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1
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accompte

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down payment

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allée

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a driveway

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en vouloir à

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to resent sbdy for

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Son attitude envers elle me déplaît

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I resent his attitude towards her

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5
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faire irruption dans la conversation

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to Wade in

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ingurgiter (texte, info)

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to Wade through

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patauger dans qch

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to Wade through

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bois (cerf)

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antlers

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un cinglé

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a nut

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mégère (renarde)

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a vixon

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s’immiscer dans

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to butt in on

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boiter

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to have a limp

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se shooter à

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to mainline*

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14
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les plus riches

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the better off

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15
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tous les retraités vont être plus à l’aise financièrement

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all pensioners will be better off

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16
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avoir avantage à faire qch

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to be better off doing sth

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17
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to sneak

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to sneak -snuck-snuck

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Jean snuck through the stage door, without anyone seeing him

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Jean a traversé la scène discrètement, sans que personne ne le voit

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se faufiler

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to sneak

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20
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cafarder

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to sneak on*

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21
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I druank too much

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I had too much to drink

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22
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drink

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drink-drank-drunk

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23
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boire à la santé de qqn

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to drink a toast to sbdy

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24
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je ne bois jamais seul

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I only drink socially

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25
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taux d’alcoolémie autorisé au volant

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drink-drive limit

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ne pas perdre une miette

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to drink in

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27
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campagne sur l’alcool au volant

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drink-drive campaign

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28
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boire à la bouteille

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to drink out of the bottle

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29
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plus tard, par la suite

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down the line

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30
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faire énormément d’argent

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to make money hand over fist

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31
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remettre qqch à qqn

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to hand sth over to

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32
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canne à pêche

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a fishing rod

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33
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rafraîchir la mémoire de qqn

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to jog sbdy’s memory

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34
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intensifier

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to step up

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35
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un changement radical

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a step change

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36
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prendre la pace de qqn

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to step into someone’s shoes

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37
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marcher en boitant

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to walk with a limp

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38
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sourd comme un pot

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to be stone deaf

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39
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complétement forid

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stone cold

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40
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délavé (jeans)

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stone washed

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41
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frêle

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frail

42
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tracasser

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to fret

43
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avoir comme une vague idée que

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to have a hunch that

44
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se masturber

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to whack off *

45
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Personne ne sait où il est

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Nobody knows his whereabouts

46
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Où ça ?

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Whereabouts?

47
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appareil dentaire

A

a brace

48
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redresser

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to brace

49
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se préparer mentalement

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to brace oneself

50
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minerve, attelle

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a brace

51
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Avec grand plaisir!

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That would be lovely!

52
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charmant, ravissant

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lovely

53
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enregistrer des profits

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to notch up profits

54
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éviter

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to steer clear of

55
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vallonée

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hilly

56
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nanti

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well-heeled*

57
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déployer

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to unfurl

58
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carte routière, feuille de route (fig)

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a road map

59
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quignon

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a chunk

60
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un gros morceau

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a chunk

61
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de base

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rank-and-file

62
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nauséabond

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rank

63
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fermement ancré (conviction)

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deep-seated

64
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être mis (e) tout de suite dans le bain

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to be thrown in at the deep end

65
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superficiel

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skin-deep

66
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la beauté n’est pas tout

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beauty is only skin deep

67
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le Sud profond

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the Deep south

68
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dépenser plus que

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to outspend

69
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se déchaîner, saccager

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to be on the rampage

70
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ajustement, petite modification

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a tweak (to tweak)

71
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recouvrir

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to blanket

72
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réprimande, reproche

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a rebuke

73
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scrutin

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a ballot

74
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procéder à un vote

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to hold a ballot

75
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urne

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a ballot box

76
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un bulletin de vote

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a ballot paper

77
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la fraude électorale

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a ballot-rigging

78
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cahot, secousse

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a jolt

79
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personne très en vue

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high person profile

80
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l’opinion publique qui est massivement contre la réforme

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the groundswell of opinion against reform

81
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conserver

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to retain

82
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survenir

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to crop up

83
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marquer les esprits

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to cut a swath

84
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revirement, nette amélioration

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a turnaround

85
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empécher une banqueroute

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to stave off bankruptcy

86
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qui a de l’assurance

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assertive

87
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plein d’assurance

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self-assertive

88
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se sentir brimé

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to feel hard done

89
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être dur avec qn

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to be hard on sb

90
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endurci

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hard-bitten

91
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argent liquide

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hard cash

92
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pragmatique

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hard-headed

93
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travaux forcés

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hard labour

94
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alcool fort

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hard liquor

95
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les malentandants

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the hard-of-hearing

96
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bande d’arrêt d’urgence

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the hard shoulder

97
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dur comme la pierre

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hard rock

98
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une voix étouffée

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a hushed voice

99
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raccompagner qqn

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to walk sbdy out

100
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gémissement

A

a whimper

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