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175 Cards in this Set
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l'affrontement
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la bataille
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un sobriquet
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nickname
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le nivellement
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levelling
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les plaques minéralogiques
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license plates
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un matricule
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a number
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la tendance jacobine
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in favor of a strong central state
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l'émiettement
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a small division
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PACA
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la région Province-Alpes-Cote d'Azure
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sablonneuse
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sandy
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hâbleur
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bragging
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une gaine
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sheath
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un mutin
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a rebel
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un duelliste
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someone who likes to fight duels
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l'épée
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sword
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têtu
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stubborness
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l'entêtement
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stubborness
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la bonne à tout faire
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maid
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la maison à colombages
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half-timbered house
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le nid de cigogne
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stork nest
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le gilet
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vest
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la loutre
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otter
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vantard
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showing off
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avoird le verbe haut
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to speak with conviction
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bouché
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blocked
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un truand
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gangster
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une combine
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a trick
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le rivage
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shore
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le littoral
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la côte
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se nichent
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se placent
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un barrage
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a dam
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la Durance
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name of a river
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la garrigue
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secondary vegetation qui pousse sur un sol calcaire after deforestation
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le maquis
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the seconary abtrustive vegetation that grows in a sol salicieux after deforestation
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un incendie
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a forestfire
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la sécheresse
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drought
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le blé
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wheat
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la cueillette
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picking of vegetation for food
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le calisson
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almond cake
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confit
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preserved
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violacé
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purplish
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pour la conserve
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to preserve them
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cueillir
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to pick up
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le basilic
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basil
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la majolaine
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marjoram
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l'estragon
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tarragon
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le romarin
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rosemary
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la sarriette
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savory
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la sauge
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sage
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la ciboulette
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chive
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le serpolet
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wild thyme
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épanouir
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to spread
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leur feuillage
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their foliage
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le foin
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hay
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une touffe
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clump
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au gravier
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here, on the ground
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un vignoble
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a vineyard
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un viticulteur
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a person who cultivates wine
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un cru
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vintage
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une gousse d'ail
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clove of garlic
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un jaune d'oeuf
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yolk
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piler
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to crush
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la morue
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cod
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égoutter
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to drain
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un fait-tout
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stewpot
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le fenouil
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fen
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le piment
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gree or red pepper
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tartiner
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to spread something on a slice of bread
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le solde migratoir
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the difference between immigrants and emmigrants
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une personne aisée
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a rich person
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un rapatrié d'Afrique du Nord
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French installed in N. Africa who were expulled when the country obtained its independence in the 1960's
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un Maghrebin(e)
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from Maghreb (N. Africa)
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une population qualifiée
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skilled workers
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ovin
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du mouton
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une serre
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greenhouse
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un actif
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a person who works
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le B.T.P.
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the sectory of Batiments et des Travaux Publics
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les Francs
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appeared in French history in the middle of the 3rd centry; Germanic people who conquered Gaule in the 5th and 6th centuries; imposed the name France
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s'insurger
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to revole
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la nef
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nave
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voûte en berceau
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rib vault
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l'abside
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apse
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Le comtat venaissin
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name of the region around Avignon
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un platane
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plane tree; gives a lot of shade; found in the towns on Avignon
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le petit rosé
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pink wine from Avignon
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un pélerin
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a pilgrim
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se tailler la part du lion
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to have the best part
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se débrouiller
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to disentangle
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le Saint-Siège
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la Papauté
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le puit
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well
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le pontife
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the Pope
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le cerf
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deer
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le furet
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ferret
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s'étoile
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to become weak
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huis clos
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a closed place
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une démarche
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an approach
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héberger
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to welcome travelers
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monter sur les planches
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to go on stage
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le rayonnement
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l'influence
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se sont épuisés
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to become less important
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faire fléchir
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to bend
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rendre la vogue
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to place back in fashion
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les parlers
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the dialects
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en un mot
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to put it in a nutshell
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testament
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last will
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vives
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vivants
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une paroisse
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parish
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la proue
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bow
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le contrefort
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buttress
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un chemin muletier
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a chemin made for mules
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un sentier
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a path
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(maisons) mitoyennes
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houses that touch others
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le bitume
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asphalt
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une conque
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conch
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le jet d'eau
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fontain that projects water
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la cruche
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something in which someone can trasport liquid
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la jarre
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idem
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le maréchal-ferrant
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blacksmith
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ombragée
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shaded
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le concours de boules
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le pétanque
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frôler
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to touch upon something lightly
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les casernes
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buidlings of the army where young me did their military service
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la galejade
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termed used surtout in Provence, indicated an exaggerated story
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déployer
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to extend
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étendre
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to extend
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un hôtel particulier
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residence of a "seigneur" in town
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le "grand siècle"
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le 17th century
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la flânerie
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a relaxed walk
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la superficie
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old walls in the village covered with this superficial layer to protect against attack
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renouvelé
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renewed
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Aixois
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a habitant of Aix
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le paraître
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appearance
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le décor
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setting
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le courant
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artistic tendencies
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le plafond
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ceiling
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en plein essor
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in full development
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le quartier
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neighborhood
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aménagées
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constructed
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l'apogée
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apogee
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échappe
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est en dehors de
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à plusieurs reprises
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several times
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la tauromachie
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bull-fight
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en croupe
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on horse
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une Arlésienne
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habitant of Arles
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un armateur
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ship owner
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le Pays d'Arles
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region that economically and administratively depends on Arles
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une ambouchure
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place where the river juts into the sea
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frappant
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striking
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amphibie
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between sea and land
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la dentelle
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lace
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un mas
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typicaly house of Camargue
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les marais salants/les salins
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salt marshes
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accoster
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to come along shore
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les gitans
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gypsies
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rapatriés
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setters in N. Africa who were brought back to France after the independence of Tunisia, Maroc, et l'Algérie
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frondeuse
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désireux de combattre
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consentir
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to accept
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livrer
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donner (to indulge in)
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comptoir de commerce
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trading post
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négoce
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commerce
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édifice
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bâtiment
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redéployé
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étendu
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confèrent
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donner
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plate former technologiue
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place of development of industry and technology
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un défi
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a challenge
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ériger
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to establish
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l'engeu
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the stake
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Valux-en-Velin, Sartrouville
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"sensible" suburbs in other big cities
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un noyau
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core, center
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un réseau
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network
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une emprise
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an influence
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s'essouffle
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diminue
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a été déjouée
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avoided
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la revendication
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the demand
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la formation
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l'éducation
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un syndicat
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union
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