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1
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the sniffing

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le reniflement

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to deny / disown / dissavow / renounce / negate / repudiate / reject / recant

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renier

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How can we adapt to change without turning our backs on the past?

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Comment peut-on s’adapter au changement sans se renier ?

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harsh / hard / rough / tough / severe / strong / stiff / sharp / severe / coarse / brutal

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rude

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a severe test

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la rude épreuve

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tough competition

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la concurrence rude

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to admit (to) / confess (to) / acknowledge / conceide

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avouer qqch

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He admitted that he had not told the truth.

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Il a avoué ne pas avoir dit la vérité.

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Cand o sa zboare porcu’ (expresie echivalenta in franceza):

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Quand les poules auront des dents

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altogether / trully / really

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Bel et bien

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We’ll see!

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On verra bien !

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To take something well

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Prendre la chose bien

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To return good for evil

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Rendre le bien pour le mal

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To do a good job; handle something the right way

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S’y prendre bien

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Big problems require big solutions

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Aux grands maux les grands remèdes.

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(whether you) like it or not

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bon gré mal gré

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17
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people don’t like that

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c’est mal vu

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18
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from bad to worse

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de mal en pis

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19
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to be on bad terms with someone

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être mal avec quelqu’un

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20
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Shame on anyone who thinks evil of it.

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Honi soit qui mal y pense

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21
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not without difficulty

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non sans mal

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you can’t get something for nothing

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on n’a rien sans mal

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23
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to work hard

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se donner du mal

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to bend over backwards to do

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se donne un mal de chien à faire

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to do a bad job; to handle something badly

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s’y prendre mal

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to suggest that, to make someone think/believe/understand that

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donner à quelqu’un à penser/croire/comprendre que

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27
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to give cause for laughter

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donner à rire

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28
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to face north/south

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donner au nord/sud

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29
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to run into

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donner contre

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30
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to fall right into the trap

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donner dans le panneau (informal)

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to hit one’s head against something

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donner de la tête/du front contre quelque chose

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32
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to devote oneself to

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donner de soi-même pour

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to give someone a lot of work or trouble

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donner du fil à retordre à quelqu’un

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34
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to give someone goose bumps

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donner la chair de poule à quelqu’un

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35
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to sound the alarm

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donner l’alarme/l’alerte

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36
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to alleviate suspicion

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donner le change

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37
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to tell someone the time

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donner l’heure à quelqu’un

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to prove someone right, to side with someone

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donner raison à quelqu’un

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39
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to give up (trying to guess)

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donner sa langue au chat

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40
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to look out over/onto; to open onto; to overlook

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donner sur

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to blame someone, to disagree with someone, to prove wrong

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donner tort à quelqu’un

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to give someone a call

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donner un coup de fil à quelqu’un (informal)

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to slap

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donner une gifle

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to not know which way to turn

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ne pas savoir où donner de la tête

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to have no effect

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ne rien donner

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He never does anything for nothing.

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Avec lui, c’est donnant donnant.

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It’s cool! Brilliant!

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Ça donne ! (familiar)

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That’s what I was led to believe, given to understand

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C’est ce qu’on m’a donné à entendre

49
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fair’s fair

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donnant donnant

50
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a gift is a gift

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donné c’est donné

51
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Not everyone in the world is lucky enough to…

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Il n’est pas donné à tout le monde de…

52
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I could kick myself!

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Je me donnerais des coups !

53
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You’ll never guess (in a million years)!

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Je te le donne en cent/mille (informal)

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You can’t tell how old he is.

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On ne lui donne pas d’âge.

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The sun is beating down.

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Le soleil donne en plein.

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to give oneself airs

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se donner de grands airs

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to act like

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se donner des airs de

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to give oneself time to do

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se donner le temps de faire

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to find the means to do

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se donner les moyens de faire

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to exchange blows

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se donner des coups

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to have a good/whale of a time

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se donner du bon temps

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to call oneself by the name/title of

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se donner le nom/titre de

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to claim/profess to be; to make oneself out to be

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se donner pour

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to give thanks to

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rendre grâces à
x

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to give a reason for something

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rendre raison de quelque chose à

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to go to

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se rendre à

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to bow to someone’s advice

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se rendre à l’avis de quelqu’un

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to face facts

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se rendre à l’evidence

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to comply with orders

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se rendre aux ordres

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Just imagine!

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Rendez-vous compte!

71
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Can you imagine?

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Tu te rends compte?

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meaningless / pointless / trivial / useless / vain

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futile

73
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a trivial issue

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un sujet futile

74
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to be anxious to

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tenir à + infinitive

75
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to be anxious that

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tenir à ce que + subjunctive

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to have on good authority

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tenir de bonne source

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to take after someone

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tenir de quelqu’un

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to be on the right track

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tenir le bon bout

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to hold it against someone for not

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tenir rigueur à quelqu’un de ne pas

80
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to keep an eye on someone

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tenir quelqu’un à l’oeil

81
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it depends on

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il tient que

82
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to help to

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aider à

83
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to amuse oneself ___-ing

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s’amuser à

84
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to get ready to

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s’apprêter à

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to buy from

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acheter à

86
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to grab, tear away from

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arracher à

87
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to trust (someone)

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se fier à (quelqu’un)

88
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to shake hands with someone

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serrer la main à (quelqu’un)

89
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(back of the) neck

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la nuque

90
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stiff neck

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la nuque raide

91
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chest / brest / bust

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la poitrine

92
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chest measurement / size

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la tour de poitrine

93
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angina pectoris

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l’ angine de poitrine (f)

94
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pork belly

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la poitrine de porc

95
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These pork chops are derived from region of the centre cut loin associated with the lumbar vertebrae

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Ces côtelettes sont tirées de la partie du plat de longe associée aux vertèbres lombaires.

96
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pork loin

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longe de porc / fillet de porc

97
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Pork rib chops

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côte de porc

98
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sirloin

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la surlonge

99
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shoulder / spine / backbone

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l’échine (f)

100
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pork cutlet

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l’escalope de pork (f)

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