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Reportage + Société

Liberté, égalité, anxiété : pourquoi les Français sont-ils pessimistes ?

Les Français, ces bons vivants, seraient-ils aussi d’incorrigibles grincheux ? Derrière leurs incessantes diatribes se trame un mal, dont les racines ont à voir avec l’identité et la culture du pays.
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Reportage + Société

Liberté, égalité, anxiété: why are the French so pessimistic?

How can the French be renowned bons vivants but also such incorrigible grouches?
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"Fais de ta vie un rêve, et d'un rêve, une réalitéMake your life a dream and the dream a reality"

Antoine de Saint Exupéry. Translation

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Avoir la casquette en béton To be wearing a concrete cap - (ie. to be hungover)
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