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actuel(le)

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present, actual, current; today’s, contemporary

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ailleurs

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elsewhere, somewhere else

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d’ailleurs

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by the way, for that matter

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par ailleurs

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moreover, furthermore

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l’annuaire (m)

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phone book; annual report

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s’avérer

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to prove (to be), turn out to be

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cadrer

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to set boundaries

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cadrer avec

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to be consistent/in keeping with; to conform/fit in with

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le cadre

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surroundings, setting; remit, framework; executive; frame

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le choc

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impact, collision; shock

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décoller

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to take off, get off the ground; to get going/moving; to unstick, peel off; to lift, raise; to tear sb away; to lose weight

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se décoller

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to peel off, peel away, come unstuck

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dépasser

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to pass, go past, exceed

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le dépit

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frustration, disappointment, bitterness, rancour

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en dépit de

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in spite of

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détenir

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to have, possess; to detain

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les données

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data

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la base de données

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database

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dont

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whose, of which; with; including

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duquel (de + lequel)

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which, whom, who, whose

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échanger

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to exchange, swap; to talk about sth, exchange views

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échapper (à)

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to escape (from), get out of, elude, avoid, dodge

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s’échapper

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to escape reality

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escompter

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to count on, expect; to discount

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l’essor (m)

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rise (development); flight (bird)

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en plein essor

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booming, fast-growing

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exiger

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to demand; to require, need, necessitate

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prendre son essor

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to flourish, blossom (develop)

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l’exigence (f)

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demand, requirement; demanding nature

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exigeant

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demanding, strict; challenging

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être exigeant avec soi-même

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to set yourself high standards, ask a lot of yourself, be tough on yourself

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faible

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weak; soft

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le faible

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weak/vulnerable person; soft spot, fondness, weakness

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au fait

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by the way, that reminds me, now that I think of it, actually

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être au fait de

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to be familiar with, be up to speed with

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en venir au fait

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to get to the point

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le fleuron

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jewel

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la frontière

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border; mark, line, boundary

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fulgurer

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to flash; to light up; to flash sb a look

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fulgurant

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lightning, swift, immediate; dazzling, blinding; stormy, thundery; searing (pain)

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la fulgurance

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brilliance; dazzling nature; lightning speed

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la gestion

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management, administration

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ne … guère

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hardly, barely

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ne guère de

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hardly any, almost no, not very much

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hors

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not including, without; except, apart from; beyond, outside, out of

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hors antenne

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off-air

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hors budget

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outside the budget

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hors circuit

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out of the loop; cut off, excluded

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hors classe

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first class, outstanding, exceptional; in the upper pay range

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hors concours, hors pair

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unrivalled, in a class of your own; not competing, disqualified

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hors contrat

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non-contracted, on a non-contractual basis

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hors course

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out of the race

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hors délai

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outside the time limit, over the deadline

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hors jeu

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offside

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hors ligne

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offline

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hors-la-loi

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illegally

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hors saison

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off-season, out of season

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hors du commun, hors norme

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unusual, uncommon, out of the ordinary, extraordinary

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hors du coup

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out of the loop/picture, not involved

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hors de danger

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out of danger, safe

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hors de doute

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beyond (any) doubt

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hors d’état

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not/no longer fit for purpose; written off, destroyed, wrecked

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hors-d’oeuvre

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starter, appetiser

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hors de prix

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unaffordable, prohibitively expensive

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hors de proportion

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disproportionate, out of proportion

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hors du temps

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timeless

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hors d’usage, hors service

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not/no longer usable, not/no longer working, out of order/service

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hors de vue

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to be out of sight

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être hors de cause

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to have nothing to do with, be in the clear, be out of the picture

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être mis hors de cause

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to be acquitted, be cleared

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être hors d’état de faire qch

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to be in no fit state to do sth

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être hors d’haleine

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to be out of breath, be breathless

73
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être hors de propos

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to be irrelevant, be beside the point, be out of place, be inappropriate

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la boutique hors taxes

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duty-free shop

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mettre qch hors tension

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to switch/turn/power sth off

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C’est hors de question!

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It’s out of the question!, No way!

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l’informatisation

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computerisation

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léger(ère)

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light (not heavy); slight, subtle; minor, unimportant

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le léger mieux

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slight improvement

80
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avoir le sommeil léger

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to be a light sleeper

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à la légère

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rashly, thoughtlessly

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en ligne

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online

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méfiant

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wary, suspicious, distrustful

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menacer

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to threaten

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le millier

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≈ thousand

86
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la nouveauté

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novelty

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l’outil (m)

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tool

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en outre

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besides, moreover

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le pas

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step, footstep, footprint; speed, pace

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à deux pas

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a stone’s throw away, very nearby

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la poche

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pocket; bag, pouch

92
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être à la pointe de

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to be at the forefront of

93
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pousser

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to push, shove, drive; to grow

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poussé

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advanced

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pousser qqn à faire qch

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to push/urge/encourage sb to do sth

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se pousser

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to shift, budge

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prometteur

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promising, encouraging

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raccorder

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to join (up), link up, connect

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le rapport

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report; link, connection, relationship; return, yield; sexual relations

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par rapport à

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compared to, in relation to

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rattraper

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to catch, catch up with; to rectify, make up for (time)

102
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se rattraper

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to make amends, put things right, redeem yourself

103
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le retard

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lateness, delay

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le son

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sound, volume

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tel

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such (a), like this/that; (just) like, as; some; this

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tel que

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such as

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tel quel

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as it is

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tenir

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to hold, take; to control, keep in check; to manage, run (business); to keep, maintain; to last; to fit

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tous azimuts

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left, right and centre; all-out, full-scale

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voué à

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doomed to, destined for

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