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10 Flashcards

1
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Renfermé

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Stale

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Blasé

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Stale

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Moribond

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Stale

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Rassis

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Stale

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Bavure, tache

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Smudge

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Call for

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Summon

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7
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Intestin

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Bowel

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8
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Fossé

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Ditch

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Marteler, bruit sourd

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Thud

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les fiches des entrants

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newcomers’ forms

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11
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feuilles

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sheets

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12
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faire les cent pas

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pace up and down

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13
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aller et venir

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to come and go

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va-et-vient

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back and forth

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dentelle

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lace

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16
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sortir le chien

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take one’s dog out

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17
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emmitouflé

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wrapped up

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18
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les passants

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the passers-by

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19
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une idée de déchéance

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a sinking feeling

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enveloppé d’une serviette dont seuls ses jambes et son torse dépassaient

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wrapped in a towel with only his legs and his chest showing

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21
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odorant

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perfumed

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cheveux clairs

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fair hair

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soyeux

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silky

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24
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les sillons

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the furrows

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filets (d’huile)

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a strand

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un laboureur

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a ploughman

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tailler en biseau

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to bevel

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28
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se rapprocher

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to come closer

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29
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saillir

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to jut out

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proéminent, prépondérant

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jutting

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31
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le locataire du dessous

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the downstairs tenant

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32
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lisse

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smooth

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33
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luisant

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gleaming

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luisant

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glowing

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luisant

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shiny

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luisant

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glistening

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37
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feutre (matière)

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felt

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38
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feutre

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felt-pen

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39
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Donner une fessée à

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To spank

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40
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Reconnaissance

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Scouting

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41
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Couturière

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Seamstress

42
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Mon petit doigt m’a dit

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A little bird told me

43
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Poux

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Head lice

44
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S’évanouir

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Black out

45
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Mèche

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Wick

46
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trèfle (botanique)

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clover

47
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trèfle (carte)

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club

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dodu, rebondi

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plump

49
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pétiller, scintiller

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twinkle

50
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plus tard

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later on

51
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enfiler qqch

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to slip sth on

52
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d’entretien facile

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easy care

53
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peu contrariant, détendu

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free and easy

54
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bonne poire

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easy touch

55
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fastoche

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easy peasy

56
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se sentir tranquille

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to feel easy (in one’s mind)

57
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Chant de Noël

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Christmas carol

58
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Émail

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Enamel

59
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Insalubrité, conditions sordides

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Squalor

60
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Éclat, luisant

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Sheen

61
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Reposer sur

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Hinge on

62
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Un paquet

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A bundle

63
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Lessive

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Lye

64
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Baignoire

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Bathtub

65
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Troupeau

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Herd

66
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Instinct grégaire

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Herd instinct

67
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Tuyau

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Hose

68
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Laver au jet

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Hose down

69
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Branleur

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Wanker

70
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grossier

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coarse

71
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papier peint

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wallpaper

72
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orange sur un fond bleu

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orange against a blue background

73
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un marbrier funéraire

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a monumental mason

74
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une couchette (dans un train)

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a berth

75
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voyager très chargé

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to travel overloaded

76
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se payer qqn

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to take sbdy for a ride

77
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devoir se coltiner qqch, qqn

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to get lumbered with sth, sbdy

78
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une poupe

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a stern

79
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le volant

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the steering wheel

80
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faire chauffer le moteur

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to get the engine warmed up

81
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Lancer une idée

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To toss an idea around

82
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Alimenter un feu

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To stoke a fire

83
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Etre amoureux

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To be smitten with sbdy

84
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Passage

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Stint

85
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Promenade

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Stroll

86
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Donner un coup de pouce

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To guve sbdy a nudge

87
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De travers, oblique

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Lopside

88
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Augmenter progressivement

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Ratchet up

89
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Blême

A

Wan

90
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Malchanceux

A

Hapless

91
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Avancer tant bien que mal

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Bumble

92
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S’agiter sans résultat

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To bumble about

93
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Tremplin

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A stepping-stone

94
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Second-tour

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Run-off

95
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Hausser les épaules

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Shrug one’s shoulders

96
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Faire fi, ignorer

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Shrug off

97
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C’est tout cuit, à coup sur

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It’s a shoo-in*

98
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Elle va gagner les éléctions

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She’s a shoo-in for the election *

99
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Approvisionnement

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Procurement

100
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Marché public

A

Procurement contract

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