présumés
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the alleged murderers
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redouter
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to dread
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le casque bleu
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UN forces (Blue Berets)
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Dix-huit personnes, dont un casque bleu ont été tués
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18 people, including a UN soldier were killed
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cacher
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to hide
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les dégâts
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the damage
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la secousse
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the shock (as in earthquake)
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constater
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take note of
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décoller
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to take off/depart
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livrer
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to deliver
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les législatives
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the elections elections
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le coup d'envoi
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the kick-off
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s'abattre
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to collapse
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tout comme
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as well as
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imputer à
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to attribute to
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demeurer
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to remain
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la veille de
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the day before (eve)
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l'avant veille de
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two days before?
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au lieu de
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instead of/ in place of
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reconduire
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to renew
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étre originaire de
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to come from/originate from
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dissoudre
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to dissolve
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inculper
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to indict/ to charge with a crime
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soupçonner
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to suspect
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juger
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to judge/ to try in court
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la meurtre
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the murder
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le travailliste
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the laborist (member of the Labour Party)
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le conservateur
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the conservative
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le sondage
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the poll/survey
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la maîtrise
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the mastery/experience
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la dette
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the debt
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s'apprête à faire
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to get ready to do
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durcir
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to strengthen
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de plus près
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more closely
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parmi
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among
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