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Un asile
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asylum
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Une lutte au nom de qqch.
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A struggle in the name of something
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En ce qui concerne + Objet direct
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Regarding
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Un don
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Donation, gift
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Une vente
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sale
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Se dresser
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stand up, rebel against
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Débarquer
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disembark
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À bras ouverts
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With open arms
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La reconnaissance
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Gratitude, recognition
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Faire preuve de qqch.
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To show, prove
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Se manifester
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to show, appear
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Nettement
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clearly, distinctly
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Indéniable
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undeniable
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Se ranger du côté de –
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to go along with
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En revanche
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on the other hand
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Des hauts et des bas
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highs and lows
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Primordial
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essential, vital
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Décemment
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decently
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un sou
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a penny
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cambrer
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to curve, arch
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un épervier
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sparrowhawk
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une gargote
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diner
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un boni
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profit
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un collation
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light meal, snack
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défier
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challenge, defy
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un complet
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suit
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tapageuse
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rowdy, showy
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une étuve
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incubator, steam room
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empester
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to stink
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accabler
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to devestate, condemn
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une tournure
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turn, phrase
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une rôdeuse
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prowler
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grouiller
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to swarm about
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mépriser
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to scorn, despise
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déborder
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to go beyond, overflow, (de - bursting, brimming with)
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une devanture
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shopfront
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un bock
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beer glass
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gaillard
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strapping lad
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se dandiner
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to waddle
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une proie
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prey
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une foule
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crowd, mass
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une chaussée
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road, highway
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fouiller
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to search, frisk
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vêtu (ir)
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dressed
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ordonner
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to order, put in order, ordain
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mûri
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ripen, mature
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étourdi
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absent-minded, unthinking
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une épreuve
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test
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crever
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puncture, burst
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bigre
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my goodness
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un aplomb
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confidence
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malin
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clever, malicious
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un écuyer
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horse rider
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un manège
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merry-go-round, little trick/game
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en flagrant délit
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red-handed
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un délit
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offence
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manœuvrer
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to manuver, operate, manipulate
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esquiver
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to duck, dodge
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une quinte
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a fifth; a coughing fit
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assommant
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deadly boring
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poussiéreux
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dusty, out-dated
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se friper
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to crease, crumble
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criblé
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honeycombed; screened
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ronger
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to knaw, eat into, erode, wear down
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grignoter
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to nibble, conquer, encroach on
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Un Phénix
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Phoenix
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un hôte
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guest, host
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Honteux
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disgraceful, ashamed
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Vivre aux dépens de qqn
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to live off someone
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un plumage
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plumage, feathers
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un ramage
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bird song
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Allécher (avec)
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to tempt with
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un bec
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beak
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Percher
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to pearch
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Véhément
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vehemently
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prendre pour cible
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take as target
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un cérémonial
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ceremonial
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etre Infatué de sa personne
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to be full of one's self
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Servile
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servile
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une audace
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boldness
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Disparate
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disparate, mixed
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S’acquitter de son devoir/d’une dette
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to do one's duty/pay one's debt
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Envers/A l'envers
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towards (prep), back-side/wrong side
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A l’égard d’autrui
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regard towards others
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Mettre en scène
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putting on stage
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un surcroît
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an increase
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de surcroît
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moreover
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Des prévôts
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provost marshall
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un antre
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a den
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un patois
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dialect
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un ressort
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moral drive
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Etranglé
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strangled, choked
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Chétif
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puny, sickly
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un présent
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the present; a present
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Gober
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to suck, swallow, to fall for
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Une foule de
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a crowd of
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Transi
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chilled, paralysed
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un mugissement
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lowing, bellowing, howling, roaring
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la gravité
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seriousness, solemnity
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la douleur
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pain, grief
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le néant
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nothingness
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une coterie
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clique
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un appât
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bait, lure
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Une vision saisissante
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striking image
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Un coup d’œil pénétrant
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a penetrating glance
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un talon
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heel
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Egarer
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to lead astray
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Affliger (de)
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to afflict, distress (with)
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une cabale
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plot, intrigue
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Reclus
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reclusive
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sombre
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dark, depressing, murky
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hagard
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dazed, wild
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un caquet
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prattle
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une entremetteuse
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match-maker
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une avarice
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meanness, miserliness
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un avare
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miser
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un ladre
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miser
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un carrosse
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coach
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un ravissement
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rapture
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Ruiné
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ruined, destroyed
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Tousser
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to cough
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un pourpoint
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doublet (coat/2 lines of poetry)
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un fluxion
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swelling
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une incommodité
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akwardness, inconvenience
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Débraillé
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sloppy disheveled
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Des hauts-de-chausses
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weird garment worn to the knees
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une perruque
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wig
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un Fieffé
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incorrigable liar
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un ragoût
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stew, ragout
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Des godelureaux
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beaus
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Des morveux
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fluttered, bratty, snotty (people)
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une estampe
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engraving, print
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un vieillard
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old man
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un aversion
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aversion, repulsion
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une dépense
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spending, expense
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une dot
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dowry
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la sobriété
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temperance, sobriety, moderation
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de plus
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moreover, furthermore, likewise
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outre
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in addition to
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outrer
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to outrage
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Exquis
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delightful, exquisite
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la foire
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the fair
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un régale
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king's right
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un dessein
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design, intention
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La fleur de l’âge
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prime
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un tient
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opener
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Daigner
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deign
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Se ravaler
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clean, supress, renovate
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Suave
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Suave
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Se targuer
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claim, boast
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Indiscret
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indiscreet
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Un autel
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altar
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Un soin
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a care, product
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Une renommée
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famous (person)
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une rhétorique
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rhetorique
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Galant
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galant
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Altérer
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affect, spoil, fade
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La bénignité
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mildness
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la témérité
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recklessness
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la chair
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flesh, plump
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Presser
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increase, press, squeeze
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une chicane
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trick
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une bonté
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goodness
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Bénir
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to bless
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humble
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humble
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pieux
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pious, reverant
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la charité
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charity
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Mériter
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to deserve, earn
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Accorder
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grant qqch, tune, make agree
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une grâce
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grace, charm, mercy, favor
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Singulier
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peculiar, singular
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Faire serment
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take a vow
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un transport
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transportation
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une ferveur
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ferver/ardour
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un excès
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excess
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Tâter
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to feel
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une étoffe
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fabric, substance
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moelleux
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thick, soft, mellow
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le dénouement
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final resolution of the intricacies of the plot
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Chatouilleux
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ticklish, touchy
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un ouvrage
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piece of work
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Dégager
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to free, clear, unblock
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Soupirer
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to sigh
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la félicité
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happiness
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un sein
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breast
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etouffer
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supress, hush, stifle, deaden
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des attrait
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attraction, appeal
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etaler
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spread out, scatter, flaunt
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epancher
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open one’s heart
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Appréhender
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arrest, dread, understand
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Ajuster
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adjust, arrange, straighten
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la pudeur
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sense of modesty, propriety
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une audace
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boldness, daring, audacity
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une offrande
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offering
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une infirmité
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disability, infirmary
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Une quiétude
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tranquility
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la béatitude
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beatitude
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Céleste
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celestial
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un aveu
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confession, admission
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une splendeur
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splender
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Souverain
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sovereign, supreme
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Ineffable
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unutterable
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un jeûne
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a fast
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surmonter
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overcome
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Bénin
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minor, benign
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une tribulation
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tribulation
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Grandiose
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grand, spectacular
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Burlesque
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farcical
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un Bouffon
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clown, jester
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une récompense
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award
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des bienfaits
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good deeds
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la hardiesse
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boldness
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la galanterie
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gallantry
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Protocolaire
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formal, official
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Une mascarade
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mascarade
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Ôter
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to take off, remove, take something away from someone
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une fièvre
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fever
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Vermeille
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bright red, vermillion
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un dégoût
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disgust
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une perdrix
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partridge
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un gigot
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leg of lamb
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un hachis
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mince
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Sommeiller
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to doze, lie dormant
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Veiller
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to watch over
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une saignée
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bleeding
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un soulagement
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relief
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des maux
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wrongs/deeds
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Fortifier
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to strengthen, fortify
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Réparer
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to repair
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une convalescence
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person recovering from illness
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se mettre en courroux
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get one's self angry
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un caprice
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whim
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Le fumier
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manure
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Détacher
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to untie, undo
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Se soucier de
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to worry about
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Attirer
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attract, draw
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un élancement
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throbbing/sharp pain
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Bénite
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holy, blessed
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une indigence
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destitution, poverty
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un don
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a donation
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Répandre
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to spread, pour, scatter
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Retirer
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to take off, withdraw, remove
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Avertir
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to inform, warn
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s'imputer (sur) (imputer)
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to be charged to (to blame for/attribute to)
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une bagatelle
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trifle
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Scandaliser
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to outrage
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un discours
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speech, talk
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un teint
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complexion
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le badinage
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banter
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le libertinage
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dissoluteness, debauchery
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des simagrées
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play acting
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Enticher
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to infatuate
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un dévot
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a faithful christian
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une trace
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a trail, mark, sign, scar
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L’hypocrisie
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hypocrisy
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la dévotion
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devoutness, devotion passion (pour)
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Egaler
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to equal
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Confondre
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to mix up, confuse
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Gâter
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to spoil, ruin
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Révérer
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to revere
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Un oracle
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oracle
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Priser
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to hold in esteem
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Odieux
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horrible
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Plâtré
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plastered
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Spécieux
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deceptively attractive, alluring
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Des charlatans
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frauds
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la Sacrilège
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sacrilege
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Trompeur
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deceptive, misleading
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une grimace
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grimace
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Impunément
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w/impunity (exemption from punishment)
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Des clins d’yeux
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wink of an eye
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Des élans affectés
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affected enthusiasm
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un zèle
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zeal
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Prompt
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sudden, swift
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Vindicatif
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vindictive
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un ressentiment
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resentment
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âpre
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bitter, harsh, fierce
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Aisé
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easy, wealthy
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des fanfarons
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boasts
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un faste
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something auspicious
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Censurer
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to censor
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L’orgueil
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pride
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un appui
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support
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une cabale
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plot
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une intrigue
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plot, intrigue
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un pécheur
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a sinner
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L’acharnement
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furious energy
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Vanter
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to boast
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un gendre
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son-in-law
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une disgrâce
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disgrace
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Différer
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to postpone, to differ
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une féerie
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a fairy
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un accessoire
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accessory, attachement
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un héliotrope
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sun-flower (flower-attracted to the sun)
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un marquis
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marquis
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un trajet
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journey, trip
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Une frontière
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border
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Une barrière naturelle
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natural barier
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Envahir
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to invade, over-run, flood
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un équilibre
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balance, equilibrium
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une agglomération
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town, village
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afin de
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so as to
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les salaires
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salary, wages
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Tentaculaire
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sprawling
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Se lancer dans une carrière
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to thrust one's self into a career
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Les bords de la Seine
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the banks of the Seine
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Des égouts
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sewers
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L’asphalte
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pavement
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un prolongement
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extension
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la banlieue
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suburb
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Exorbitant
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exobitant, outrageous
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Frénétique
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frenetic
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un loyer
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rent
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Subventionner
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subsidize
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Une tentative
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an attempt
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Décongestionner
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decongest
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Un exode rural
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a rural exodus
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Des affrontements
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confrontation
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Au fur et à mesure
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as one goes along
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La fracture sociale
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fractured society
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Un stigmate
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scar, mark
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La précarité
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precariousness
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Un jeune diplômé
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a young graduate
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Les forces de l’ordre
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The forces of order (police force?)
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Déclencher
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to start, spark, set off
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Des émeutes
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riots
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Le vandalisme
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vandalism
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Un échec
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a failure
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Une disparité
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a disparity
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la délinquance
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crime
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Siéger
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to sit, be in session, have its headquarters
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une audience
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audience
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un Ecclésiastique
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clergyman
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se délasser
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relax, refresh
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un gondole
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gondola
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Méticuleusement
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meticulously
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Fructifier
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to flourish
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Tenir son rang
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to take rank
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Somptuaire
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Luxurious, sumptuous
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Domestiquer
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to domesticate (animal)
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une oligarchie
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an oligarchy
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Une étiquette minutieuse
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impecable (detailed) etiquette
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le grouillement
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a swarm
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un taudis
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a hovey, pigsty
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Une cour des miracles
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a court of miracles
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Raboteuse
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planning machine
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un auberge
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hotel, inn
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un brigand
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bandit
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un fiacre
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carriage
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une calèche
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carriage
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un désarroi
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distress, confusion
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une récolte
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harvest, crop
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une moisson
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harvest
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un festin
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feast
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Un trompe-l’œil
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a trick of the eye
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un agrandissement
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enlargement
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l'aurore
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dawn
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une édification
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enlightenment
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un deuil
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mourning
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L’étiquette
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label, etiquette
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Traiter les affaires de l’état
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traiter of the state
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un revers
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back, wrong side
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une hégémonie
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hegemony
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une envergure
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stature
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un aumônier
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chaplain
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Laisser pénétrer
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let penetrate
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Ausculter
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to examine
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Capter
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to catch, pick up
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L’instauration
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establishement (of a political regime)
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Préserver
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to preserve, protect
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