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dans l’hémicycle (de l’Assemblée nationale)
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on the benches of the French National Assembly
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choyer
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to cherish
to pamper |
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rendre un hommage appuyé à qn
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to pay sb a glowing tribute
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tirer au clair
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to get to the bottom of
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pointer
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to clock in/out
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entonner une chanson
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to start singing
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un hémicycle
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semicircle
amphitheatre |
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malmener
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to man-handle (sb)
to give (sb) a rought time |
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une composante
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building block
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redouter
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to dread
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feindre (de ne pas)
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to feign (not to)
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subir de rudes épreuves
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to suffer great hardships
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clore
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to close (meeting, debate etc)
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donner un souffle nouveau à
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to give a new lease of life to
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remanier
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to rework, modify, revise
to reshuffle (cabinet) |
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une compétence
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scope of activities, area, specialism
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snober
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to snub
to turn one’s nose up at |
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faire recette
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to be a huge success
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avec le concours de
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with the participation of
with the help of |
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(s’)amenuiser
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to dwindle, grow slimmer, diminish
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s’affranchir de
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to free os from
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abandonner qn/qch à
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to leave sb/sth to
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mettre en lambeaux
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to rip to shreds, to tear to pieces
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nom d’une pipe!
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flaming hell!
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préalable
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preliminary, prior
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renchérir
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to go one better
to add (onto what sb else has said) |
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le cas échéant
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if need be
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déconsidérer
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to discredit
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au mépris de
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regardless of (contemptuous)
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un empiétement
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encroachment
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faire avaler des couleuvres à qqn
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to make sb eat humble pie
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une couleuvre (à collier)
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grass snake
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au pas de charge
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on/at the double, i.e. very quickly
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effectuer un redécoupage électoral
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to make boundary/constituency changes
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épineux(-euse)
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throny, spiny
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empiéter sur
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to encroach upon
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être en butte à
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to be exposed to (difficulties)
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jouer les prolongations
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to spin/drag things out
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empiler
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to pile up
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à l’ombre de
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in the shadow of
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(s’)ériger en
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to set (os) up as
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un engagement (eg public, financier)
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commitment
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pied à pied
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(defend, fight) every inch of the way
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le prélèvement automatique
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direct debit
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des prélèvements (m) obligatoires
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tax and social security deductions
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amadouer
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to coax
to mollify |
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trouver son second souffle
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to get one’s second wind (sport)
to find a new lease of life, a new wind (fig) |
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prendre qqn au dépourvu
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to catch sb off their guard
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un coup de griffe
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scratch
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un genièvre
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juniper
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un bras de fer
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arm-wrestling
trial of strength (fig) |
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fétiche
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fetish
mascot favourite |
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la politique de la main tendue
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a policy of friendly co-operation
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arrondir les angles
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to smooth things over (fig)
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donner du fil à retordre à qqn
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to make life difficult for sb
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expliciter
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to make explicit, to explain
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se reporter à
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to refer to, look at
to think back to |
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lâcher prise
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to let go (fig)
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avoir sous le coude
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to hold on to, to sit on
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une primeur
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scoop (media)
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se borner à
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to confine os to
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la cérise sur le gâteau
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the icing on the cake
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jouer la montre
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to play for time
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