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170 Cards in this Set
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une toux
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cough
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boucler la boucle
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come full circle
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évoquer
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bring up
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une situation de deux poids deux mesures
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double standard
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le thon
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tuna
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se pomponner
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to preen o.s.
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transcender
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to transcend
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délester
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to relieve congestion/burden
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se remettre de
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to recover from
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se rétablir
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recover to restore
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faire sa marque
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make its mark
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en toute impunité
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with impunity
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renverser
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to overthrow
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une erreur de calcul
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miscalculation
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laisser à penser
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lead one to believe
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endosser
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to endorse
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il échappe à (son contrôle)
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to get out of (somebody's) control
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une ronde de (pourparlers)
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a round (of discussions)
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une guerre par procuration
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proxy war
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faire confiance à
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to have confidence in
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mettre (au jour/en lumière)
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to unearth
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à peu près
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about around
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comme punition
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as punishment
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un trait d'union
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dash
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désigner
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to designate
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la Corse/ la Sardaigne
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Corsica/Sardinia
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un conte
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a tail
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une pastèque
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watermelon
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à majorité ___
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of a ___ majority/mostly
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la défaite
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defeat
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bien des (pl. nom)
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a good many __
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avoir tant de/ tellement de
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to have so much __
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une goutte/larme/doigt/nuage de
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a touch of/ drop of
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une pincée de
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pinch of
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une cuillerée de
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a spoonful of
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le lundi
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Mondays
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à l'écrit et à l'oral
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in writing and in speaking
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dissoudre
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dissolve (congress, material)
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les milices (f.)
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militia
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la légitimité
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legitamacy
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ensanglanté
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bloodied
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insoluble
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intractable
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savourer
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to savor
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insoumis
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rebellious, refractory
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mièvre
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sickly, sentimental, soppy
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une mijourée / une petite ~
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young woman with pretentious manner
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mijoter
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to simmer
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péricliter
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to go downhill, to be jeopardized
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s'adapter
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to fit (in a space)
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la volaille
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fowl
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une tache de rousseur
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a freckle
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piquer
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to poke
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un pélerin
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pilgrim
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un entrain
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spring, liveliness
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le hâle
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suntan
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la haie
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hedge, hurdle
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'héler
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to hail
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hébété
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dazed
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'hocher ~la tête
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to nod (shake the head)
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une anche
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reed
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anodin
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innocuous, harmless
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âpreté (f.)
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greed, harschness
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âpre
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bitter, harsh
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un archet
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bow (music)
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divaguer
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to wallow, rant, be delirious, rambling
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la vanille
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vanilla
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s'en aller à vau-l'eau
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to go down the drain, downhill
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valser
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to waltz
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véreux
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shady
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une clé
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wrench
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chaque fois que
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whenever
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une mouffette
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skunk
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gambader
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to skip
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la vase
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slime, mud, sludge
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une fosse
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pit
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une allumette
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match
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la calomnie
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slander
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entailler
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slash, slit, notch
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parachutisme / aller sauter en parachute
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skydiving, to go skydiving
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étriqué
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tight, narrow, limited
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langoureux
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languorous, dreamy, lacking spirit
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déraper
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to slip, slide, get out of control (debate)
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prêcher
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to preach
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la poussée
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thrust
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un coup de pouce
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a boost
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un repère/ un point de ~
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a benchmark
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soumis à
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subjected to
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fougue/ plein de fougue
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ardor, spirit/ full of energy
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indigne
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unworthy
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la dignité
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dignity
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néfaste (pour)
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detrimental (to)
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à l'instar de
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like many
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un frisson
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thrill
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un laboratoire informatique
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computer lab
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la cuisson
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manner in which it's cooked
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être difficile sur
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be particular about
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interpeller
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to call out to, shout at, question
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le castor
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beaver
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se lier d'amité avec
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to become friends with
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confiné à la surface
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confined to the surface
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effleurer
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to skim (over)
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s'ouvrir à
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to open o.s. up to
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un invité
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guest
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s'attendre à trop de la part des autres
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expect too much from others
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choyer
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to pamper
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combler les lacunes
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to fill the gaps
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séropositivité
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HIV status
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statut de (nom)
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status as
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narquois
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derisive
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le naseau
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nostril
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nasiller
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to speak with a twang
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la nausée
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nausea
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moite
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sticky, muggy
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le drame de (ma vie)
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bane of (my life)
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couilles
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balls
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en cuivre
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in brass
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blâmer qn pour qch
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to blame sb for st
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reprocher à qn qch
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reproach sb for st
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l'ineptie (f.)
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nonsense
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rappeler à qn de
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remind sb for
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sous l'emprise de
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under the influence of
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(bien) rôdé
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well-honed
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quasiment
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practically
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la cotisation
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contribution, dues
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la cravasse
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rift
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la traite négrière
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slave trade
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spondieux
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squishy
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juteux
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juicy
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luire
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gleam
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scintiller
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to glitter
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fouiner
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to forage about
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fouineur
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nosy
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un pli
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a fold, crease
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un vainqueur
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victor
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peu enthousiaste
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halfhearted
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être à l'abri de
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to be immune from
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saugrenu
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outlandish, whimsical
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invraisemblable
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improbable, implausible
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compte tenu des contraintes
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given the constraints of
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un baume
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balm
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le contrecoup
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backlash (phy.)
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le retour de bâton
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backlash (poli)
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un tourbillon
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vortex
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exercer
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to wield
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corrosif
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corrosive
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dissuader (de)
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dissuade from
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la rapacité
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greed, extreme gluttony
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ascétisme
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ascetisism
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jovial
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jocose
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basané
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swarthy
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retenir son souffle
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hold one's breath
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s'emballer
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to spiral out of control, get carried away
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perspectives de (nom)
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prospects for
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un recul de __ ans nous permet de
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___ years of hindsight allow us to
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émis
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issued
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la perte (nette/de capacité)
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deadweight loss
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subventionner
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to subsidize
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une subvention
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subsidy
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dans l'hyphothèse de
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under the assumption of
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la gouttière
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gutter
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compenser qch
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to compensate for s.t.
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frémir
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to shudder
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le libre échange
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free trade
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les coûts et avantages
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costs and benefits
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une bonne dose
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a healthy dose
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une aubaine
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windfall
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viser
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to be directed towards
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un auvent
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awning
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un voyou
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thug
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s'en prendre
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to go after s.b.
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