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50 Cards in this Set
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nestled; crammed in / to snuggle up (in somebody's arms)
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blotti / (se) blottir (dans les bras de quelqu'un)
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stalls; shops
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échoppes
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crummy; miserable
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minable
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second-hand clothes
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fripes
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greasy spoon, down-market café
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gargote
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pawnbroker
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prêteur sur gages
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hopeless, despairing
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désésperant
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chorus, tune
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refrain
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record dealer, record shop
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disquaire
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rusty wire netting
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grillages rouillés
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workshop, studio
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atelier
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hovel, pigsty, hutch
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taudis
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to be fragrant, to fill the air with a smell
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embaumer
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The Horn of Africa
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la Corne de l'Afrique
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to look (sb.) up and down
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toiser
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barely
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à peine
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drug addicts
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drogués, toxicomanes
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rehabilitation
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réinsertion
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to be entitled to ; to have the right to
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avoir droit à
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Non-governmental organisation
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ONG (Organisation non gouvernementale)
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electrical household appliances
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électroménager
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doorstep, threshold; poverty line
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seuil; seuil de pauvreté
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cargo, load
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cargaisons
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to slash
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lacérer
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outcry; collective protest
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tollé
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to sell
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écouler
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to take responsibility for; to be in charge of
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se charger de; être chargé de / s'occuper
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nappies
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couches-culottes
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supply, equipment
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fourniture
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stored
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entreposé
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innovative
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innovant
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to hire, recruit
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embaucher
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slogan
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mot d'ordre
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patronage, sponsorship
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mécénat
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accounting, bookkeeping
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comptabilité
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to order
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commander
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to peel off, to remove
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décoller
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tax
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impôt
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more
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davantage de
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discount trader
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soldeur
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recipient
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récipiendaire
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as such, in the strict sense of the word
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proprement dit
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integration
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insertion
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blue book
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livre blanc
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united, in solidarity
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solidaire
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to concern (i.e. affect)
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concerner
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to bump into each other
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se bousculer (à)
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pulpit, throne
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chaire
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go into retirement
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prendre la retraite
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anyone, anybody
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quiconque
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