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133 Cards in this Set
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putrescible
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biodegradable
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la circulation routière
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road traffic
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un égout
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sewer
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le navire
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ship
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rompre
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to break/upset
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voire
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indeed/even
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grimper
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to climb
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bouleverser
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to upset
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le balade
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walk
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déranger
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to disturb
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gourmand
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greedy
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confier a
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to entrust
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bannir
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to banish
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élaborer
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to set out
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avoir la cote
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to be very popular
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le savant
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scientist
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le scientifique
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scientist
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le chercheur
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researcher
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la découverte
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the discovery
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le pionnier
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pioneer
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la percée
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breakthrough
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la mise au point
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perfecting
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la génétique
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genetics
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transgénique
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organically modified
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le cellule souche
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stem cell
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séropositif
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HIV positive
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le test de dépistage
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the aids test
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l'ADN
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DNA innnit bruv ting
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le reméde
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cure
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la pandémie
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pandemic
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guérir
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to cure
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se généraliser
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to spread
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se répandre
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to spread
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la maladie de la vache folle
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mad cow disease
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la technologie de pointe
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top of the range technology
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l'essai
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trials
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l'espace
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space
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le spationaute
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astronaut
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la fuseée
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rocket ship
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l'engin spatial
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spaceship
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réaliser
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to achieve
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élaborer
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to expand upon
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la génie génétique
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genetic engineering
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l'analyse
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analysis
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le cambriolage
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burglary
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une atteinte
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attack
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le voie public
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public highway
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les biens
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the goods
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a peine
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barely
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dissauder
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to dissuade
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la récidive
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reoffending
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engorgé
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overcrowded
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la violence "non crapuleuse"
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crime without theft as an aim
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rassurant
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reassuring
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il le vaut bien
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he deserves it
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fournir
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to provide
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parvenir
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to succeed
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le délit
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offence
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aboutir
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to end up
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l'écart
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the gap
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inadmissible
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unacceptable
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le milieu
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the setting
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périscolaire
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outside school
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le brevet
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certificate/diploma
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le dispositif
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measure/arrangement
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une amende
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a fine
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la châtiment
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punishment
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les menottes
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handcuffs
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la citoyeneté
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citizenship
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provenir
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to come from
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un ouvrier
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worker
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apporter
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to bring
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passer la douane
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go through customs
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une frontière
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border
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entrer clandestinement
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to smuggle in
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le rapport
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relationship
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la gestion
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management
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gérer
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manage/conduct
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c'en est de même pour
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the same applies to
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disloqué
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disembodied
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la guérison
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cure
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plutôt que
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rather than
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des que
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as soon as
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le viol
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rape
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l'émeute
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riot
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la bagarre
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fight
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le vol à main armé
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armed robbery
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le vol à l'étalage
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shop lifting
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l'enlèvement
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kidnapping
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le racket
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extortion
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le décès
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death
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le voyou
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thug/hooligan
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le racaille
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scummy chavs
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la réclusion à perpétuité
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life imprisonment
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abattre
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to shoot dead
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tirer sur
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to shoot at
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incendier
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to set on fire
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le ripou (argot)
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dishonest policeman
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le flic
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copper
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interpeller
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to arrest
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tenir en garde a vue
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to hold in custody
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le temoignage
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evidence
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le ressortissant
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national, immigrant
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le beur
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second generation north african
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le travail au noir
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moonlighting
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l'afflux
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influx
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le patrimoine
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heritage
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fuir
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to flee
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de souche
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native born
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agresser
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to attack/assault
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attiser les passions
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stir up feelings
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la crainte
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fear
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dénoncer
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to critisise
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les moeurs
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customs/habits
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résider
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to be resident
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surmonter des barrières linguistiques
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to overcome language barriers
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opprimer
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to oppress
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acquérir
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to aquire
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appartenir de
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to belong to
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le choc cultural
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culture shock
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le commerce
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trade
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l'endettement
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debt
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endetté
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in debt
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la dette
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debt
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la subvention
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subsidy
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aisé
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well off
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la privation
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deprivation
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priver de
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to deprive of
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l'anaphabétisme
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illeteracy
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appauvrir
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to make poor
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les nantis et les démunis
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the haves and the have nots
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avoir les moyens de
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to have means of
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la carence
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deficiency
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