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VIH (m)
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HIV
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ravageur/euse
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all-consuming
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grapiller
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to pick up, to glean (information), to scrape together (money)
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Le tunnel sous la Manche
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channel tunnel
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Ethiopie (f)
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Ethiopia
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de haute couture
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designer
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surcroît de...
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increase in...
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à nouveau
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again
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financier
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to fund
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peindre
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to paint
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Le Cap
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Cape Town
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Afrique du Sud
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South Africa
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expérience de première main
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first hand experience
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enthousiaste
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enthousiastic
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je me passionne pour le sport
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I'm passionate about sport
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petite monnaie
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loose change
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à cette époque
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at that time
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dénicher
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to dig out, track down, discover
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affluer
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to flock, to rush, to flow, to pour in
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voici un mois
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one month ago
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rythme (m)
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rate, rhythm, pace
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outil (m)
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tool, resource
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enseigne (f)
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shop sign, corporate name
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se tailler
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to carve out sth for oneself, to make sth for oneself
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se tailler une grande part du marché
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to carve a large share of the market
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se tailler un vif succès
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to be a huge success
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vif (vive)
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bright, lively, vivid, fierce, heated (debate), sharp, keen, accute (pain), notable (success)
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tailler
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to cut, carve, sharpen, prune, trim
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D'ici les trois prochaines années
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In the next three years
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part (f)
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slice, share, proportion, portion (doesn't necessarily have to convey the idea that part of a whole)
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à part
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seperately
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une part du gâteau
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a slice of the cake
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partie (f)
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part, share (part of a whole)
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caritatif (ve)
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charitable
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A ce jour...
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To date...
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extrêmement
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extremely
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humoriste
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comedian
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humour (m)
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humour
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propagation
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spread of disease
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figurer
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to appear
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dévaster
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to destroy, wreck, lay waste to
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procurer
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to bring (pleasure, sensation), to give advantages, to procure, to obtain
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procurer qqcu à qqun
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to get sby sth
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se procurer
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to obtain, to buy
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sur TF1
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on + TV channel
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séronégatif
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HIV negative
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séropositif
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HIV positive
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donne (f)
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deal, order
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revoir sa copie
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to revise one's work
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Directeur de la rédaction
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Chief Editor
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Rédacteur en chef
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Editor in chief
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Chef de service
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head of section, department
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adjoint (adj)
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joint
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se connecter
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to log-in
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nom d'utilisateur
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username
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Directeur de cabinet
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chief of staff
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partir de bonnes bases
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to start with good foundations
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montagnes russe
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rollercoaster
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au fur et à mesure
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as and when
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manifester son volonté
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to express one's desire/willingness
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fomenter
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to investigate
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revêtement
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surface, coating, covering
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trainée
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drag, streak, trail
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mandat (m)
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money order, term of office, mandate
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agréger
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to aggregate, incorporate, to join
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incontournable
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incontrovertible, must be addressed, can't be ignored, to be rekoned with (person), essential (reading)
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être le théâtre pour qqch
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to be the setting, venue for sth
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aiguiser
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whet (appetite), heighten (senses), arouse (curiosity), sharpen (intelligence), hone (style) - also to sharpen
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velléité (f)
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vague desire, vague attempt
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un levier
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lever
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se sentir à l'étroit
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to feel cramped, to feel the squeeze/pressure
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personnel navigant/ personnel de cabine
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cabin crew
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merci d'avance/ par avance (à l'avance très soutenu)
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thanks in advance
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Combien mesure-t-il?
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How tall is it?
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C'est à quelle distance?
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How far is it?
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Combien de temps cela va-t-il prendre?
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How long will it take?
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Combien mesures-tu?
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How tall are you?
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action coup de poing
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drastic action, shock tactics (action to shock, make things happen)
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je lui montrerai
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I'll show her
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identifiant
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username
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mordre
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to bite
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autrui
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others
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bouclage d'un journal
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putting to bed of a newspaper
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en tête
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in the lead
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redresser qqch
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to strighten up, out; put sth back on its feet; put sth right (situation), to put sth back on an even keel
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redresser la tête
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to lift one's head up
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debrayer
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to stop work, go on strike
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les britanniques
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the British (no capital in Fr)
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haut-débit
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high speed
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d'ici là
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until then, between now and then
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relance (f)
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revival, boost, upsurge
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faire une relance
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raise the stakes
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faisceau
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beam, ray, light, cluster, array
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contre-pied (m)
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wrong direction (sport), opposite direction
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Es-tu bientôt fini?
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Are you nearly finished?
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redevances
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charges (tax), licence for TV
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je me réjouis du jour
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I'm looking forward to the day
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avoir hâte de faire
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to anticipate with enthusiasm
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riposter
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to retort
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actualiser
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to refresh (computer)
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à l'instar de
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following the example of, in the manner of
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klaxonner
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to toot horn
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mûrir
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to ripen
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couche (f)
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nappy
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pile (colloq)
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exactly, on the dot
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empester
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to stink
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carton jaune
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yellow card
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blâme (m)
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criticism, official warning
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désolée de/ désolée pour... (never désolée que)
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sorry for/that...
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ANPE = Pôle Emploi
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Job centre
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7ème art
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cinema
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toile (f)
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cloth, linen, canvas, web, sail, (colloq = movie)
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accoudoir
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arm-rest
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reporter
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to put back, postpone, defer
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débarasser
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to clear away, rid, to free someone from (including take someone's coat)
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preesentir
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have a premonition about
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plafonner
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put a ceiling on (stop increases in)
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courriel
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email
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courrier
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post
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varicelle (f)
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chicken pox
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convaincant (e)
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convincing, impressive, persuasive
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cours
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can mean price
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Bourriquet
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Eeyore
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dévisser
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to unscrew, to fall
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chassé-croisé
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continual coming and going
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grossesse (f)
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pregnancy
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boulon (m)
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bolt
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cotation
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listing (of share)
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(s')ancrer
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to ingrain
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société trop anchorée dans ses habitudes
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society too set in its ways
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sur la même période
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in the same period
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amorcer
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to commence, to go into (for vehicle i.e.car going into a bend), to boot (a PC)
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grogne (f)
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discontent
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objecteur de conscience
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conscientious objector
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primé
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award winning
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l'histoire vous amène à...
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the story takes you to...
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pirates
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hackers
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