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113 Cards in this Set
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a 40-something
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year-old man
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He is completely dressed in black.
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Il est tout habillé de noir
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hat
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le chapeau
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tie
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la cravate
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suit
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le complet
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raincoat
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l’imperméable (m)
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shoe
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la chaussure
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sock
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la chaussette
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to set down
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poser
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a pair of glasses
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une paire de lunettes
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cup of coffee
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la tasse de café
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to wink/blink
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cligner
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tick
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le tic
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to annoy
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agacer
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prodigiously
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prodigieusement
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across the way
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d’en face
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nervously
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nerveusement
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around himself
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autour de lui
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spring
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le ressort
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to leap/jump
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bondir
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to take a few steps forward
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faire quelques pas en avant
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back, behind
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en arrière
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to throw
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jeter
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to spring forward
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s’élancer
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braking
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un coup de frein
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shrill, strident
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strident
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swear word
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le juron
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resounding, loud
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retentissant
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to get run over
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se faire écraser
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authors
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les auteurs
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student card
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la carte d’étudiante
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usherette
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la ouvreuse
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to indicate
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indiquer
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Will this work?
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Ça ira?
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the screen
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l’écran (m)
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tone
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le ton
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to expect that
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s’attender à ce que
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tip
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le pourboire
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to be in the know
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être au courant
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soon
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bientôt
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commercial
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la réclame
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windsurfer
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la planche à voile
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toothpaste
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le dentifrice
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razor
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le rasoir
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electronic typewriter
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la machine à écrire électronique
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bonbons
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les bonbons
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to turn on again
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se rallumer
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chocolate-covered popsicles
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les esquimaux
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to be quiet
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se taire
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poorly raised
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mal élevé
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30-something year-old man
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un monsieur d’une treintaine d’années
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executive
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le cadre
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dynamic
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dynamique
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nice
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sympathique
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bohemian
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bohème
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to set one’s mind on
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se mettre en tête de + inf
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to seduce
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séduire
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tempted
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tenté
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at the last moment
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au dernier moment
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to escape
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s’échapper
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I would like that very much.
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Je veux bien.
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studio
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atelier (m)
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bookstore
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la librairie
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pocket
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la poche
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passport
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le passeport
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seersucker jacket
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la veste en seersucker
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literary cafés
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les cafés littéraires
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at the beginning of the century
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au début du siècle
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Did you like it?
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Ça t’a plu?
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given the choice
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à choisir
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chaste
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chaste
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Nothing happens.
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Il ne se passe rien.
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wager
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le pari
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violence
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la violence
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eroticism
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l’érotisme
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silent
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muet
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soundtrack
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la bande sonore
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montage
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le montage
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close-up
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le gros plan
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panoramic shot
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le plan général
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talking pictures
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le cinéma parlant
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color
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le couleur
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black and white films
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films en noir et blanc
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cow
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la vache
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National Assembly
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l’Assemblée Nationale
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It’s there that
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C’est là que
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representative
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le député
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bill (legislative)
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le projet de lois
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bridge
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le pont
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station
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la gare
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because of
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à cause de
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embassy
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l’ambassade (f)
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Obelisk
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l’Obélisque
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closer
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plus près
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to depicher
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déchiffrer
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hieroglyphic
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le hiéroglyphe
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traffic
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la circulation
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paths
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les allées (f)
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calm
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le calme
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silence
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le silence
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sparrow
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le moineau
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to bathe
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se baigner
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dust
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la poussière
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from the opposite direction
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en sens inverse
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to amuse
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amuser
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butcher
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le boucher
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gal
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la nana
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to roll
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rouler
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to fly away
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s’envoler
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What’s the matter with you?
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Qu’est-ce qui te prend?
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to overdo it, exaggerate
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y aller fort
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to be thirsty
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avoir soif
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to gather, pick up
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ramasser
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