Voc civi 4

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build-up
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période d'attente
one-off drama
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film unique
whistleblower
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qui tire la sonnette d'alarme
fraught
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tendu
unhinged
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détraqué / dégondé
lionised
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rendu héros > idéalisé
smug
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suffisant
enamelled
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noble, élitiste
to swig
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slurp
to shelve
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to shelve in English
mettre en attente
to be tapped
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être exploité
tied
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être égal
moot
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discutable / controversé
bullish
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agressif, hargneux
furloughed
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être au chommage technique
guidance
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orientation / inofrmation
an appropriation process
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financement des projets du gvt
to be trashed
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se prendre une raclée
to throw out
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rejeter
to plough on
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s'obstiner
rout
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déroute
to double down
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insister
to budge
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bouger
to run down the clock
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jouer la montre
doggedness
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obstination
doddery
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vieux qui sucre les fraises
a dash of
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un soupçon
constituents
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circonscription électorale
to seize the wheel
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prendre le volant
to squeak through
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passer de justesse
trade-offs
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compromis
squabbling
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se chamailler
to be a navel gazer
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regarder son nombril
to rescramble
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brouiller
limelight
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feux de la rampe
payroll
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ensemble du personnel
bulk
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masse / l'essentiel
blessing in disguise
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bénédiction déguisée
to be at loggerheads
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être à couteaux tirés
inchoate
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incomplet
stalwart
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pilier
disgruntled
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mécontent
against the grain
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à contre-courant
stalemate
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impasse
garnered
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engrangé, recueilli
squalor
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misère noire
vignettes
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anecdotes
unrelenting
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implacable, continuel, incessant
undergird
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soutenir
70-odd
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70 environ
rubble
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décombres
to wrestle
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lutter
to bounce back
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Rebondir
downturns
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les ralentissements
payslip
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fiche de paie
to raid
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dévaliser
to ensue
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s'ensuivre
to ensure
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s'assurer
expenditure
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dépense
to be wide of the mark
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être à côté de la plaque
bully pulpit
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position privilégiée
makeshift
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de fortune
mired in
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enlisé dans
potholes
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nids de poule
acrimony
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acrimonie, amertume
a witness tampering
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un témoin altérant, corrompu
a probe
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une investigation
inside job
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traitre interne

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