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1
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Dexterity, skill, diplomacy

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Le doigté

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Troublemaker

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Le trublion

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Cunningly, trick

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Par la ruse

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Down to earth

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Terre à terre

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Devoid of

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Dénué de

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To make sb look good

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Servir de faire valoir à

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Skin related

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Cutané

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Hunched over

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Voûté

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Appearance

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L’allure

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bitterly, fiercely

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âprement

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As the months went by

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Au fil des mois

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To lay the foundations

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Poser les bases

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guarantor

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garant

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a forceful or bitter attack; diatribe

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une diatribe

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in the wake of

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dans le sillage de

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wreath

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la gerbe

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17
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badly put together, made

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ficelé

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dull (familier)

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plan-plan

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to be fond of, a lover of

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être friand de

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alloy

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un alliage

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21
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love at first sight

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le coup de foudre

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deficiency, lack

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une carence

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to present sth, use sth as an excuse

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alléguer

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to strike, strike down

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foudroyer

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inevitable

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inéluctable

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excessiveness, immoderation

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la démesure

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to oust, depose

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évincer

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28
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somehow

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tant bien que mal

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moreover

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qui plus est, par ailleurs

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to be precise, namely

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en l’occurence

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yolk (pouvoir)

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le joug

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32
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to untie; release

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délier

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33
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to stick out like a sore thumb

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faire tâche

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bread, dough, money

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le pognon

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the stunting

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le retard de croissance

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anxiety, restlessness

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la fébrilité

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sugarcoated, sweetened

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édulcoré

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to have good intuition

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avoir le nez creux

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to enter into competition

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entrer en lice

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to follow on sbs heels

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talonner qqn

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to get bogged down in

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s’embourber dans

42
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links, contacts

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les accointances

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setback; pitfall

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le revers

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biting; scathing

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cinglant

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to foil, thwart

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déjouer

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to erase, conceal

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gommer

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troublesome; cumbersome

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encombrant

48
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if sth is to be believed

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à en croire qqc

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to stunt, be stunted

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rabougrir

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to draw, obtain

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puiser

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to be fashionable, trendy

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être dans le vent/ à la mode

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meadow, field

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le pré

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hook; detour

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le crochet

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to sponge off sb

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vivre aux crochets de qqn

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foster home

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un foyer/une famille d’accueil

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to be all the rage

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avoir le vent en poupe

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wax; polish

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la cire

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upheaval

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la tourmente

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conversely

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à l’opposé

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bullfighting

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la corrida, les combats de taureaux

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heritage

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le patrimoine

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as part of

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comme faisant partie de

63
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lily of the Valley, thrush

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le muguet

64
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to pull out; extract

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extirper

65
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to get out of sth/ drag oneself out of

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s’extirper de qqc

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weariness, tiredness

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la lassitude

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languidness, lethargy

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la langueur

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homelessness

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le problème des sans-abris

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to remove sbs inhibitions

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décomplexer qqn

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method, process, conduct

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le procédé

71
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to harp on about sth

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rebâcher qqc

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open-mindedness

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l’ouverture d’esprit

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perpetrator

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l’auteur

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an interview

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une interview, un entretien

75
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group therapy, talking group

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un groupe de parole

76
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to make, create, fashion

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confectionner

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to come to attention

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se mettre au garde-à-vous

78
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disparaging

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réprobateur

79
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to milk

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traire

80
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at the border, edge

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à la lisière de

81
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barley

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l’orge

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stretcher

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la civière

83
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with the initials, branded…

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siglé

84
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to put on (clothes), thread

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enfiler

French adv (20 decks)

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