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to adjust, organize, manage
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améneger
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sponsor, patron, supporter
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mécène
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to stamp, crash into
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emboutir
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adj. open, franck, sincere
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débouché
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an opening
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une ouverture, entrée, amorce
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a market
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un débouché
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to unblock, uncork,
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déboucher
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racing car, large meteor
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un bolide
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as far as, that
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autant que (je sache, etc)
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as far as, as much as
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autant
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to link, join
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relier
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adj. vague, imprecis, blurry
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moutonné (adj)
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adj misty foggy
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brumeaux, brumeuse
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soft, tender, light
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flou, mou (adj)
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a display, poster, presentation
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un affichage
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"an awakening, arousal"
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un éveil
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"to get over, to overcome, to cross, to jump over"
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franchir
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adj. cowardly, heartless, unmanly
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lâche
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"n. an explosion, bursting; break up, fervency, fervor; flame, flash"
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un éclatement (m)
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"cunning, smart"
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calé
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"to enchant, satisfy, to delight"
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combler
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broken
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brisé
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v. to clean, peel; pare, skin
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éplucher
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"n. soar, flight, development, soaring"
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essor (m)
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"flat, punctured"
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crevé
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tire
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un pneu
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make dirty
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salir
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"v. hinder, jam; get stuck, catch; trap, corner"
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coincer
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"v. overstimulate, annoy, irritate,"
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énerver
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adv. so such
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tant
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"to care, être concerné par, se préoccuper,"
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se soucier
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v. to take off, fly off, take down, to unstick
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décoller
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to v. devote, vow
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vouer
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n. stock, stump; stub, counterfoil; founder; root (Linguistics)
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une souche (f)
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n. trunk, stem, stock
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un tronc (m)
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"adj. new, novel; unpublished"
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inédit
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"whatever, no matter"
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quel que soit
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"n. distance, gap; difference, space;"
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un écart (m)
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v. to straighten out, unravel, untangle
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débrouiller
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"prep. past, beyond"
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au-delà de
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"n. five year period, quinquennium"
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un quinquennat (m)
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"n. contempt, disdain; disregard; scorn"
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mépris (m)
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v. to bring back to life, revive, rekindle, reanimate
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ranimer
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"n. bereavement, mourning, black"
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deuil (m)
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"n. tanker, petrol tanker, oil tanker"
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un camion-citerne (m)
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"n. tank, cistern, tub, vat, wood"
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une cuve (f)
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"n.fresh outbreak, rupsurge, ecrudescence, "
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une recrudescence (f)
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n. boatman; smuggler
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passeur (m)
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Lightnening, grande colère, vifs reproches
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foudres (nom féminin pluriel)
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n. a trap, snare; fix; pitfall, plight
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un piège (m)
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Familier. Éprouver un sentiment, une sensation au plus haut point, à un degré excessif : Dying of hunger/heat etc.
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crever; Crever de joie, de chaleur, de soif.
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adj. insensible à; inaccessible...
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imperméable
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"n. thousand, numbering 1000"
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un millier (m)
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"Placer quelque chose dans une position verticale ou proche de la verticale, le mettre debout :
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dresser; Dresser un mât."
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adj. discarded;remote, isolated; apart
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écarté
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v. to ferment, work, cause to ferment, agitate
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cuver
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"to prop, to wedge, to cut out"
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caler
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"n. denigration, disparagement, depreciation, detraction, dispraise, mud slinging"
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dénigrement (m)
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"n. eve, vigil; watchfulness, waking"
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la veille (f)
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"n. postponement, deferment, transfer"
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un report (m)
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"v. double up, bend, double, collapse"
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se plier
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"Ramener quelqu'un à une époque antérieure, en évoquant le passé : Les photos nous ont "
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reporter
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adv. at the time of
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lors
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from now until the end of month
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soit d'ici la fin du mois.
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"to seize something, to grab something"
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se saisir
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"v. sketch, outline; draft, trace; adumbrate"
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esquisser
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"conj. as far as, that"
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autant que
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"conj. however, yet"
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cependant
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Lever une partie du corps : Lift you head.
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dresser. Dresser la tête.
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" to linger over, to dwell on ex.to linger over details"
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s'attarder sur [s'intéresser à]s'attarder sur des détails
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"v. be extended; spread out, stretch out, open out; expand, extend; roll, put out"
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étendre
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n. device, apparatus
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un dispositif (m)
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"n. pelvis; basin; pool, pond; pan"
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bassin (m)
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n. burying
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un enfouissement (m)
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"v. procrastinate, dodge; elude, equivocate,"
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tergiverser
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"n. alveolus, socket"
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alvéole (f)
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"v. bury, put in the ground and cover with dirt"
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enfouir
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"v. dig, bore; excavate, hollow"
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creuser
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"n. respect, consideration"
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égard (m)
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despite
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En dépit de
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"v. to reach, result in"
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aboutir à
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to plummet
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degringoler
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n. pack ice, floe
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la banquise (f)
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"v. to jam, block; stamp down, stay away;"
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enrayer
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v. to collapse, give way; cave in, fall in, crash, break down; crack, fall, slump, wash away; tumble-down, flop, founder
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s'effondrer
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"v. monopolize; corner, cover"
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accaparer
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"n. aplomb, balance; assurance"
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aplomb (m)
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"adv. upright, steady (Slang)"
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d'aplomb
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"v. to dodge, evade; sidestep, skirt, avoid; stall"
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esquiver
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"n. negotiation, talks, parley"
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les pourparlers (m)
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n. a chase, pursuit; prosecution; quest, tracking
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une poursuite (f)
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"action plan, program (governmetal etc)"
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feuille de route
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v. to reach, result in
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aboutir à
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"adj. fruitful, productive; successful, profitable"
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fructueux
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v. to knot, tie, establish, set, fasten
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nouer
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"n. preference, favor, liking"
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une guise (f)
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n. a rail, railing
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un garde-fou (m)
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"n. specificity, quality of being specific; condition of being unique to a particular organism or group of organisms"
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spécificité (f)
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"v. submit, pander to, humour, humor, hew"
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se plier à
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no matter what you do
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on a beau faire
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"v. compromise, settle a disagreement by making mutual concessions"
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transiger
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"n. eradication, uprooting"
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le déracinement (m)
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adv. for good, for all time,
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à jamais
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"prep. with regard to, with reference to, regarding, as to, as for, as of, as regards, with respect to, respecting"
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quant à
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"to get worse, to worsen"
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s'aggraver
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there's no way out of this impasse
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c'est une situation sans issue
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n. a speed, pace, walk, gait; bearing, sit, going; rate, look, style, appearance; smartness, pizzazz
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une allure (f)
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", no matter what you say"
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"On a beau dire, "
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shortly after(wards)/ ;:
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peu (de temps) après
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v. to start; broach, institute, lead; set, take in; launch, embark
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entamer
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"adj. previous, preliminary, prior"
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préalable
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v. to foresee, forecast; predict, augur; anticipate, provide, envisage; see, gauge
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prévoir
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"adj. disturbing, unsettling, perturbing; uncanny, thrilling"
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troublant
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"n. problem, question; trouble, issue, difficulty"
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un problème (m)
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"n. solution, settlement, answer, resolutuion"
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la solution (f)
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"v. solve, settle, clear up; remove, annul; resolve, figure out"
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résoudre
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well matched
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assorti (féminin assortie) [as?rti] adjectif
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the situation is getting worse
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la situation s'aggrave
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"v. go to the bad, deteriorate, worsen, break down, crumble, suffer, tumble, decay, drop, perish, slip; go to pot"
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se détériorer
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to come to a decision, understanding
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arriver à
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the talks have reached an impasse
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les pourparlers sont dans une impasse
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"n. region, district, county; area, country"
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la région (f)
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"v. shift, transfer"
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muter
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shortly before
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peu (de temps) avant
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prep. from
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dès
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"désaccord, conflit, difficulté] tension"
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une tension
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restart negociations
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reprendre des négociations
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[au nom de]
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de la part de
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entirely
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entièrement
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to insist on
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insiste également sur
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[s'harmoniser] to match, to go together well"
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s'assortir verbe (pronominal intransitif)
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"(soutenu) in search ou pursuit of, searching for, questing for (littéraire)"
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en quête de locution prépositionnelle
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"to break, to shatter"
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briser
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the two colours match (up) ou blend (in) perfectly
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les deux couleurs sont très bien assorties
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"n. people, nation; populace, collectivity; folk"
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le peuple (m)
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to anger
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mettre en colère
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quantity
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quantité féminin
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supplies
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"n. fournitures; équipement; vivres, provisions"
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n. l'arrêt, the interruption
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la cessation
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they want something concrete
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Ils veulent du concret
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"n. demand, claim, claiming"
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revendication (f)
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eager to do
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désireux de faire
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sales
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ventes (d'armes) (f.)
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"n. associate, ally"
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un allié (m)
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"to have an influence on, to influence, to affect"
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influer sur (verbe plus préposition)
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"n. (Politics) reshuffle, rearrangement, modification, revision, alteration"
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un remaniement (m)
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"v. intervene, interfere, meddle; intermediate, speak in; push in, step in; interpose; have hand in something; have a finger in the pie"
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intervenir
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"adv. beyond, past, further than"
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au-delà
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n. rally, gathering
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un ralliement (m)
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"v. carry on, chase, pursue; go after, follow; continue on; prosecute; proceed"
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poursuivre
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"n. nephew, son of one's brother or sister"
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neveu (m)
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v. curl; huddle up
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recroqueviller
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"n. exegesis, interpretation; Biblical commentary"
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exégèse (f)
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"v. linger, linger on, loiter, tarry"
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s'attarder
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"conj. as, compared to -, to the extent of -"
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ainsi
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"v. incarnate, embody, personify; epitomize, incorporate"
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incarner
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conj. In so much as
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d'autant que
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"v. take collection, collect the money"
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quêter
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"[à partir de maintenant] from now on, henceforth"
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désormais
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"prep. with regard to, with reference to, regarding, as to, as for, as of, as regards, with respect to, respecting"
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quant à
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v. to reset, return, remit; set back, hold over, hand over; deliver, consign
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remettre
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n. a sketch, draft, outline
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une esquisse (f)
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"adv. so, thus, in this way, thereby"
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ainsi
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"adj. new, novel; unpublished"
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inédit
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"adj. umpteenth, pertaining to one in a succession of very many (Informal)"
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énième
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"v. refute, deny, contradict, belie, confound, demolish, disclaim, gainsay, lie down, scotch"
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démentir
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"to want, to intend"
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entendre
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do as you wish or please
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fais comme tu l'entends
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I intend to ou I mean to ou I will be obeyed
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j'entends qu'on m'obéisse
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he's determined to go tomorrow
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il entend bien partir demain
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"n. post, mail; job, office, appointment, position; station, place; situation; program"
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une poste (f)
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"adj. diverse, varied; several, various; variant, manifold; miscellaneous, sundry; varicolored"
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divers
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a well-matched couple
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un couple bien assorti
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to get something going again
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remettre quelque chose en marche
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to close one's mind to something
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fermer son esprit à quelque chose
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she said firmly
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"dit-elle d'une voix ferme ...,"
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to repair something
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remettre quelque chose en état
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office holders
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titulaires de poste
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adj. titular; permanent; qualified
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un titulaire M.
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"n. position, location, placing; place; standing, bearing, status; stand, attitude; posture, alignment"
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position (f)
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"[pour la protection sociale] contributionsn. membership fee, subscription, contribution "
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la cotisation
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cash
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"espèces, argent comptant; liquidités, argent en espèces;"
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"v. benefit, profit; enjoy"
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bénéficier
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to enjoy ideal conditions/welfare benefits
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bénéficier de conditions idéales/d'avantages sociaux
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social security benefits
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prestations sociales (f.)
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she is starting to feel the benefits of the treatment
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elle commence à ressentir les bienfaits du traitement
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the holiday wasn't of much benefit to him
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les vacances ne lui ont pas fait tellement de bien
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"to show ; [ - difficulté, risque] to "
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presenter
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illegal workers
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travailleurs san papiers (m)
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you would benefit from a stay in the country
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un séjour à la campagne vous ferait du bien
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"n. problem, question; trouble, issue, difficulty"
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le problème (m)
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willing
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"adj. agréable, disposé, prêt; serviable, de bonne volonté; consentant; enthousiaste"
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for the most part phrasal adverb
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dans l'ensemble
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work irregularly
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] faire des petits travaux or boulots
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"n. journey, route, course; trip, way, hitch; career, record"
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un parcours (m)
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"adj. riparian, riverside, waterside, riverine"
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une riverain
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[effets nocifs] effects
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atteintes nom féminin pluriel
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"v. reach, arrive, attain; contact; achieve; affect, catch; compass"
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atteindre
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"2. (familier) [consommer - bière, bouteille] to knock back (separable), to down ; [ - gâteau] to wolf down"
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s'envoyer (verbe pronominal transitif)
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"to present (soutenu), to have ; [ - symptômes, traces, signes] "
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presenter
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"n. collection, quest, search"
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quête (f)
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for the most part we get along pretty well
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"dans l'ensemble, nous nous entendons assez bien"
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sorry to have kept you waiting
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désolé de m'être fait attendre
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"adv. next, then; after, later, afterwards"
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ensuite
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"conj. now, so; but, however"
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or
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1. (familier) [subir - corvée] to get saddled with
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s'envoyer verbe pronominal transitif
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n. a remission, discount; delivery, presentation; markdown, rebate, reset; conferment, surrender
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une remise (f)
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lead to
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envoyer à
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"to post postpone, put off, the meeting has been put off until ou put back to next Tuesday"
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"renvoyer, la réunion est renvoyée à mardi prochain "
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"to refer, the matter has been referred to the assize court"
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"renvoyer, transférer, l'affaire a été renvoyée en cour d'assises "
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"refer to, the numbers refer to notes at the end of each chapte"
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"faire se reporter, to refer, les numéros renvoient aux notes de fin de chapitre r"
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"because of, due to, on account of"
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"du fait de", locution prépositionnelle, à cause de"
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"n. fat, grease, greasiness, flab, flesh, slush"
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la graisse (f)
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"n. display, exposition, showing; exposure, statement; exhibition, exhibit; fair, display unit"
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exposition (f)
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"adv. furthermore, moreover, besides, withal, therewith"
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en outre
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"v. recommend, advise; register; commend, advocate; charge; exhort, warn"
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recommander
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"adj. previous, former, before; precedent, prior, antecedent; late, preceding"
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précédent
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"formerly, long ago, in olden days"
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jadis, adverbe.
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"n. pesticide, chemical mixture used to kill pests and insects"
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pesticide (m)
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"(littéraire) to achieve, to attain (soutenu)"
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atteindre à (verbe plus preposition)
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"n. connection, relation; link, communication, relevance; report, record; yield, profit; ratio; nexus, affinity"
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rapport (m)
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"n. inquiry, inquest, investigation; survey, probe; enquiry, detection, quest"
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enquête (f)
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to investigate a murder
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mener une enquête sur un meurtre
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to proceed at low speed
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aller à faible vitesse
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"besides, furthermore, moreover"
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du reste, locution adverbiale
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"there's no point in arguing and, besides, it's not up to me to decide"
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"inutile de discuter, du reste, ça ne dépend pas de moi"
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"if you're good, I'll tell you the rest of the story tomorrow"
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"reste m. [suite, fin] vous êtes sages, je vous raconterai le reste demain"
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"prep. because of, owing to, on account of"
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à cause de
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"prep. because of, owing to, on account of"
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en raison de
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owing to
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"suite à-,"
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"v. transit, pass through"
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transiter
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affected
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"adj. affecté, touché, infecté; prétendu"
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satiated
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comblé
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you just have to put new batteries in (it)
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il faut simplement lui remettre des piles
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"Ériger un monument, élever une construction, un assemblage :"
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dresser; Dresser un échafaudage.
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chemicals
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n. produits chimiques (m)
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especially
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to a particular degree, particulièrement, spécialement
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"v. spill, scatter; sprinkle, spray; shed"
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répandre
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to expect
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1. [anticipate] s'attendre à
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conj. while
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cependant que
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adj. listed, recorded
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répertorié
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"v. prohibit, ban, forbid, interdict; outlaw, taboo; debar"
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interdire
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(soutenu) to continue (on), to endure, to last"
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perdurer
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nuclear power stations
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centrales nucleare
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"principal, fundamental; leading, cardinal; central, close, foremost; main; prime,"
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"principal (féminin principale, pluriel masculin principaux)f"
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to apply for a post
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se porter candidat à un poste
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"n. support, encouragement; upholding; staff, prop, crutch; favor, boost, buttress"
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le soutien (m)
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"v. retire, withdraw, go out, smooth away, draw off, draw back, fall back, move back, pull back,"
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se retirer
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to expect somebody to do something
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s'attendre à ce que quelqu'un fasse quelque chose
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"filled, packed"
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comble
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" to poll a group, to carry out a survey among a group"
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faire un sondage auprès d'un groupe
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she knew more Russian than I expected her to
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elle était meilleure en russe que je ne m'y attendais
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"Préparer, disposer, agencer convenablement quelque chose : Prepare the table, the buffet.
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dresser: Dresser la table. Dresser un buffet."
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"v. adjourn, postpone; transfer, carry over, hold over; bring forward"
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reporter
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traffic jams are expected
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il faut s'attendre à des embouteillages
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"adv. nevertheless, nonetheless, though"
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cependant
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"n. sound, probe; survey, poll; canvass"
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sondage (m)
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protest movement
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mouvement de contestation
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suspicious
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"adj. soupçonnable, suspect; méfiant, soupçonneux"
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"Rédiger un texte, une liste, les établir dans les formes prescrites :
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dresser, Dresser un inventaire. Dresser un bilan."
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"n. reclamation, claiming, complaint, complaining"
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une réclamation (f)
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"n. supporter, fan, admirer"
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un supporteur (m)
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"Inscrire, transcrire quelque chose quelque part :
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reporter. Reporter les dépenses dans son livre de comptes."
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"v. demand, claim"
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revendiquer
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"n. cause, origin, reason; case; brief"
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la cause (f)
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"v. take place, unwind, uncoil, unroll, pass off, pass, pan out, progress, unfold, flow, pan, work"
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se dérouler
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"adj. peerless, having no equal, unrivaled, incomparable"
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hors pair
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"v. criticize, thrash, castigate"
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fustiger
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"v. water, irrigate"
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arroser
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after having had a bit too much to drink at dinner
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après un dîner un peu trop arrosé (familier)
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"Établir quelque chose avec soin : prepare a project
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dresser, Dresser une carte, un plan, un projet
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to curl updans l'inconfort] to hunch ou to huddle up
2. [feuille, pétale] to shrivel ou to curl (up) |
se recroqueviller
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to make up for, to offset, to compensate
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pallier à
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Populaire. Avoir très envie de: He's dying to see her.
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Il crève de la revoir.
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to expect
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s'attendre à (verbe pronominal plus préposition)
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