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conj. when, while, as, whereas
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Alors que
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adj. repressed, pursued, curbed
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réprimé
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v. to repress, suppress, quell; stifle, smother, squelch; restrain, choke back, push back
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réprimer
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v. to carry, bear, return; retrieve, bring back, take back; realize; revoke, relate, produce;
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rapporter
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adv. henceforth
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désormais
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v. to evacuate, withdraw; clear out
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évacuer
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adj. severe, tough, hard; cruel, hardheaded, stern; grim, forbidding, austere
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sévère
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n. hardening, toughening
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un durcissement (m)
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v. to keep under tight control, surround
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quadriller
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v. to pant, steam
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s'essouffler
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amoung them
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d'entre eux
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v. to let loose, drop, let off; set free, release; unhand, slacken; cast, unlock
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lâcher
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unhappiness
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mechontentantment
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v. to radio-control, operate by remote control
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téléguider
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at sunset, at sundown
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au coucher du soleil
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v. (derogatory) stink, reek, smell
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puer
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from fear
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par peur
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n. grueling, draining experience, exhausting experience
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une sévère (f)
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to manipulate
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téléguider
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he's the one who masterminded the press campaign from behind the scenes
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c'est lui qui a téléguidé la campagne de presse
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n. militia, reserve army of citizens that are called upon during emergencies
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une milice (f)
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adj. lying down, sloping
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couché
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v. to put to bed; sleep; lay down
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coucher
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puant
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insufferably conceited
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n. layer; coat (as of paint); nappy, diaper
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une couche (f)
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sunset
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coucher de soleil
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adj. stinking, putrid, foul smelling
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puant
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adj. unexpected, not expected
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inespéré
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a balloon release
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un lâcher de ballons
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the security forces
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les forces de sécurité
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to protest against
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protester contre
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adj. réprimé, détenu, enfermé, restreint, contrôlé
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repressed
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to happen
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avoir lieu
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you really think you're something special!
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tu es vraiment puant!
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he lied about his age
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il a menti sur son âge
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adj. elder
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aîné
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prohibition to talk
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interdictions de parler
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your feet stink
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tu pues des pieds
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n. reprisals; retaliation, victimization; vengeance, retribution
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représailles
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a number of
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un nombre de
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on the part of
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de la part du
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adv. hence, therefore, from now
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d'ici
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a realization
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une prise de conscience
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interj. here we are; this is
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voici
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violently
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adv. violemment
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to change the subject
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changer de sjuet
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an opinion, stand
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une prise de position
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the eldest child
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aîné (féminin aînée) [ene] adjectif l'enfant aîné
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to repress
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v. to réprimer; retenir, contenir, supprimer,
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b. [illégale] seizure of power
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une prise de pouvoir
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n. a gathering, grouping; assembly, congregation; union; concourse; college; gather, muster
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un rassemblement (m)
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to witness to something
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témoigner de quelque chose
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repress
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restreindre, contrôler; refouler (sentiments)
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for example
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par exemple
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as for…as well as
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tant..que
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n. confrontation, gantlet, faced
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un affrontement (m)
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a meeting
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une prise de contact
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a. [légale] (political) takeover
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une prise de pouvoir
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a thousand/a lot
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un mille (m.)
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dont la vérité n'est pas établie ; suspect, douteux contestable.
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sujet à caution
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they are going to change the way of protesting
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Ils vont changer de mode de protestation
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a prosecution
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une poursuites judiciaires; accusation
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n. an attempt, endeavor; bid, essay; go, try; fling, shot
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une tentative (f)
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to supress
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[put an end to] supprimer, mettre fin à
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met with, viewed with caution
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sujet à caution
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the new régime suppressed all forms of dissent
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le nouveau régime a mis fin or un terme à toute forme de dissidence
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n. call, appeal; claim, summons; plea; roll call
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un appel (m)
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n. farming
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faire-valoir (m)
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n. a walk, a march; running, going; stair; motion, operation
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un marche (f)
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for fear of the repression
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par peur de la répression
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n. a means, medium, intermediary; attitude; device, engine, string
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un moyen (m)
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n. an environment, surroundings
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un environnement (m)
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n. climate, clime
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le climat (m)
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adj. permissive, allowing
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permissif
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ready to
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prêt à
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prep. in the face of, in the front, face to face with, on the face of, across from
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en face de
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v. to compress, compact; reduce, cut down
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comprimer
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including
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y compris
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v. to violate, ravish, rape; break, offend against, force; infringe, breach, invade
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violer
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adj. violent; fort, intense; furieux
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violent
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adj. délicat; subtil, fin, ténu; aigu, astucieux
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subtle
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v. se soustraire à; se dérober
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éviter
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n. peril, distress, hazard, jeopardy
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péril (m)
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sparks (electrical etc)
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étincelle, éclat; lueur;
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n. a decisive and full of energy person
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luron (m)
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as
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ainsi
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people
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le peuple
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adj. alive, live; lively, sprightly, spirited; keen, quick; vivid, bright, smart; intense
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vif
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adv. distinctly, frankly, flat, clearly, sharply
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nettement
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v. to predict, foretell, augur, prophesy
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prédire
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n. government, regime; regimen, diet
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régime (m)
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adj. insupportable, intolérable
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unbearable
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to run away, to flee
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fuir
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flanquer
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to kick somebody out
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flight, escape n.
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la fuite (féminin)
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an escape
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une évasion (féminin)
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v. reflect, muse; wonder, contemplate
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songer
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v. recapture, repossess, take back, get back; resume, restart, retake; reopen, renew; continue
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reprendre
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adv. tardily, slowly
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tardivement
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v. to rave
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délirer
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to decompose
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se déliter
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v. count, score; charge for, figure; reckon; number; expect, gather; economize
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compter
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conj. when, while, as, whereas
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alors que
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v. flank; slap, swipe, crown; plant, slosh, clap
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flanquer
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v. plead, litigate, submit
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plaider
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to recapture, to catch again
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rattraper
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n. raw materials
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matières premières (fpl)
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n. bishop, lord
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évêque (m)
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to take a tumble
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se flanquer par terre
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n. section
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tronçon (m)
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to catch (hold of)
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rattraper
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n. creditor, mortgagee
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créancier (m)
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n. the raw material, staple, stuff, stock
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la matière première (f)
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to prove something (to oneself)
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se prouver
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n. first
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premier
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n. dam, barrage, boom, roadblock, weir
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barrage (m)
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prep. close to, beside, near, nigh
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auprès de
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adj. first, initial, early; top, chief; preliminary, prime, former; premier, first of all
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premier
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nearby
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auprès
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n. Near East, Middle East, countries in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa
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Proche-Orient (m)
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v. greet, salute; wave, bow, nod, hail; commend
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saluer
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v. to become a activist/militatant, work for or against something
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militer
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n. article, commodity; item, story; contribution; paper; section, record
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un article (m)
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n. end; close, finish, termination; stop, point, conclusion; death, fate; demise, aim
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fin (f)
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n. clef, key; pivotal
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clef (f)
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it remains to be proved
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cela n'est pas encore prouvé
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it shows that I was right
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cela prouve bien que j'avais raison
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succesful, fruitful
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fructueux
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profitable
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rentable, lucratif, profitable
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n. a relationship, connections; intercourse; dealings, acquaintance; account, report
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des relations (f)
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n. a connection, relation; link, bearing
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la relation (f)
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n. advisor; consultant, councillor; alderman, uncle
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conseiller (m)
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the spread, diffusion (o f an idea etc)
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la propagation (f), la dissémination (f)
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n. ideology, study of the origin and nature of ideas (Philosophy); body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group
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idéologie (f)
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n. faith, belief; credence
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la foi (f)
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adj. fertile, fruitful
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riche de
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an option
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une option (f); le choix; la possibilité
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adj. merveilleux, splendide, excellent
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marvelous
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as a title
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comme titre
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v. rebind, retie; renew, restart
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renouer
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n. synod, ecclesiastical council; council
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concile (m)
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n. principle, standard
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principe (m)
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adj. arduous, difficult, hard; stiff, strenuous, uphill
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ardu
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conj. as far as, as much as, until
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"autant
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n. fundamentalist, one who strictly follows a system of beliefs (especially religious)
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intégriste (m)
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n. ecumenicism, promotion of unity between Christian denominations
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œcuménisme (m)
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n. royalty, kingship, monarchy
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la royauté (f)
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n. demand, claim, claiming
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revendication (f)
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adj. priestly, sacerdotal
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sacerdotal
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n. inertia, inertness, inactivity, listlessness, languor, lack of energy
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la veulerie (f)
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n. a broker, middleman
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un courtier (m)
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a value
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une valeur
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[généralement] to waste, to fritter away (separable), to squander
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dilapider
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prep. through, by way of, via
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par le biais de
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adj. striking, strong
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frappant
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adj. astucieux, malin; intelligent, eveillé; énergique, vif
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astute
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[fonds publics] to embezzle
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dilapider
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to cheat
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duper, escroquer
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v. finish, attain, accomplish, conclude, consummate; perfect, compass
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achever
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n. prefect, magistrate, administrator
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un préfet (m)
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n. unmarked police car
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une voiture banalisée (f)
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Familier. Jeter des pierres sur quelqu'un ou quelque chose ; lapider
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caillasser , : Caillasser un bus.
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n. ambush, trap, wait
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un guet-apens (m)
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there will be a large police presence
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un important dispositif policier sera mis en place
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v. to bubble, boil, seethe, foam
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bouillonner
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clash, skirmish
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une chauffourée
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n. mortar, cement; cannon-like device which fires bombs at a high trajectory
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mortier (m)
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n. order, ordinance, bylaw
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un arrêté (m)
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to pass an ordinance/bylaw
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prendre un arrêté
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v. to provide, equip, fit; furnish, set up; munition
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munir
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n. retailer, retail dealer, retail store
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un détaillant (m)
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n. a wholesaler, one who sells to retailers in large quantities
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un grossiste (m)
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adv. somewhere else
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ailleurs
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adj. from the Ile-de-France region
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francilien
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Se dit d'un gaz destiné à faire pleurer.
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lacrymogène
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v. interpellate, formally question a government official; put question, interrogate
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interpeller
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n. A bazaar, fair;
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une kermesse (f)
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n. frame, picture frame; tally
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un cadre (m)
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to tally, to correspond, to frame
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cadrer
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v. to tighten, tauten, tense
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se tendre
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v. tighten, tauten; stretch, tend, strain; tender, thrust; reach, drag, hold out
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tendre
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The crise reached it's worst point.
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La crise atteint son maximum d'intensité.
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The storm became less severe.
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La tempête diminue d'intensité.
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to patrol
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patrouiller, reconnaître le terrain
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chief administrative officer of an education authority
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un recteur
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mode (m), mode (f),voie, forme, coutume; mode, façon d'opérer (informatique)
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un mode
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v. to subdue, bring to heel; master, break; watch, look
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mater
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v. to inflect, influence, bend lightly
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infléchir
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v. confirm, verify; ratify (Law)
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entériner
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v. to rally, unite, join together
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rallier
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adj. stormy, boisterous, rolling, billowy
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houleux
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v. to impair, derogate, reflect on
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porter atteinte
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n. an investiture; vote of confidence; nomination
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une investiture (f)
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n. a referee, arbiter, umpire
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un arbitre (m)
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v. arbitrate, referee, umpire
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arbitrer
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conj. however, yet
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cependant
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v. to grant, vouchsafe, bestow
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octroyer
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adj. surrounded, encircled
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cerné
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v. finish, attain, accomplish, conclude, consummate; perfect, compass
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achever
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v. get together
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ressouder
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n. spring, resilience; spirit
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ressort (m)
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v. take up
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semoncer
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n. spoilsport, one who spoils the pleasure or enjoyment of others
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trouble-fête (m/f)
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adj. such, such and such
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tel
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