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1
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un travail sans perspectives

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a dead-end job

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péjorativement

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disparagingly

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expectedly enough

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comme on pouvait s’y attendre

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En France, on conduit à droite.

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In France, people drive on the right-hand side of the road

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en allant à l’école, elle passait toujours devant l’église

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on her way to school, she would always go past the church

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Il y a 100 ans, les gens n’avaient pas de voiture.

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People did not have any cars, 100 years ago

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7
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sois sympa!

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be a sport!

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le prix (à payer quand on a perdu)

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the forfeit

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9
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chambre d’amis

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the spare room

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10
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raffiné

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sofisticated

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11
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nain

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midget

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12
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? les plus puritains

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the purest of the pure

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13
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porcherie

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it’s a pigsty*

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14
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boue, fumier

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the muck

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15
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courage, cran

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spunk

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16
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maussade, renfrogné

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sullen

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17
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il y a qqch qui ne va pas

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there is sth amiss

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18
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prendre qqch mal

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to take sth amiss

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19
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qch ne ferait pas de mal

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sth would not come amiss

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20
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événement, incident

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happening

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21
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se voir offrir qqch

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to be offered

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22
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descendre dans la rue

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to hit the streets

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23
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bon voyage

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have a safe journey

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24
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répéter bêtement

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to parrot

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25
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prendre qqn de haut

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to patronize

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26
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être client régulier

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to patronize

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27
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vengeur

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vengeful

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28
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coucou

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cooee*

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29
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gouvernante

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a housekeeper, a governess

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30
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carte de voeux

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greetings card

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31
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exaucer le vœux de qqn

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to grant sb’s wish

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32
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se méprendre

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to be mistaken

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33
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Peux-tu développer?

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Can you elaborate?

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34
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détaillé, recherché, compliqué

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elaborated

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35
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préciser qqch

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to elaborate sth

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36
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désarroi

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the distress

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37
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un récit

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a narrative

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38
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fichtre

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golly, gosh

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39
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perspicacité

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the perception

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40
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rire au nez de qqn

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to laugh at one’s face

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41
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présage

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omen

42
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oser faire qqch, se permettre

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to presume to do sth

43
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se fier à

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to presume on

44
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le beau sexe

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the fair sex

45
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avoir un tempérament de feu

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to be a fiery character, feisty

46
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en mettre sa main au faim

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to stake your life on it, to bet your bottom dollar on it

47
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être à feu et à sang

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to be ablaze

48
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feu nourri

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hail of bullets

49
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mettre qqch à feu et à sang

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to put sth on fire and sword

50
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feu (mort)

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late

51
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engager la conversation

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to strike up a conversation

52
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sujet de conversation

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a talking point

53
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gravier

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gravel

54
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prendre du poids

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to put on weight

55
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donner son opinion

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to weigh in on

56
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accabler qn

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to weigh sb down

57
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ne pas être entièrement d’accord, s’opposer poliment

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to beg to differ

58
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un tuyau, un conseil

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a tip*

59
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renverser, vider qch

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to tip sth

60
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incrusté

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embbeded

61
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refiler qqch à qqn

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to stick sbdy with sth*

62
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Fidèle à sa réputation, il les tua tous (?)

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Being Pinochet he had killed all of them

63
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un cafard

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a cockroach

64
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se centrer sur

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to zero in on sth

65
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baisser ou s’endormir

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to drop off

66
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tong

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a flip-flop

67
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revirement, retourner sa veste

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a flip-flop

68
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cruche

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a jug, a pitcher

69
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informer qqn de qch

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to tip sbdy off to sth

70
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Il était très famille

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He was a family man till the end

71
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prime pour une capture ou une mort

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a bounty

72
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abondance, la générosité (litt)

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the bounty

73
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se volatiliser

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to disappear into thin air

74
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campagnard, rustique

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folksy

75
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un bance de daupihn

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a pod of dolphins

76
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se ressembler comme deux gouttes d’eau

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like peas in a pod, as alike as two peas in a pod

77
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une gousse

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a pod

78
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être impitoyable

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to be hard-nosed

79
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serpent à sonnettes

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a rattlesnake

80
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théâtre

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playhouse

81
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serré

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close-run

82
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poulailler

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chicken run

83
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galop d’essai, répétition

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a dry run

84
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chauffard coupable de délit de fuite

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a hit-and-run driver

85
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tirage

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print run

86
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rediffusion

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a re-run

87
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ordinaire, banal

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run-of-the-mill

88
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emmener les enfants à l’école

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to do the school run

89
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Il n’y a guère de place pour l’originalité

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There is not much scope for originality

90
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Cela pourrait être beaucoup mieux

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There is plenty of scope for improvement

91
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dans le cadre de

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within the scope of

92
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jolie fille

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cutie

93
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faire une nuit blanche

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to stay up all the night

94
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susceptible

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touchy

95
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dernier essai

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a shakedown

96
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parfum

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a scent

97
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piste

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a scent

98
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lancer qn sur une mauvaise piste

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to throw sb off the scent

99
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loyer

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lease payment

100
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donner à qn un nouveau souffle

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to give sb a new lease on life

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