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le patronat

management/ leaders of the industry

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2

s’enforcer

to dive into/ to enter deep into something/ to sink into

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3

être criblé de

to be riddled with

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4

le marché du travail

the job market

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5

une manque / une pénurie

a lack

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6

la main d’oeuvre

the workforce

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l’isolement cellulaire

solitary confinement

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8

assigner à résidence / en résidence surveillée

house arrest

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9

le taux de chômage

unemployment rate

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10

un défi

a challenge

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11

un réfugié

a refugee

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12

se tortiller

to wriggle

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13

inonder

to flood

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14

suspect

suspicious

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15

un ouragan

a hurricane

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16

faire un grand saut

to take a plunge/ to take a leap

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17

des repères incertains

unclear benchmarks

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18

repérer

to notice/identify/ locate

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19

le repérage

locating/ tracking

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20

décrépit

decrepit/ run-down

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21

la souplesse

flexibility

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22

la paperasse

paperwork

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23

fouler

to step onto

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24

une foulée

stride

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25

une foulure

sprain

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26

se fouler

to sprain (normal) / to put in effort (SLANG)

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27

abonder

to (completely)agree/ to agree wholeheartedly

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28

dans la ligne de mire

in the firing line

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29

louer

to rent/ to commend

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30

faire l’éloge de qqn

to sing the praises of

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31

une louange

the praise

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32

louable

commendable

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33

être doté de

to be equipped with / to be endowed with

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34

faire/ remporter l’unanimité

to have unanimous support

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35

les travers

failings/shortcomings

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36

saisissant

striking

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37

clore

to end/close

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38

les frais de scolarité / les droits d’entrée

university fees

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39

faramineux

astronomical/ huge

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40

crouler

to crumble

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41

aisé

wealthy/ easy

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42

un étalage

stand/display

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43

étaler

to spread

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44

avoir failli faire

to almost do something

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45

faillir à [qch]

to fail

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46

avoir une vie de haut vol

to live the high life

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47

un train de vie

lifestyle

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48

les fringues

clothes (slang)

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49

milliard

billion

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50

précaire

precarious

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51

un tuyau/ une gouttière

pipe/hose

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52

froissé

scrumpeld/ scrunched up

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53

un insolant

insulator

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54

un passage piéton

pedestrian crossing

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55

la trottoire

pavement

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56

un lampadaire

streetlight

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57

une ampoule

a light bulb

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58

le toit/ la toiture

roof

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59

une tuile

a roof tile

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60

un carreau

tile (inside only)

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61

la cheminée

chimney

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62

une antenne

ariel

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63

un volet

shutter

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64

une poignée

door handle

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65

une sonnette

doorbell

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66

une barre

bar

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67

L’avènement

rise/coming

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68

acculer

to corner/ to force

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69

un brevet

patent / licencing

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70

un bilan

balance sheet/balance

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71

au préalable

beforehand

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72

à raison de

on the basis of (to do with ratio: eg on the basis of one hour a week)

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73

en raison de

due to/ because of

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74

apprivoiser

to tame

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75

purger une peine

to serve a sentence

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76

Propice à/pour qqch

suitable for

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77

le récidivisme

reoffending

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78

récidiver

to reoffend

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79

un aménagement de peine

sentence reduction

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80

une pépite

nugget (of information/ of gold)/ gem

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81

livrer

to deliver

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82

une déception

disappointment

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83

l’isolation

insulation

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84

la faillite (faire faillite)

bankruptcy

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85

une décennie

decade

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86

une gamme

range (of goods)

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87

une fourchette de prix

price range

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88

un brevet

patent

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89

être acculé

to be cornered/ to be driven back

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90

boucler

to complete/ finish / to buckle /to curl

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91

un bidonville

shanty town

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92

dépassé / démodé

overtaken, left behind

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93

une gourde

bottle

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94

saper

to undermine

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95

une ordonnance

prescription

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96

million

million

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97

la pointure

shoe size

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98

la restauration

food industry/ restaurant industry

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99

une prime

bonus / premium

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verser

to pay/deposit/ to pour

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