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130 Cards in this Set
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flocon (m)
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flake
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enfler
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to swell, to exaggerate
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enfler la voix
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to raise one's voice
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ameublement
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furnishings
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peinture (f)
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painting
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peintre (m)
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painter
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patinoire (m)
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ice skating rink
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patinage (sur glace)
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(ice) skating
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patin (à glace)
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(ice) skate
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faire du patin (à roulettes)
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to rollerskate
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la ligne
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the line
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enterrer
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to bury
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déguisement
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fancy dress
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soirée de deguisment/ soirée costumée
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fancy dress party
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cercueil (m)
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coffin
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conjugal
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conjugal (adj to do with marriage/relationship between husband and wife)
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calandrier de l'avant (m)
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advent calendar
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chuchoter/ susurrer
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to whisper
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choyer
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to pamper (not colloq)
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se bichonner (colloq)
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to pamper oneself, dress up for an occasion
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se dorloter
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to pamper oneself, to mollycoddle
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chouchouter
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to pamper
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clinique pschiatrique (f)
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mental home
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blocage pschiatrique
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mental block
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limace (f)
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slug
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redécorer
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to redecorate
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transformer, reconcevoir
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to redesign
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pot-de-vin (m)
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bribe
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salope
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bitch
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se souvenir de qqun
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to remember someone
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attentat (m) (à la bombe)
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assassination attempt, (bomb)attack
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gaucher
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adj. left handed
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essoufflé
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out of breath
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amener (par voiture)
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to take/ bring so (by car)
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cours magistral (m)
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lecture
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tatouage
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tattoo/ tattooing
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plombé
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ashen, leaden
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ouvre-boîte (m)
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can opener
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formatage
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formatting
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trèfle à quatre feuilles (m)
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four leaf clover
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monter au créneau
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to continue to intervene
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en tout cas
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in any case
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cramer
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to be on fire, burn out, scorch
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pointure (f)
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shoe size
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noeud (f)
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knot/bow
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jeu de société (m)
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board game
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tache de naissance (f)
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birth mark
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brûler
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to burn
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branler la tête
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to nod ones head, to wobble, be rickety, loose
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canon
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fit (handsome)
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conard/connasse
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idiot (more vulgar!!)
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degager
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to free, to clear, to move along
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oter
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to take off (clothing), to remove
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degage-toi
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get lost, clear off
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cendrier (m)
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ash tray
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cacahuète (f)
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peanut
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illumer de qqch
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to be lit up by sth
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effaroucher
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to frighten sth away, to alarm
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espérer faire
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to hope to do sth
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avoir à
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to have to (formal)
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apprendre à faire qqch
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to learn to do sth
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tenir de
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to take after
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tenir à faire
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to want to do
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avoir tendance à
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to have tendency to
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encourager qqn à faire qqch
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to encourage so to do sth
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tenir la corde
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to hold a good position, to enjoy a privileged position
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étoffer
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to flesh, pad out/ to expand
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s'étoffer
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to put on weight
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se positionner sur
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to create a niche, to position oneself, to fill a gap
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frigo (m), réfgérateur (m)
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fridge
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être classé à
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to be listed under
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Pays Balte
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Baltics
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agence (f)
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agency, branch
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aviser
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to notify
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recommandé
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recorded delivery
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la prison (f)
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prison
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professionnel
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professional
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être passionné de
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to be passionate about
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se passionner pour
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to have a passion for
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s'allonger
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to lie (down)
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se coucher
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to lie down for a long period, to go to bed
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étant
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being
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un tour/une balade en vélo
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bike ride
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fou de
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mad for
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colline (f)
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hill
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le reste de
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the rest of
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de l'histoire
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in history
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prendre part
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to take part
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second avènement
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accession, advent, Second Coming
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par ailleurs
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in addition
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d'ailleurs
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moreover
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ailleurs
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elsewhere
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éventuel(le)
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possible, conditional
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l'argent sur mon compte
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the money in my account
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mérite
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credit
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s'attributer le mérite de
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to take the credit for
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attribuer la resopnsabilité de qqch à qqun
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to hold so responsable for sth
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se voir attribuer de
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to be credited with
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étonné
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dazzled, astonished
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ébloui
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starry-eyed
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éblouir de
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to dazzle with
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décéder
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to die
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la démocratie
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democracy
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exorbitant
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extortionate
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accessible
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accessible
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stellaire
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stellar
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une brillant carrière
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a stellar career
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à côté de
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alongside
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sainte Trinité (f)
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Holy Trinity
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le Saint-Esprit
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Holy Spirit
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le jouer de flûte
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the Pied Piper
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quoi que + subj
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whatever +
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quoi que ce soit
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Whatever/No matter what
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de tous âges
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of all ages
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raréfié, étouffant
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rarefied
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étouffant
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stifling, oppressive
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étouffé
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stuffy, muffled, choked, suppressed
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fantôme
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phantom
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esthétique
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aesthetic
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tranquillisant (m)
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tranquillizer
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détention (f)
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confinement (in cell)
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claustration
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confinement
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alitement (m)
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confinement to bed, bed rest
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isolement
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solitary confinement
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bétail (m)
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livestock
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bienvenue en Angleterre
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welcome to England
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affoler qqun
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to throw so into panic
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s'affoler
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to panic
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inclinable
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reclining
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la devise
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currency
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