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un mandat
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term of office
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désigner/nommer
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to appoint
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discuter (de)
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discuss
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un électeur/une électrice
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voter
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élire
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elect
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la politique étrangère
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foreign policy
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la politique intérieure
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internal policy
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un problème/une question
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issue
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un programme électoral
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platform
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soutenir
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support (candidate)
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voter
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to vote
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un deuxième tour
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run-off election
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la lutte (contre)
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fight, struggle (against)
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se faire inscrire
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to register (to vote)
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une embuscade
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ambush
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livrer
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deliver
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libérer
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free
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se produire
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to happen, take place
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prendre en otage
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to take hostage
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les armes de destruction massive
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wmd
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un attentat
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attack
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insensé
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insane
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l'armée
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army
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les combats
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fighting
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un sans-abri
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homeless person
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les morts (m pl.)
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the dead
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la peine de mort
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death penalty
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le terrorisme
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terrorism
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tuer
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to kill
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céder à
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to give up; to give in
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la polémique
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controversy
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les pourparlers
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talks; negotiations
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la négociation
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negotiation
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blessé
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wounded
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le pilier
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backbone, linchpin
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préconiser
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prescribe, recommend, advocate
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tromper, duper
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lie to, deceive
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flatter (obj.)
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to pander to s.t./s.b.
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avoir du sens
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to make sense
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les uns les autres
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each other/one another
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se tenir
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to stand by, to be informed, to be held (election)
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prononcer un discours (sur)
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to give a speech (on)
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une coutume
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custom
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le trait
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trait
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de chevauchement
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overlapping
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lénifiant
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touchy-feely
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en outre
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furthermore
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tout aussi...que
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just as....as
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un jeu de société
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board game
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une bosse
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lump (on body)
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la lame
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blade (of knife, sword)
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la pale
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blade (propeller, oar)
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le beignet
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donut
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s'enfuir
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to run away
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le fuyard
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fugitive, runaway
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le crépuscule
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twilight, dusk
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le brigand
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bandit
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le compère
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partner, accomplice, mate
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le rebord
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ledge, rim, windowsill
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aboyer
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to bark
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les paroles ne valent rien
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talk is cheap
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être tous/toutes deux
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_ are both _
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la faute
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fault
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les dégâts
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damage, mess
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bousiller
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to screw up
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viser
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to target, aim (for)
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la veille
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wakefulness, night before, eve, brink
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visser
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to screw on/down; (informal, figurative) to be glued to/in/on; (informal) - to be strict, keep a tight rein on
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un voyou
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hoodlum, brat
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défaire
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unpack (luggage)
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viser
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to target, aim (for)
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(à) la veille
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(on the) eve, wakefulness, night before, brink
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visser
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to screw on/down; (informal, figurative) to be glued to/in/on; (informal) - to be strict, keep a tight rein on
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un voyou
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hoodlum, brat
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défaire
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unpack (luggage)
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redouter
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dread
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empêcher
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to prevent
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nier
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to deny
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à moins que
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unless
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de crainte que/de peur que
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for fear that
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commun
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common
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tenter
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to tempt
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blâmer (pour)
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blame (for)
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bouger
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to move (intr.)
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manquer (de)
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to miss, fail (to)
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la virgule
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comma
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les guillemets
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quotation marks
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le tiret
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dash
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J'implore votre indulgence
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Please bear with me
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risqué
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risky
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bégayer
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to stutter
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entamer
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to start, enter into (negotiations)
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chatouiller
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to tickle
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le décalage horaire
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jet lag
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prédire
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predict
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Quelle mouche t'a piqué?
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What's gotten into you? What's the matter with you?
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à 3 heures sonnantes
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at 3 on the dot
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à ce qu'il dit
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according to him
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À coeur vaillant rien d'impossible.
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Nothing is impossible for the willing heart.
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à la longue
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in the long-run
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terre-à-terre
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down to earth
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amener
J'ai essayé de l'amener à y aller. |
to bring or cause
I tried to get him to go there. |
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une tâche
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task
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au milieu de nulle part
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in the middle of nowhere
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un comprimé
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pill
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sacré + noun
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hell of a...
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à l'exception de...
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except for
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du nome de
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by the name of
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un créneau
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gap, niche, parallel parking spot
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Tu te rends compte?!
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Can you believe it?!
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larguer
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to drop, cast off, dump (s.b.)
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le coude
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elbow
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la couverture
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blanket, bed cover
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une horloge
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clock
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le plafond
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ceiling
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trouver la mort
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to die
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le taux
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rate
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alors que
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while
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en ce sens que
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in the sense that
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tricher à
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cheat on (test etc)
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dériver (de)
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to divert, derive, stem (from)
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un défi
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challenge
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malin/maligne
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clever, bright, cunning, shrewd
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taquin
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playful, likes to tease
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commettre
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commit (a crime)
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gratuit
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free
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une locution
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phrase
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raffiné
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refined, sophisticated
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prétendre (être)
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to pretend (to be)
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le résumé, résumer
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summary, to summarize
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l'ombre (f)
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shade, darkness, shadow
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l'oevre (f)
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task, undertaking, work (of art)
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la banlieue
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suburbs
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coûter les yeux de la tête
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to cost a fortune
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tirer avantage de
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to take advantage of (exploit)
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un gaspillage (d'argent)
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waste (of money)
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__mètres de hauteur
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from a height of
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entouré de
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surrounded by
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l'entrepôt (m)
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warehouse
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de sa propre manière
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in its own way/right
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autrefois
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once (upon a time)
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le fauve
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fawn
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le but
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purpose
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avoir pour but de
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to aim to
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le chef de file
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leader
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les randonnées pédestres
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hiking
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tels des
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such as
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la manifestation
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event
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proposer
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offer
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ainsi que
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as (well as)
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châtier
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to perfect, refine, chasten/punish
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briser
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to break, tire out
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le logiciel
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software (program)
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Blague à part
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all kidding aside
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cossu
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well-off, opulent
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Bof!
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oh well, who cares
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Ça m'est (tout à fait) égal.
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It's all the same to me
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la conception
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design, plan
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chouette
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neat, nice, great
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remarquable/spectaculaire
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remarkable/spectacular
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en verre, en métal, en terre battue
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made of glass, metal, adobe
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une oeuvre
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work (of art)
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rénover
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renovate
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s'accoutumer à
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to get used to
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supprimer
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to do away with
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insupportable
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intolerable, unbearable
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honteux/honteuse
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shameful
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laid
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ugly
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moche
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ugly, ghastly
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convaincre
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convince
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un bouc émissaire
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scapegoat, fall guy
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un(e) immigrant(e)
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newly arrived immigrant
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un(e) immigré(e)
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well established in foreign country immigrant
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la main-d'oeuvre
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labor
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maghrébin(e)
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from the Maghreb
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l'accueil
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welcome
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accueillant(e)
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welcoming, friendly
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la banlieue
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suburbs
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les quartiers défavorisés
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slums
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s'accroître
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to increase
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s'aggraver
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to get worse
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blesser
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to hurt
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croissant(e)
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increasing, growing
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éclairer
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to enlighten
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empirer
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to worsen
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répandre
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to spread
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rouer quelqu'un de coups
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to beat someone black and blue
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le chômage
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unemployment
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un chômeur/une chômeuse
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unemployed person
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un incendie
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fire
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les émeutes
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riots
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une manifestation/manifester
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demonstration, protest/to demonstrate, protest
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une menace
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threat
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la xénophobie
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xenophobia
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la station-service
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gas station
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un centre commercial
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mall
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un passage pour piétons
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crosswalk
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un atelier
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shop (workshop, sweatshop)
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le terrain (de foot)
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(football) field
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une baraque
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stand, hut/(informal) shack, digs, dump
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