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un désavantage

a drawback, a disadvantage

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un avantage

an advantage

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un atout

an asset

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profiter de qqun/qqch, abuser de qqun, exploiter qqn

to take advantage

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être légèrement supérieur à qqun/qqch, avoir un léger avanatge/ prévaloir sur qqun/qqch

to have the edge over

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réaliser un profit de/grâce à qqch/qqun

to make a profit out of sth/sb

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être rentable/profitable

to be profitable

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tirer avantage de qqch

to profit from sth

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rendre service à qqun

to stand sb in good stead

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vain, inefficace

futile

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avantageux

advantageous

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une annulation

a cancellation

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l’aisance

ease

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la facilité

easiness

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annuler qch

to cancel sth

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être difficile

to be difficult

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trouver difficile de faire qqch

to find it difficult to do sth

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avoir du mal à faire qqch

to have difficulty in doing sth

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bien se passer

to go smoothly

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faciliter les choses

to make things easy/ easier

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faciliter qqch

to facilitate

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travailler dur/ sans relâche

to work hard

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travailleur

hardworking

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(travail) dur, difficile

hard (work)

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facile

easy

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épineux, délicat

ticklish

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compliqué / délicat

tricky

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rude, dur, pénible

tough

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confus, complexe

intricate

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embrouillé, compliqué

involved

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qui met à l’épreuve, fatiguant; pénible, fâcheux, éprouvant

trying

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sans obstacles, sans à-coups, sans bosses

smooth

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sans heurts, sans incidents

smoothly

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aisément, facilement

easily, with facility

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difficilement

with difficulty

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une offre, une proposition

a proposal

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vouloir qqch, avoir l’intention de faire qqch, être bien décidé à ce que qqn fasse qqch

to intend sth/ to do sth/ sb to do sth/that

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être destiner à qqn/ comme qqch/ à faire qqch

to be intended for sb/ as sth/ to do sth

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vouloir / se proposer de faire qqch, vouloir que qqn fasse qqch

to mean to do sth/ sb to do sth/ for sb to do sth

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être censé faire qqch

to be meant to do sth

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être à l’intention de qqn, être destiné à qqn

to be meant for sb

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s’être fixé qqch pour objectif/ de faire qqch

to set one’s mind on (doing) sth

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tenir absolument à qqch/ à faire qqch

to be intent on (doing) sth

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être résolu à qqch/ à faire qqch

to be bent on (doing) sth

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se proposer à faire qqch

to propose to do sth

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réaliser une ambition , atteindre un but

to achieve a purpose

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tenace, qui a un but/un sens

puposeful

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exprès, volontairement

on purpose

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le succès, la réussite

success

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un succès, une réussite

a success

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l’accomplissement/l’exécution d’une tâche/ une performance

a performance

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une réalisation, une réussite, un exploit

an achievement

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la réalisation, l’achèvement, l’accomplissement

accomplishment

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des talents

accomplishments

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arriver/ parvenir à faire qqch

to manage to do sth

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réussir à faire qqch/ à qqch

to succeed in (doing) sth

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avoir du succès, réussir

to be successful

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accomplir/ exécuter qqch

to perform sth

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exécuter/ effectuer qqch

to carry sth out

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obtenir qqch, mener qqch à bien, réussir qqch

to achieve sth

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avoir un succès fou

to be a roaring succès

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réussi, fructueux

successful

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le fait de ne pas faire qqch

failure to do sth

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l’échec, un échec

failure

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(personne) un raté

a failure

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des dégâts

damage

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rater/ manquer qqch

to miss sth

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ne pas marcher, se tromper, faire une erreur

to go wrong

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(personne, chose) ne pas réussir, échouer

to be unsuccessful

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échouer, ne pas réussir

to fail

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laisser tomber qqn, manquer à ses engagements envers qqn

to fail sb, to let sb down

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coller qqn (examen)

to fail sb

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omettre de faire qqch, ne pas faire qch

to fail to do sth

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échouer, être recalé

to fail (in) sth

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aller de travers

to go amiss

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avoir des malheurs, tourner mal

to come to grief

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empirer

to go worse

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se dégrader, se déteriorer

to deteriorate

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dégrader, détériorer qqch

to deteriorate

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s’aggraver

to worsen

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être en plus mauvaise posture

to be worse off

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ne pas se porter plus mal

to be none the worse

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endommager qqch

to damage

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faire/ causer des dégâts

to damage sth, to do/cause damage

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non réussi, infructueux, raté

unsuccessful

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si tout échoue, en dernier recours

if all else fails

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cela mène tout droit à la catastrophe

it is a recipe for disaster

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le courage lui a manqué

his courage failed him

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la capacité, la compétence, l’aptitude

the ability (in sth, to do sth, at sth)

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l’incapacité, l’incompétence

the inability

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l’infirmité, l’invalidité

disability

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le pouvoir

power

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être capable/ en mesure de faire qqch, pouvoir faire qqch

to be able to do sth

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être incapable de faire qqch

to be unable to do sth

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permettre/ donner la possibilité à qqn de faire qqch

to enable sb to do sth

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capable de

capable of

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incapable

incapable

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impuissant, désarmé, sans défense

helpless

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impuissant, incapable

powerless

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fort, puissant

powerful

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