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foule, masse, cohue

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mob

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assieger

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to mob

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la mafia

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the mob

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très important, capital

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momentous

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de gde/peu d’importance

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of great/little moment

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elan, vitesse acquise

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momentum

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prendre de la vitesse

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to gather momentum

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controler, surveiller, mesurer

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to monitor

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le moral

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morale

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je nai pas le moral

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my morale is low

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remonter le moral

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to boost the morale

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soutien moral

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moral support

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comportement moral

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moral behavior

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la morale de l’histoire

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the moral of the story

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moralité relâchée

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little morality

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les moeurs d’une epoque

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way of life of an ange / the morals / customs

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emprunt-logement

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mortgage

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faire un emprunt logement

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to take out a mortgage

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hypothéquer sa maison

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to mortgage one’s house

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rembourser un prêt hypothécaire

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to pay off a mortgage

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agresser pour voler

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to mug

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agresseur

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mugger

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agression

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a mugging

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rassembler (courage, strength), reunir (people)

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to muster (up)

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nu, dépouillé

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naked

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nous avions à peine de quoi manger

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we had barely anything to eat

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etroit, restreint, petit

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narrow

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etroit d’esprit

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narrow-minded

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reduire, rétrécir

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to narrow down

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echapper de justesse

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to have a narrow escape

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natal / inné

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native

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quartier, voisinage

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neighbourhood

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reseau, systeme

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network

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reseau routier

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road network

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chaîne de télé, station de radio

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TV, radio network

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nommer, designer / proposer, présenter

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to nominate

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nomination, designation / proposition

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nomination

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cran, encoche

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notch

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de première qualité, classe

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top-notch

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créneau professionnel, activité qui correspond à ses talents

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niche

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creneau horaire

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time slot

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s’apercevoir de, remarquer

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to notice

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annonce, affiche, avis

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a notice

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donner un préavis d’une semaine

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to give a week’s notice

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noter, observer

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to note

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un roman / qqch qui est nouveau, inconnu jusqu’à présent

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novel

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invention

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a novel idea

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qqch de nouveau et d’original

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a novelty

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innover

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to innovate

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innovatif

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innovative

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nocif

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noxious

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odieux, detestable

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obnoxious

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ennui, embêtement / nuisance

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nuisance

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cest embêtant

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it is a nuisance

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élever, éduquer, cultiver, promouvoir

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to nurture

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nature et culture

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nature and nurture

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serment / juron

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oath

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prêter serment

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to take/swear an oath

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être témoin assermenté

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to be under oath

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émettre un juron

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to utter an oath

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evident

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obvious

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evidemment

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obviously

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metier, L

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occupation

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artisanat, metits metiers

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trades

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événement

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occurrence

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se reproduire

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to recur

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impair / étrange, bizarre / environ

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odd

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les chances

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the odds

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entre en fonction /arriver au pv

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to take office

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remplir ses fonctions

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to hold office

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to go out of office

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quitter ses fonctions

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en perspective

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in the offing

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compenser

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to offset

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une nouvelle branche, ramification, cnsqce

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offshoot

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progéniture

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offspring

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petrole, huile

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oil

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puits de petrole

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oil well

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petrole brut

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crude oil

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gisements de pétrole

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oil deposits

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nappe de petrole

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oil slick

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peinture à l’huile

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oil painting

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graisser

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to oil

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mediateur

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ombudsman

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OPEP

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Oegabizationbof Petroleum Exporting Countries

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négocier un accord

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to broker

86
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de mauvais aigure, menaçant

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ominous

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un présage

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an omen

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évincer, forcer à démissionner

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to oust

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debut, déclenchement, eruotion7

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outbreak

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paria, expulsé, proscrit

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outcast

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issue, aboutissement, résultat

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outcome

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démodé, depassé, périmé

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outdated

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devenir trop gd pour, depasser le besoin de

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to ourgrow

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surpasser, depasser un concurrent

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to outdo

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interdire

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to outlaw

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un hors la loi

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an outlaw

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sortie, issue / perspectives

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to outlet

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job outlets

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perspectives, débouchées, pour l’N

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un métier bouché

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a profession with no future

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prise de courant

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electrical outlet

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point de vente

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sales outlet

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magasins d’usine

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factory outley

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contour, tracé, plan

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outline

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exposer les gdes lignes

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to outlind

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les grandes lignes

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the broad outlines

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survivre à

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to outlive

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perspective

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outlook

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rendement , production

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output

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produire, mettre sur le marché

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to put out

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atrocité, crime , acte monstrueux

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outrage

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scandaleux, choquant

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outrageous

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atrocité

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atrocity

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etre outré

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to be outrage

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carrément / total, absolu

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outright

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un total imbécile

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qn outright /dowbright foot