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256 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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laver
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to wash
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la veille
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day before
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accueilli
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accomodated
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dissèque
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dissect
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des homards
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lobsters
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plumes
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feathers
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grasses
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fatty
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baignades
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bathes
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détendre
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to slacken
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refasse
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remakes
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bilan
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assessment
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l’oisiveté
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idleness
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peser
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to weigh
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soin
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care
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redaction
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drafting
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ramener
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to bring back
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croupis
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stagnated
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commode
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convenient
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réamorcée
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restarted
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conçue
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conceived
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défi lancé
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launched challenge
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angoisse
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distresses
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d’aplomb
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of balance
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lorsqu’il
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when it
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effrayante
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alarming
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naufrage
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shipwreck
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paraissent
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appear
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d’agir
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to act
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en tant que
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as
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tel
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such
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désespoir
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despair
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soi
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oneself
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irradier
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to irradiate
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une lueur
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a gleam
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suscité
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caused
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vitrail
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stained glass
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selon
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according to
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fut
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was
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verrières
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canopies
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travaux
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work
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tiroire
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drawers
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emporté
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carried
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prouve
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prove
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entreprend
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undertakes
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inépuisable
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inexhaustible
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disponibles
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available
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dépouillé
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stripped
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vénerie
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hunting
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l’emprunt
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the loan
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soucis
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concern
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or
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however
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afin que
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so that
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tire
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draw
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nettement
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clearly
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la traduction
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translation
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s’agit
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acts
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délire
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be delirious
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chasse
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drive out
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l’épreuve
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the test
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la fuite
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the escape
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moitié
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half
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errances
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wanderings
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cahute
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shack
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expiation
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atonement
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lieu
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place
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l’étonnante
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the astonishing one
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selon
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according to
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l’aube
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the paddle
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bourreau
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torturer
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ne parvient à
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does not arrive to
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infimes
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negligible
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brouillons
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drafts
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dote
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equip
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en amont
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upstream
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en aval
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downstream
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de cloche
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of bell
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ainsi
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thus
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esquissés
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outlined
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fuite
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escape
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un élu
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an elected official
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ils ne suffisent guère à élucider
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they are hardly enough to elucidate
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priver
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to deprive
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verrière
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canopy
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témoin
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witness
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cristaux
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crystals
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barrettes de plomb
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lead bars
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empêchant
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preventing
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le geste
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the gesture
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éclaboussera
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will splash
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lueurs
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gleams
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sinon
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if not
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a su
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knew
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recueil
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collection
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relevant
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raising
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perroquet
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parrot
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été amené
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brought summer
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décaler
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to shift
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ému
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moved
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aveu
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consent
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agricoles
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agricultural
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témoignage
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testimony
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épanouis
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opened out
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il est fort probable que
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it is extremely probable that
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dévouement
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devotion
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moyens
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means
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à loisir
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with leisure
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empiré de
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worsened of
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s’exprimer
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to express itself
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operer
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to operate
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conseiller
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to advise
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appartient
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belongs
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ouï-dire
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hearsay
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ludique
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ludic (i.e. playful in an aimless way: “~ behavior of kittens”)
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prise
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catch
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carnet en main
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notebook in hand
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enquête serrée
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tight investigation
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plutôt
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rather
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déclenche
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start
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relance
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starts again
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peindre
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to paint
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s’emplir l’âme
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to fill up the heart
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conte avance
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tale advances
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du pain frais
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fresh bread
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dévouée
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devoted
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soigné
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looked after
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soupcon
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suspicion
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érigée
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set up
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vouée
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dedicated
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bariolé
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variegated (varied in appearance or color; marked with patches or spots)
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réglait
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regulated
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risible
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laughable
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dépens
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costs
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avoir ri
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to have laughed
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le don
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the gift
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fureur du taureau
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fury of the bull
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tire aucun orgueil
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draw any pride
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car
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because
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néant
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nothing
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rédigeant
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writing
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séduit
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allured
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là-dedans
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in it
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la mine
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the mine
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farouche
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savage
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d’ailleurs
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moreover
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conçoit
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conceives
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nue
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naked
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appui
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support
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à peine
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hardly
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nettement
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clearly
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piocher
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to pick
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tremplin
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springboard
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piocher
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to pick
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vif
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sharp
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festin
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feast
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environ
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approximately
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resserrer
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to tighten
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tant pis
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such an amount of worse
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aménagements
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installations
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nouer
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to tie
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dénouer
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to untie
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hanté
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haunted
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tentation
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temptation
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pauses
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pauses
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prendre assise
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to take sitted
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régie
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control
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fondu-enchaîné
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dissolve-connected
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tentative
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attempt
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eût-elle été
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it had been
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écart
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variation
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figer
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to solidify
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épuisé
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exhausted
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a dû
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had
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gémir
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to groan
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soutenais
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supported
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proie
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prey
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petard
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detonator
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triages
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sortings
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venin
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venom
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a tort
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wrongly
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voulu
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wanted
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gré
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liking
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ménage
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spare
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cousait
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bent
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repassait
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passed by again
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engraisser les volailles
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to fatten the poultries
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resta fidèle
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remained faithful
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dispendieuse
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expensive
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ayant appartenu
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having belonged
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revêtue d’ardoises
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covered slates
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ruelle aboutissant
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lane succeed
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niveau
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level
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trébucher
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to stumble
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fauteuil de paille
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armchair of straw
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lambris
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paneling
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chaises d’acajou
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chairs of mahogany tree
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tas
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heap
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moisi
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mold
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matelas
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mattress
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rempli
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filled
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cabinet d’étude
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cabinet of study
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paperasses
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paperworks
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les rayons
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rays
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bois noir
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black wood
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évanoui
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disappeared
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lucarne
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window
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l’âtre
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hearth
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marchandages
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bargainings
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quant
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as
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lenteur
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slowness
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miettes
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crumbs
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cuit
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cooked
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bavette
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bib
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échafaudage
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scaffolding
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grelottait
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shiver
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haillons
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rags
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l’eau des mares
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the water of the ponds
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battue
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beaten
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sols
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grounds
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l’entraînèrent
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involved
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tapage
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din
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dentelles
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laces
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sautant à la fois
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jumping at the same time
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cossue
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affluent
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timon
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tiller
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banneau
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hamper
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paya
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paid
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coudes
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elbows
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foulard
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scarf
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avoine
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oats
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il s’éloigna
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it moved away
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foin
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hay
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frôlant
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passing very close to
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aussitôt
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at once
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récoltes
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harvests
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s’enfuir
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to flee
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gout
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taste
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baissa
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dropped
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charretée
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cart-load
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l’empêchèrent de faillir
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prevented from failing
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fâcheux
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annoying
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vécut
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lived
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brocanteur
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second-hand dealer
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étalait
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spread out
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ferrailles
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scrap
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mêlaient
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mixed
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hennissements
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hennissements
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bêlements d’agneaux
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bleats of lambs
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d’éperons
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spurs
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crapule
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villain
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lopin
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piece
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affreux caniche
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dreadful poodle
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les pattes
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legs
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salissaient
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dirtied
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redingote brune
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brown frock coat
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arrondissant
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rounding
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ce n'est pas grave
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it's not important
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