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décolorer (qch à qqn, reg) |
to bleach, discolour, fade
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limer (no prep, reg)
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to file down, sand down, to shag (fam)
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exiger (qqc de qqn, de + inf, que + subj) conj like manger
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to demand, require, need, necessitate
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quand même
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even though, even so, though, all the same, still
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éclairer (qqn de qqc, reg)
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to light up, illuminate, enlighten sb about sth, shed light on sth for sb
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accrocher (qqc à qqc, reg)
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to hang sth up, to hook sth up, grip, get on, get along
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effondré (adj)
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devastated, distraught, shattered
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bassiner (qqn avec qqc, reg)
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to bore, pester, annoy, bathe, warm
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libidineux (se) adj
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lecherous, lustful, libidinous
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paradisiaque (adj)
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heavenly, idyllic
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susurrer (no prep, reg)
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to whisper
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bourrer (qqc de qqc, reg)
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to stuff, fill, cram, pack
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se bourrer (de, reg)
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to get pissed, to gorge oneself on
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il m'arrive de me demander ce que ça donnerait si.....
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Sometimes I wonder what would happen if....
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Se suffire à soi–même
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to be self sufficient, independent, stand on your own 2 feet
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donner du temps au temps
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to give it time
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intervertir (qch et qch, reg like choisir)
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to switch, exchange, transpose, invert
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tricher (sur qqc), reg
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to cheat, not play by the rules, to lie (about sth)
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un flocon de neige
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snowflake
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la neige poudreuse
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powder (snow)
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enneigé (adj)
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snow capped, snow covered, closed due to snow, snowed in
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gravir (sans prep, reg)
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to climb (a slope)
work your way up |
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fonder qqch sur qqch
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to base something on something
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poncer (sans prep, irreg)
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to sand
to pumice |
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gommer (de, reg)
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to scrub
erase eliminate get rid (of) |
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hydrater (sans prep, reg)
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to moisturise
to water |
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s' hydrater (sans prep, reg)
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to hydrate yourself
to stay hydrated |
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une télécabine
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gondola
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un téléphérique
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cable car
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un funiculaire
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funicular railway
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une remontée gratuite
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a free lift
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une navette
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shuttle
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balisé
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adj
marked tagged |
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au bord de
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at the edge of
on the brink of |
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un fauteuil roulant
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wheel chair
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une racine
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a root (tree, ancestry...)
cause, root cause link |
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rude
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adj
hard tough harsh unkind |
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gâché
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adj
wasted (time, energy...) |
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faire la navette
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shuttle back and forth
to commute |
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gravir les échelons
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climb the ladder
rise to the top |
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au bord de la folie
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on the brink of madness
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comment s'étonner que + subjunctif
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no wander that
it's not surprising that |
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poser un lapin à qqn
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stand somebody up
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sauter à / de / sur (reg)
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jump to / from / on
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franchir (sans prep / reg)
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overcome
breakthrough cover a distance jump over cross |
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fournir (sans prep / reg)
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provide
supply give |
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se faufiler (sans prep / reg)
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sneak in
weave in and out |
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raccrocher (sans prep / reg)
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to hang up something
to hang up your gloves (retire) figurative |
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se raccrocher à (reg)
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hang on to (figurative)
to cling to (figurative) |
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une déesse
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goddess
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un métis
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person of mixed race
cotton linen mix |
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métis
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adj mixed race
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un débil
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a moron
a retard a feeble person |
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débil
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adj
moronic retarded feeble idiotic |
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désuet
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adj
obsolete outdated |
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un répondeur
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answering machine
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répondeur
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adj
cheeky answers back |
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flou
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adj
out of focus blurred hazey woolly (figurative) |
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une esquisse
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sketch
outline |
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un approbateur
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senior (boss)
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approbateur
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adj
approving of approval |
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un seau
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a bucket
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voire
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adv
even indeed in fact |
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dans un accès de folie
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in a fit of madness
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casser sa pipe (reg)
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kick the bucket
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jeter un coup d'oeil à (irreg)
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to glance at
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rebattre les oreilles de qqn de qqch (irreg)
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to bang on about
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mourir de faim (irreg)
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to be starving
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se mettre à faire qqch (irreg)
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to start / begin doing something
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guetter (sans prep, reg)
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to watch
be on the lookout for spy on |
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délirer (de qqch) (reg)
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to babble (about something)
to be crazy (about something) to be out of your mind to be overjoyed (about something) |
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être censé faire qqch (sans prep, irreg)
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to be supposed to do something
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approfondir (sans prep, reg)
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to deal with
to deepen increase intensify escalate go into depth |
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bouleversé
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adj
jolted distressed shattered overwhelmed |
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un orfèvre
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a craftsman
an expert |
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un défi
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a challenge
a defiance |
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une capuche
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a hood of a top, jacket
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un sweat à capuche
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hoodie
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une griffe
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brand name
designer label claw or talon |
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griffé
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adj branded
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griffer (qqch à qqn) (reg)
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to scratch (smth of qqn)
put a brand label on sth |
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un Téléski
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drag lift
button or T bar |
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raide
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adj
steep rigid tense tight knackered |
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un casier
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locker
mailbox rack cabinet |
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une émeute
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a riot
a disturbance |
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foutre le bordel (irreg)
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create havoc
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faire le bordel (irreg)
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to mess things up
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je t'aime à la folie
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I love you to bits
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avoir un casier (judiciaire) (irreg)
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to have a criminal record
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lancer un défi à qqn (reg)
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lay down a challenge to someone
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se lancer un défi
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set yourself a challenge |
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décaler qqch de qqch
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move/shift
bring forward put back/move back |
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aller en reconnaissance
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reconnoitre
go on a reccy |
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avouer qqch
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confess to
admit to own up to |
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arracher qqch à qqn, qqn de qqch, qqch de qqch
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snatch
tear (fig) |
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concurrencer (sans prep, reg)
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to compete with
be in competition with |
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en demi-teinte
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adj
undrwhelming |
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un bilan en demi-teinte
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mixed results
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angoissant
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adj
frightening harrowing nerve wracking |
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rembourré
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adj
padded (clothes) |
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le rembourrage
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padding (clothes)
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la concurrence
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competition
rivalry |
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irréprochable
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flawless impeccable |
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décontracté
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adj
relaxed calm laid back serene |
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une épreuve
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ordeal
hardship test trial proof |
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un télésiège
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chair lift
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un télésiège débrayable
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detachable chair lift
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faire jouer la concurrence
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to shop around
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avoir les nerfs à toute épreuve
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to have nerves of steel
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ni l'un ni l'autre
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neither of them
neither one nor the other |
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mettre à l'épreuve
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to put to the test
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