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Ne pas faire l'affaire	to not fit the bill/to turn out to be unsuitable	Black & White
nous tenons à maîtrise nos technologies	we control our technologies	DocteurPC
On a fait le tour du sujet	The subject has been discussed/examined from every angle	Carol Gullidge
petite graine	budding stars	(Non-member)
pire que ça tu meurs!	worst drag ever!	(Non-member)
pour fixer les esprits	focus the mind/the debate/the discussion/our thinking	(Non-member)
pousser des ailes	I felt like I had grown wings	Anna Maria Augustin
pret presse	press loan	(Non-member)
qui nous veut du mal	which is out to get us	(Non-member)
remonter au créneau	take to the battlefield once again	(Non-member)
remonter les bretelles	to be told off	keelin feeney
s'enfermer dans son cocon	shut oneself away	Nicolas Bonsignore
s'inscrire dans la foulée	is completely in line with	Hattie Hill
s'inscrit d'emblée sous le signe de la gageure	appears from the outset to be a gamble	jlrsnyder
sans perdre trop de plumes	unscathed	Diana Chemparathy
servir de lièvre	open the floodgates (in this context)	Carol Gullidge
Si vous ne laissez pas un client dans l'embarras, il vous le rendra toujours	one good turn deserves another	(Non-member)
Tel [A], tel [B]	As (is) the [A], so (is) the [B]	(Non-member)
tisser un lien	create a bond	(Non-member)
tourner la planche	to change the status-quo	(Non-member)

travailler moins, mieux, et autrement	work smarter, not harder	(Non-member)
Un changement dans la continuité	Business as usual (despite change)	(Non-member)
un fil rouge	guiding thread	(Non-member)
une oeuvre qui nous ressemble à s'y meprendre	a work that is a close reflection of who we are and where we come from	DVGreen

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Advertising / Public Relations
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Animal Husbandry = Livestock *
Anthropology
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Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Astronomy & Space
Audit = Finance *
Automation & Robotics
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Banking = Finance *
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
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Business/Commerce (general)
Cars = Auto *
Ceramics = Materials *
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
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Childrens' Literature = Poetry & Literature *
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Clothing = Textiles *
Communications = Telecommunications *
Computers (general)
Computers: Hardware
Computers: Software
Computers: Systems, Networks
Construction / Civil Engineering
Contracts = Law: Contract *
Cooking / Culinary
Cosmetics, Beauty
DVDs = Media *
Dentistry = Medical: Dentistry *
Economics
Education / Pedagogy
Electronics / Elect Eng
Energy / Power Generation
Engineering (general)
Engineering: Aero = Aerospace *
Engineering: Chem = Chemistry *
Engineering: Civil = Construction *
Engineering: Electrical = Electronics *
Engineering: Industrial
Engineering: Mechanical = Mechanics *
Engineering: Nuclear = Nuclear *
Environment & Ecology
Esoteric practices
Fashion = Textiles *
Fiction = Poetry & Literature *
Film & TV = Cinema *
Finance (general)
Financial Markets = Finance *
Fisheries
Folklore
Food & Dairy
Forestry / Wood / Timber
Furniture / Household Appliances
Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
Gastronomy = Cooking / Culinary *
Gems, Precious Stones, Metals = Mining *
Genealogy
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Genetics
Geography
Geology
Glass = Materials *
Government / Politics
Graphic Arts = Photo/Imaging *
Health Care = Med: HC *
History
Hotels = Tourism *
Human Resources
IT (Information Technology)
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Insurance
International Org/Dev/Coop
Internet, e-Commerce
Investment / Securities
Iron & Steel = Metallurgy *
Journalism
Labor = Human Resources *
Land = Real Estate *
Law (general)
Law: Contract(s)
Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
Law: Taxation & Customs
Leisure = Tourism *
Linguistics
Literature = Poetry & Lit *
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Logistics = Transport *
Machinery & Tools = Mechanical *
Management
Manufacturing
Maritime = Ships *
Marketing / Market Research
Materials (Plastics, Ceramics, etc.)
Mathematics & Statistics
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Media / Multimedia
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Medical: Cardiology
Medical: Dentistry
Medical: Health Care
Medical: Instruments
Medical: Pharmaceuticals
Metallurgy / Casting
Meteorology
Metrology
Military / Defense
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Multimedia = Media *
Music
Names (personal, company)
Networking = Computers: Networking *
Nuclear Eng/Sci
Nutrition
Oil & Gas = Petroleum *
Other
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Patents
Patents = Law: Patents *
Pedagogy = Education *
Petroleum Eng/Sci
Pharmaceuticals = Med: Pharma *
Philosophy
Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
Physics
Plants = Botany *
Plastic = Materials *
Poetry & Literature
Politics = Government *
Power = Energy *
Printing & Publishing
Psychology
Public relations = Advertising *
Real Estate
Religion
Retail
Robotics = Automation & Robotics *
Rubber = Materials *
SAP
Sailing = Ships *
Science (general)
Shipping = Transport *
Ships, Sailing, Maritime
Slang
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Software = Computers: Software *
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Statistics = Mathematics *
Surveying
Symbols / Abbreviations / Acronyms = General *
Tax = Law: Tax *
Telecom(munications)
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Tourism & Travel
Trains = Transportation *
Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Travel = Tourism *
Veterinary = Livestock *
Video Games = Games *
Video editing/DVDs = Media *
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Wood = Materials *
Wood Industry = Forestry *
Zoology

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