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322 Cards in this Set
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Visqueux
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slimy, viscous, smarmy
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Ricaner
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to snigger, to sneer
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Foudroyant
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violent, deadly
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Fouiller
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to search, to rummage
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Dédaigneuse
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disdainful, snobby
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Le nœud
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knot
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La corvée
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chore, duty
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Courroucé
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angry, irate, wrathful
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Accroupi
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crouching, squatting
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Étourdi
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absent-minded, dizzy
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L’ampoule
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light bulb
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Luisant
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gleaming
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La pente
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slope, hill, gradient
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La tige
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rod, stem
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Dévaler
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to hurtle down
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Rompu
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worn out, shattered
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Démarrer
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to start up, to begin
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La lame
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blade, strip, wave
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Débrouiller
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to untangle, to unravel
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Bougonner
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to grumble
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Le cerveau
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brain
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Le croque-mitaine
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bogeyman
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Venimeux
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venimous, poisonous
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La licorne
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unicorn
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Crochu
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claw like, hooked
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Le cil
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eyelash
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La cervelle
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brain
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Le gnou
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wilderbeast
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Le moustique
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moisquito
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L’aiguillon
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sting
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Périr
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to perish
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Le boum
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shockwave, burst
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Rompre
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to terminate, to break
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La cloison
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partition
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Trébucher
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to stumble
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Dégringoler
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tumble down
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S’ébranler
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get going, set off
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Abattre
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to slaughter, to kill
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Eperdument
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madly, head over heels
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Broiement
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to grind, to crush
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Aplatir
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to flatten, to crush
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La chausse
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roadway, pathway
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Un poteau
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post, pole
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Rompre
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to terminate, to break
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Piétinement
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trampling
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Affolé
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demented, mad
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Ahuri
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stunned
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Béant
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gaping, wide open
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Jaillir
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to spring, have a brainwave
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La brèche
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breech, hole
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Onctueux
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creamy, smooth
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Gorgée
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swallow, mouthful
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Barbouiller
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to smear
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Sillonner
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to traverse
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Ineffable
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outrageous
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La falaise
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cliff
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Affamé
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hungry
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Engloutir
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to gobble, devour
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Couler
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to sink
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La balise
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beacon, sign
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épais/épaisse
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thick
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Meurtrir
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to bruise
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La bosse
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bump, lump
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Songer à
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to think of
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Un cauchemar
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nightmare
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Tantôt
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shortly, soon
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Farfelu
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scatterbrained, eccentric
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Tamis
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sieve
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Le comble
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limit, last straw, attic
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Plainte
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moan, groan
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La poutre
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beam
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L’embardé
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swerve
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Fendiller
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to crack, to craze
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Juger
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to try, to decide
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Verdâtre
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greenish
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L’échelle
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ladder
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La sagesse
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wisdom
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Arranger
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to arrange, to suit, to fix, to repair
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Assombrir
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to darken
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Entamer
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start on, begin
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Le témoin
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witness
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Témoigner
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to reccount a crime, talk about something factual
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Témoignage
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witness statement
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S’entretuer
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to kill each other
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Le scenario
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script
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La réplique
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quotes, lines
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Un figurant
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extra
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La plage horaire
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schedule
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La mise en scène
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to arrage staging
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La réalisateur
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director
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Le cascadeur
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stunt man
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Démanteler
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take apart
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Chaleureux
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warm
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Surgelé
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frozen
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Un porte-parole
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spokes person
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Entreposé
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storage
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L’embauche
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vaccancy
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Au cours
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during
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Le cadre
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setting
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Périr
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to die
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Casser les pieds
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to bug
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Un bénévole
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a well meaning person
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Avec fureur
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with a frenzy
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Tête de lard
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stubborn person, grouch
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Avoir charge d’âmes
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have the cure of souls
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Irascible
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quick tempered
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Débouche
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job opening
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Avaler
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to swallow
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Un fauve
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wild beast
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La proie
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prey
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Mâcher
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to chew
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Un coup d’œil
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a glance
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S’égarer
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to get lost, to wander
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Faire s’a toilette
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take care of oneself
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Dactylographie
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typed
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Les fautes d’orthographe
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spelling mistakes
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Rédhibitoire
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unacceptable
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Un brevet de secourisme
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first aid certificate
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Épargne
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spared
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L’encadrement
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management
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La cachette
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hiding place
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L’allocation
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benefit (unemployment benefit)
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Visé
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targeted
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Interpeler
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to call out, to hail (policeman)
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Louche
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shifty, sleazy
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Avoir l’air
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to seem
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Avoir l’air louche
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to seem dodge
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Heurter
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to hit
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Un délit
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petit crime
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Une porte parle
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spokesperson
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Un gendarme
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policeman
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Se heurter
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to come up against, to clash with
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Non-avouée
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not acknowledged
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Apatride
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stateless
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Vanter
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to praise
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Une démarche
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process
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Les discours
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discusssion
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Le foulard
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veil, headscarf
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Afficher
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to display
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Confondre
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to mistake for
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Une démarche
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process
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Ça se voit
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that’s noticeable
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Tiraillé
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torn
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Vanter
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to praise
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Au sein de
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within
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Ostentatoire
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ostentatious
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Porter atteinte a
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to undermine
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La soumission
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submission
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La bastonnade
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beating
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L’interdiction
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ban
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Empirer
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to worsen
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Pilar du foyer
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housewife
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Une femme au foyer
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housewife
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S’estomper
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to fade
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Mettre en œuvre
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to implement
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Ouvrir la voie
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to pave the path for…
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Prendre en compte
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take into account
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L’ombre
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shadow
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D’ailleurs
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besides
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Autant de
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as many
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Mis en œuvre
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to implement
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Au sein
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at the heart of
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L’atout
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assests
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Les déchets
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waste
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Le climatiseur
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air conditioning
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La sècheresse
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drought
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Le plomb
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lead
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Les emballages
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wrapping
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Une déchetterie
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recycling factory
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Une lessive
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washing powder
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Un arbuste
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shrub
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Venir a bout
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to get to the bottom of
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Une brindille
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spring
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Frôler
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to graze, to brush against
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Nuisible
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bad for
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Carrément
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completely
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L’effet de serre
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greenhouse effect
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Surgir
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to crop up/come about
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Une décharge
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dump
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Une banquise
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ice floe
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Emis
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rejected
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Freiner
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to slow down
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Un engrais
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fertiliser
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La récolte
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harvest
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Bouleverser
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to get upset
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Un éventail
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range
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Une gamme
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range
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Une pile
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battery
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Un regain
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revival
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Inépuisable
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inexhaustable
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Nocif/nocive
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noxious
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La houle
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swell
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Le milliard
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billion
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Néfaste
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harmful
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Les marées
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oil slick
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Les décennies
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decades
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Une centrale
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station
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Une inondation
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flood
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La moisissure
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mildew
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Maitriser
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master/manage
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Le sous-sol
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basement
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Assidument
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diligently
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Se mêler
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interfere, meddle
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Le nid
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nest
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Gâcher
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to spoil
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La féerie
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fairytale
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Une flèche
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arrow/dart
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Un cierge
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candle
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Le jeu de billes
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marble game
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Une flaque
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pool
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Le plancher
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floor
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L’otage
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hostage
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Envoie de disparition
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endangered
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Une plongée
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high angle shot
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La contre plongée
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low angle shot
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Ouverture/fermeture en fondu
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fad in and out
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Une coupure
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cut
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Les vitraux
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stained glass windows
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La tige
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stem
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L’éclosion
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blosoming
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Mettre en valeur
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highlight/show off
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S’étendre
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to stretch out
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Franchir
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to cross
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La racine
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root
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Vendable
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profitable
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L’adjonction
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addition of
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Le prix de revient
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cost price
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Les greffes
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transplant
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Songer à
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to think about
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A tout jamais
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forever
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Prélèvement
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taking a sample
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Patrimoine génétique
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gene pool
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Noyau
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nucleus
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Effectué
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caried out, accomplised
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Dérober
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to steal
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Interpeller
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to call out, to shout to
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Le sursis
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suspended sentence
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A la une
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on the front page
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L’actualité
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news
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Affolé
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panic-stricken
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Une arme
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weapon
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Une arme blanche
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knife
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Un attentat
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attack
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Un attentat suicide
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suicide bombing
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Décerner
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to give a price
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Un landau
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pram
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S’occuper
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to look after
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Se révéler
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to come to fame
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L’hirondelle
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swallow
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Sensibilité
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sensitivity
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Un vire-langue
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tongue twister
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Exiger
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to require
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Un chasseur
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hunter
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Dans son assiette
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to feel well, like onself (typically used in the negative)
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Une friperie
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used, secondhand clothing store
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Friper
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to crumple, crush
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La fripe
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clothing business
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Jouer
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can also mean to gamble or bet, or speculate on the stock market
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Jouer de
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play a musical instrument
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Jouer avec
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play with a toy
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Jouer sur
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means to play on, use, exploit
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Se la jouer
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to show off
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Jouer un mauvais a quelqu’un
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play a trick on
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Assoupir
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to make drowsy
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Acharnement
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fierceness, fury, determination
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Acharnement thérapeutique
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using life support
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Le discours
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speech
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Le feu de joie
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bonfire
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Le défilé
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parade
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Avoir une dent contre quelqu’un
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to have a grudge against someone
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Envers et contre tout
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despite all opposition
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Faire quelque chose contre vents et maree
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come hell or highwater
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Pare-chocs contre pare-chocs
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bumper to bumper
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L’échec
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chess
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Le retombé
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falling
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Récolter
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to harvest
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Décompresser
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to decompress, to relax/chill out, to unzip
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Ecrasant
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overwhelming, crushing
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Un contrechamp
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reverse angle, reverse shot
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La péripétie
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incident, event, adventure, surprise, shift
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Aplati
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flattened
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Emprunté
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awkward, gawky, ill at ease
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Tenter
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to try, to attempt
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La cavale
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run
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Recueillir
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to collect, to gather
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Ramper
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to crawl, to grovel
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La cible
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target
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Un cadavre
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corpse, cadaver
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Enfouir
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to bury
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La pudeur
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modestly, reserve, decency
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Un clin d’œil
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wink
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Ensoleillé
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sunny
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La buraliste
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clerk, newsagent
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Crever
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die to do, to burst, to die
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L’emballage
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wrapping
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Le gorille
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bodyguard, gorilla
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Le canotier
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boater
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Minable
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wretched, pathetic, hopeless, wretch
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Le lâche
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coward, weak, feeble
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La banlieue
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suburbs, inner city
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Marémotrice
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wave
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L’algue
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seaweed, algie
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L’éolienne
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windmill
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Le panneau
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sign, board
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Encombrer
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be in the way, be a nuisance, block, impede
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Un vidage
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emptying, dump
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L’énergie marémotrice
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wave energy
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La grille
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railings
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Le rayon
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ray, beam, radius
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La rente
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private income, annuity, unearned income
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L’aisance
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ease, poise, affluence
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Polyvalent
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multipurpose, universal, skillful
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La gestion
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management
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Mensuel
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monthly
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Au sein de
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in, within, inside
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Binôme
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partnership, duo, team of two
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L’entraide
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mutual aid, mutual assitance
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La main d’œuvre
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labour, workforce
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Se garer
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to park
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Défiler
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to march
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Enneigé
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snow capped
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Démantèlement
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dismantling, break up, shut down
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