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120 Cards in this Set
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les armes (f)
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weapons
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l'attentat (m)
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terrorist attack
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le crime, le delit
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crime, offense
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la delinquance
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deliquency
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les droits de l'homme (m)
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human rights
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l'incendie (m)
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fire
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les informations, les infos (f)
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news
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le journal televise
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newscast
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le trafic de drogue
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drug trafficking
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la classe social (superieure, moyenne, ouvriere)
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social class; upper; middle; lower
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le/la citoyen(ne)
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citizen
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le/la dirigeant(e)
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political leader
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la droite
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the right
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la gauche
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the left
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le gouvernement
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political administration
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le parti (politique)
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political party
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la manifestation
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demonstration, rally
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le ministre
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secretary, cabinet member
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le syndicat
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trade union
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l'analphabetime (m)
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illiteracy
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la faim
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hungry
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la loi
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law
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la pauvrete
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poverty
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les pays developpes
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developed countries
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les pays en voie de developpement
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developing countries
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les s.d.f (les sans domicile fixe)
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homeless people
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la secheresse
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drought
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le sida
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AIDS
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etre en faveur de
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to support
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faire de la discrimination
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to discriminate
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s'opposer a
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to oppose
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collaborer avec
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to work with
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combattre
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to fight
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faire du benevolat
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to volunteer
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faire face a
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to face
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s'impliquer
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to get involved
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s'informer sur
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to become informed about
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mettre en echec
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to defeat
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proteger
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to protect
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sensibiliser a
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to increase awareness of
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se tenir au courant de
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to keep abreast with
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alarmant(e)
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alarming
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choquant(e)
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shocking
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decevant(e)
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disappointing
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ecoeurant(e)
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sickening
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indecis(e)
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undecided
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abime
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spoiled, ruined
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une activite benevole
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unpaid, volunteer work
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un amateur de
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connaisuer, lover of
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un autoportrait
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self-portrait
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une benne de recyclage
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large recycling bin found in cities
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le ble
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wheat
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une boite de recyclage
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recycling bin (small, for curbside recycling)
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le bouchon de l'objectif
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lens cap, cover
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une camera
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movie camera
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une camera mini-dv
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digital video camera
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un camion
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truck
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un camionneur
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truck driver
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une caravane
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trailer
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un champ
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field
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le chomage
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unemployment
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la culture
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farming, in this context
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la date de peremption
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buy by, date on food
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le decharge (publique)
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place where the trash collectors put trash
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un dechet
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trash
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defavorise
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disadvantaged
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un eboueur
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trash collector
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un epi (de ble, de mais)
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ear of wheat, corn
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une figue
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fig
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un foyer
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in this context, a home (for certain residents: the elderly, the unemployed, for rehabilitation, etc)
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un gitan
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gypsy
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un grain de raisin
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grape
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une grande surface
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hypermarket (store like target, k-mart, including a supermarket)
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une grappe
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bunch (as in une grappe des raisins)
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une huitre
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oyster
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le mais
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corn
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un objet de recuperation
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recycled or salvaged item
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une patate/pomme de terre
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potato
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une pendule (sans aiguilles)
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clock (without hands)
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une poubelle
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trashcan
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la recolte
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harvest
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une remorque
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trailer
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un reste/les restes
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leftovers, remains
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le riz
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rice
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le r.mi.
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le revenu minimum d'insertion: kind of welfare
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un routard
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backpacker
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un sans-abri
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homeless person
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un santon
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ornamental figure in a christmas nativity scene
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un sdf
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homeless person
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une serre
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greenhouse
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la surconsommation
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overconsumption
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un tablier
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apron
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un traiteur
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caterer
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une trouvaille
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a find
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la vendange
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grape crop, grape harvest
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un verger
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orchard
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une vigne
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vine/vineyard
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un vigneron
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wine grower
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un vignoble
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vineyard
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un viticulteur
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wine grower
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autoriser
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to authorize, allow
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se baisser
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to bend over, lean over
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bricoler
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to putter, to tinker around
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denicher
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to unearth, discover
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faire la manche
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to beg
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gacher/le gachis
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to waste/wastefulness
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gaspiller
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to waste
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glaner
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to glean (things that grow up, like wheat, corn, potatoes)
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grappiller
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to glean (things that hang down, grapes or other hanging fruits)
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mendier
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to beg
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profiter de
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to profit from, take advantage of
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ramasser
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to pick up
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recuperer
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to salvage, save
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recycler
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to recycle
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trier
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to sort
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c'est lamentable
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its appalling, awful, dreadful, pathetic
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ca ne me regarde pas
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its none of my business
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les gens sont chiches
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people are cheap
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promis, jure
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cross my heart, i swear
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c'est un dialogue de sourds
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a dialogue of the death. two people who are not listening to each other
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