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140 Cards in this Set
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bâclé
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botched
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le carburant
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fuel
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le gaspillage
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waste
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empêcher
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to prevent
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la paroi
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wall, lining, internal surface
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la paroi intestinale
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intestinal wall
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le mortier
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mortar
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soigner
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to look after, to take care of
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le déchet
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waste, scrap, wreck
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témoigner
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to testify
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prêter attention à
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to pay attention to
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prêter
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to lend
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un trou
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a dump (colloquial)
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brûler
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to burn
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défectueux
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defective
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un avant-bras
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forearm
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la denrée
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foodstuff
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périmé
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out-of-date
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pourri
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rotten
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le remous
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backwash, eddy ; stir (of a crowd); turmoil (of ideas)
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insalubre
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unhealthy
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demeurer
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to live, to reside; to remain
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recrudescence
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resurgence
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le sceau
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seal, stamp, hallmark
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sous le sceau du secret
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under strict secrecy
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sous le sceau de l'anonymat
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under anonymity
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entraver
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to hinder, to impede.
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la cour de cassation
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court of appeal
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entraîner
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to lead to
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geler
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to freeze; to suspend
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l'actionnaire
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shareholder
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préalablement
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in advance, beforehand
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cagoulé
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hooded
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ceinturer
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to encircle
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malmener
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to manhandle, to give a rough ride
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la guérite
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sentry box, booth
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ainsi que
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as well as
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briser
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to break
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une étincelle
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a spark
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prévenir
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to warn
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la consigne
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orders, instructions
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un(e) ressortissant(e)
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a national (of a country)
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revendiquer
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to claim / lay claim to (responsibility or territory), to demand
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contestataire
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anti-authority
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le contestataire
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protester
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cuisant
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bitter, burning
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se solder par qch
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to end in sthg
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solder
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to sell off, to settle the balance
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subir
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to be subjected to, to suffer
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quasiment
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almost, partially
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un durcissement
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hardening
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quelles que soient les circonstances
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whatever the circumstances (may be)
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boucler
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to fasten, to lock, to cordon off
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réclamer
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to call for, to ask for; to claim
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prévenir
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to tell, to call, to warn
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acheminer
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to transport
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déclencher
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to trigger
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un porte-parole
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spokesman
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joignable
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available
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la gestion
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management; leadership
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appauvrir
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to impoverish
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le minerai
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ore
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un démenti
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a denial
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n'aurait jamais dû être
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should never have been
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affligeant
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pathetic
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briguer
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to aspire to
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ndlr
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"note de la rédaction" - une note qu'une personne insère au sein d'un texte dont elle n'est pas l'auteur, placée en incise
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entériner
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to ratify, to confirm
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préciser
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to add (a comment), to state, to clarify
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le charbon
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coal, charcoal
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relâcher
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to loosen, to release (a captive), to relax (discipline)
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mettre sur écoute
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to wiretap
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quelle que soit
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whatever (may be)
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à travers
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through, by means of
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aboutir
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to lead to
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le giron
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bosom
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corrompu
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corrupt
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la marge
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marge, leeway, scope
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l'évêque
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bishop
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la voie
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the way, path
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les enseignements
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teachings
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avertir
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to inform, to warn
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le randonneur
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hiker
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la motoneige
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snowmobile
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ensevelir
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to bury
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survenir
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to occur, to arise
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engloutir
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to engulf, to swallow up; to gulp down
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sur les ondes
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on the air
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une onde
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a wave
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une épreuve
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a test, an ordeal
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demeurer
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to reside, to live; to remain
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tisser
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to weave, to spin (a web)
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tissé serré
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close-knit
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une veillée aux chandelles
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candlelight vigil
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cadet, cadette
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younger, youngest
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c'est le cadet de mes soucis
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it's the least of my worries
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funeste
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fatal, fateful
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grimper
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to climb
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rafler
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to make off with, to swipe; to walk off with
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une rafle
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a raid, a roundup
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la carlingue
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cabin, cockpit
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le décollage
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take-off
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atterrir
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to land
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le renouvellement
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renewal
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sanglant, ~e
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bloody
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le mammifère
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mammal
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la brebis
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ewe
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nuire
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to be harmful to, to damage
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l'échauffement (m)
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warm up (as in sport)
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le défaut
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shortage, fault
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engourdi, ~e
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numb
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l'abus (m)
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abuse
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d'affilée
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in a row
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affiler
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to sharpen
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la blessure
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injury
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le mollet
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calf (anatomy)
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l'œuf mollet
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soft-boiled egg
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galant, ~e
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romantic
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le harcèlement
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harassment
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nouer
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to knot, to tie
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écarter
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to dispel, to eliminate, to spread
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pressentir
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to predict, to have a premonition about
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introniser
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to enthrone
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prévenir
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to warn, caution; to tell; to anticipate
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une aire de repos
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a motorway service area
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le preneur de son
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sound man
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l'équipe de tournage
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film crew
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la réalisatrice
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the director (female)
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longer
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to continue alongside
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contraindre
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to compel
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réclamer
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to call for
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l'octroi
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a grant
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brûler
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to burn
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le débarquement
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landing
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convier
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to invite
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l'embûche
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trap, pitfall
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le recensement
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census, inventory
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les denrées
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perishable goods, food
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La ruche
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Beehive
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Un apiculteur
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Beekeeper
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