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Glissement Vieillesse Technicité	Shift-Age-Technical Skills	silviantonia
grand dadais	beloved adolescent/lanky loon	Virgile
grand témoin	guest speaker	(Non-member)
grands jeux	team games	(Non-member)
gratuité pregnante	implicit unearned value/compelling cost-free potential	(Non-member)
gratuite	wanton	transland
hauts lieux	favourite/leading venue	suezen
Heureux celui qui lit et ceux qui entendent	Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear	(Non-member)
Histoire de voyager plus franchement du côté de l’Asie,	And if you're going to do things Asian, might as well go the whole hog	Carol Gullidge
hors normes	which does not meet /comply with environmental standards	NewCal
id	id / idem	Arnold007
il en va	depends on this/it	(Non-member)
il est relou ce patron, trop prise de tête	This boss is so annoying and such a royal pain.	emiledgar
il nous quitte libre de tous droits	he is leaving us, with no further claims against the company,	Aisha Maniar
il s’agit d’un contrat élaboré dans un esprit BU	This is a business unit-oriented contract	(Non-member)
inscrit dans la durée	meant to last	silviantonia
Je lutte contre les idées reçues	I challenge generally accepted practices and habits	Wendy Leech
je parle / je le dis sous le contrôle de XXXX	What I am saying here may be corrected by XXX later on/I say this now, even though it may be corrected by XXX later on	(Non-member)
Je suis ennuyé pour la mise en place des xxxxxxxx que vous m'avez demandé	there is a problem (or I have a problem) regarding the XXX you asked for	suezen
jeter les bases	lay the foundation(s)	gad

jeter un malaise	cast a cloud over; caused unease	Rachel Fell
Jeu des valses-hesitations	all the to-ing and fro-ing	(Non-member)
joue la partition	strikes the perfect chord	Laura Robertson
l'image	visual art(s)	(Non-member)
La messe était dite	It was over before it even began	(Non-member)
la provoc'	setting out to surprise people; setting oneself a challenge	Carol Gullidge
la réflexion et l'échange d'informations continuent	Further thought is being given to ..., and information is still being exchanged	...
La rumeur a enflé	Rumours abounded / flared /developed	Nathalie Reis
la société civile	civil society	(Non-member)
labellisé	approved	Miranda Joubioux
l’ère des grands travaux	the era of major construction (had dawned)	ormiston
le croisement des regards	convergence of views	(Non-member)
Le détournement d’objet	modification of an object's original purpose	(Non-member)
le grand jeu	this morning's display	(Non-member)
le monde de l'assurance n'est pas un long fleuve tranquille	isn't one of peace and harmony	(Non-member)
les artisans ont été recyclés...	The workers were retrained	Angela Dickson
les informations reproduites dans ce document sont conformes à celles inscrites au registre de l'état civil que nous détenons	the information reproduced in this document matches the one recorded in our register of civil status	(Non-member)
les méandres de la procédure de signature	entangled in the signature process	NancyLynn
les unes par rapport aux autres	in relation/relative to one another	NewCal
les vin ordinaires valent bien mieux que toutes ces cuvées de "petit marquis"	than all those dubious labels claiming a nobler lineage	lundy

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