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spectaculaire

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dramatic

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une augmentation de

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an increase in

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faire un parallèle

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draw a parallel

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augmentation importante

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to surge / to soar/ to skyrocket
(surge nom)

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baisse importante

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to collapse/ to plunge/ to plummet/ to slump
the collapse, the slump

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exacerber

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exacerbate

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déplacer

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to shift

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beaucoup plus dangereux

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far/much more dangerous

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atroce, éprouvant

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harrowing

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exagérer, souligner, insister

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overstate

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plaque d’immatriculation

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a license plate

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seringue

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a syringe

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un mégaphone

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a loudspeaker

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devenir la proie de

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to fall prey to sth

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représente

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depicts portrays features

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est parlant

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is quite telling

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vendeur ambulant, faire du porte à porte

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to peddle
a peddler

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banlieu

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suburb

19
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condamné

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convicted

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tirer la sonnette d’alarme

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to sound/ raise the alarm

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avant de faire (qqch)

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prior to

22
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large immense vaste

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broad

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gratuitement

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wantonly

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prisonnier

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inmate

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bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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procureur/ poursuivre en justice

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a prosecutor / to prosecute

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guérir guérisseur

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to heal / a healer

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affluer

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to flock

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peu rigoureusement

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loosely

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choquant

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shocking scandalous egregious

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véritable

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genuine

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une combinaison

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jumpsuit

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réduire soulager

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to alleviate

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une conférence

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a lecture

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vanter

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to praise

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déclencher

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to trigger

37
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poursuivre en justice

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to sue / to prosecute

38
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une université

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A university (et pas an car pas de son consonne)

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