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160 Cards in this Set
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construire
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to build
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defiler
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to parade
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une etape
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a stage
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devenir
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become
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le libre-echange
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free trade
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un niveau de vie
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a standard
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eleve
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elevated
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le passe
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the past
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l'avenir
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the future
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ses etudes
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his studies
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decouvrir
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to discover
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auquel
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to which
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une decouverte
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a discovery
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tirer
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to draw a benefit
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un benefice
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a profit/benefit
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se rallier
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to join
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le maquis
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the scrubland
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harceler
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to harass
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aupres de
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with
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preconiser
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to advocate
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capituler
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to give in
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la defaite
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the defeat
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lancer
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launch
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un appel
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a call
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actuellement
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at the present time
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viendraient
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would come
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un ouvrier
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a worker
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l'industrie d'armement
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the weapons industry
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se mettre en rapport
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to get in contact
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s'eteindre
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to become extinguished
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demissioner
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to resign
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etre au bord de
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to be on the edge of
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faire appel a
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to call for
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l'ere
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the era
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restaurer
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to restore
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fort
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strong
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mener une politique
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to follow a policy
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vis a vis de
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with respect to
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attendrissant
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touching
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a la fois
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at the same time
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seduisant
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attractive
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souffrait depuis
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had been suffering for
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obstinement
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obstinately
stubbornly |
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ordonner
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to order
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resigne
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resigned
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la portiere
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the door
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isole
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isolated
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des milliers
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thousands
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devoue
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devoted
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n'importe quoi
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anything at all
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enerve
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upset
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elle en vida le contenu
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she emplied the contents of it
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tout d'un coup
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all at once
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qui venait d'entrer
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who had just entered
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blesse
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wounded
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un mouchoir
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handkercheif
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couler
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to flow
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tuer
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to kill
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regarder fixement
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to stare
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esouffle
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out of breath
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le visage convulse
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his face was distorted
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son coeur battait
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her heart beated
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bourdonner
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to buzz
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un malfaiteur
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a criminal
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tellement
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so
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le sol du wagon
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the floor of the train car
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un flot
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a flood
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se baisser
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to get down
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ramasser
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to pick up
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prise de panique
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seized with panic
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la preuve
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proof
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secourir
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to help. rescue
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je vous jure
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I swear to you
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muet
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mute
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le train roulait
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the train rolled along
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siffler
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whistle
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ralentir
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to slow down
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changer d'avis
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change one's mind
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une casquette
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a cap
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l'inconnu
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stranger
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s'incliner
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to bow
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de nouveau
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again
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un buffet de la gare
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train station cafe
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emu
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moved
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je parie
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i bet
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ombre
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shadow
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douloureuse
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painful
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la reconnaissance
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gratitude
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j'avais devine
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I had guessed
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affreusement
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frightfully
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ils se croisaient
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they ran into each other
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desesperement
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hopelessly
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gater
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to spoil
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garder ses distances
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to keep distance
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jusqu'au bout
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up to the end
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bouleverse
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overwhelmed
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un baiser
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a kiss
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il se sauva
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he ran away
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loin
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far
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d'abord
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first of all
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une terre
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a land
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asile
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safety
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besoin
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need
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la main d'oeuvre
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labor force
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surtout
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especially
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des Maghrebins
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North Africans
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nombreux
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numerous
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occidental
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western
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un visage
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a face
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veritablement
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truly, really
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autrefois
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a long time ago
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designer
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to designate
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les habitants
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the inhabitants
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une mosquee
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mosque
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une eglise
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church
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un temple
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protestant church
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juif, juive
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jewish
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pays
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country, nation
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un toubib
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doctor
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un bled
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isolated village
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un mechoui
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lamb roast
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avoir la baraka
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be lucky
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c'est kif-kif
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its all the same
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"beur"
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person of north african ancestry
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un copain
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friend
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un lycee
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high school
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le bac
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post high school exam
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practiquant
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observing one's religion
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la semoule
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semolia
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cuit a la vapeur
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steamed
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une corne
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horn
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l'aid
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feast of the sacrifice(ram)
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j'obeis
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I obey
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une priere
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prayer
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le hadj
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pilgrimage to Mecca
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regarder de travers
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look at scornfully
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un emploi
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job
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fier
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proud
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les dates de la deuxieme guerre mondiale
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1939=1945
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le nom dIndochine
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le vietnam
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Il a ecrit beaucoup de contes
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Guy de maupassant
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elle a eu le prix nobel de chimie en 1911
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marie curie
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les dates de la belle epoque
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1870-1914
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la fete a la jeune du ramadan
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l'aid
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une ecole de peinture caracterisee par la geometrie
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le cubisme
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Il a organise la resistance
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Jean Moulin
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le maroc, lalgerie, la tunisie
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le Maghreb
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un discours fameux de charles de gaulle
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l'appel du 18 juin
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le debut de la revolution russe
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1917
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une ville de la cote d'azure
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Menton
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une eglise protestante
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un temple
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les dates de la premiere guerre mondiale
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1914-1918
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la premiere presidente du parlement europeen
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simone veil
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mois de manifestations contre la societe traditionelle
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mai 1968
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le voyage des musulmans a la mecque
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le hadj
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le boulevard le plus fameux de paris
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champs-elysees
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l'epoque de la colonisation et quand leconomie et lest arts ont fleuri
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la belle epoque
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les dates de Guy de maupassant
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1850-1893
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un petit village
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un bled
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ce document est a la base de l'unite politique de l'europe
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le traite de maastricht
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