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idleness

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oisiveté

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se faire bronzer / se détendre et de se relaxer / on présente un fait, un événement ou un objet sous un jour plus agréable qu’il ne l’est vraiment

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se (faire) dorer la pilule

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on présente un fait, un événement ou un objet sous un jour plus agréable qu’il ne l’est vraiment

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se bercer d’illusions

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diffuser à travers (un lieu) / couler, s’étaler, déborder / se propager, circuler; devenir usuel, courant.

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se répendre

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être sur ses gardes ; ne pas se manifester ; s’efforcer de passer inaperçu ; rester discret ; ne pas faire de vague

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se tenir à carreau

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to keep away

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tenir à l’écart

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to hold up

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tenir bon

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the belief

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la créance

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the design / purpose / aim / intention / goal / intent / end / scheme

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le dessein

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purposefully / intentionally /

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à dessein

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anihilated / devastated / torn apart

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anéanti

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to destroy / eradicate / defeat / wreck / shatter / tear down / crush / squash

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anéantir

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sorry / apologetic

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navré

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unbeatable

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incollable

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the laughing stock / ridicule / mockery

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la risée (de tous)

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the bedside

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le chevet

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drudgery / ardouesness

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la pénibilité

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the sunset

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le couchant

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The setting sun is glowing on the horizon.

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Le soleil couchant rougeoie à l’horizon.

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stretched / tense / tight / strained / stressed / nervous / intense / edgy / uptight

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tendu

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to stretch (out) / extend / tense / reach / flex / hold out / stick out

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tendre

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PEE

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Le plan d’épargne entreprise (PEE) est un système collectif d’épargne qui permet aux salariés (et aux dirigeants des petites entreprises) d’acheter des valeurs mobilières: Actions, obligations, titres de créances négociables, parts d’OPCVM (Sicav et FCP), bons de souscription, certificats d’investissement (liste non exhaustive) avec l’aide de l’entreprise.

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PER

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Plan d’épargne retraite (PER)

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RPS

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Les risques psychosociaux (RPS)

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to support / press / complement smth / help smb; smth / back smb (up) / lean / rest / encourage / push / sustain / foster

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appuyer qqn / qqch

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26
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a lot

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moult

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about / with respect to / as for

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quant à

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spring weather

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temps printanier

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vent fort et glacial, souvent associé à l’hiver

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la bise

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vent faible et frais, que l’on retrouve plutôt au printemps

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la brise

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une averse torrentielle / sleet

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la giboulée

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the dew

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la rosée

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32
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early in the morning

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de bon matin

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the bud / blossom

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le bourgeon

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to bud / sprout / blossom

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bourgeonner

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35
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an early conclusion

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une conclusion hâtive

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36
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early / hastly / premature / precipitated / rushed

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hâtif

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carelessness / recklessness / thoughtlessness

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l’insouciance (f)

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The sun’s beating down.

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Le soleil darde ses rayons.

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39
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The snake flickers its tongue.

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Le serpent darde sa langue.

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full rate

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le taux pein / le plein taux

41
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the tax relief

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la décote

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discount rate

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le taux de décote

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development / rise / boom / upturn / blossoming / surge / take off

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l’essor (m)

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on the rise

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en plein essor

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economic expansion / boom

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essor économique

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essor économique

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the contempt / disregard / disdain / scorn / disrespect / despite

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le mépris

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at the expense of

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au mépris de

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to be mistaken

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se méprendre

50
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the denial

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le déni

51
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gunoier

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l’éboueur (m)

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to replicate smth / to escort / to accompany back

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reconduire

53
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partition / wall / divider /

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la cloison

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mobile wall

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la cloison amovible

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as of now / henceforth / from now on / hereafter /

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dorénavant

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the attic

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le comble

57
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to fill / bridge / fulfil / cover / plug / narrow / catch up / replace / overcome / remedy

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combler qqch

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to bridge / fill gaps

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combler les lacunes

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a rebate / drawback / discount / reimbursement

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la ristourne

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failure / default / fault / defect / breakdown / weakness / malfunction / impairment / lapse / non-performance

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la défaillance

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potential failure

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le risque de défaillance

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failure rate

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le taux de défaillance

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triggered

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engendré

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to create / to lead to smth / to entail / to bring about / to generate / to cause / to produce / to give rise to / to result in / to provoque smth / to imply smth

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engendrer qqch

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to scale down

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revoir à la baisse

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peak / spike / woodpecker

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le pic

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steep

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à pic

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tightening / narrowing /

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le resserrement

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expenses cutback

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le resserrement des dépenses

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to raise / lift / free / spice / relieve / hike / (take) note / flip

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relever

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to bounce back

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se relever

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to take up / face a challenge

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relever un défi

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in the spotlight

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sur la sellette

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hot seat

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mise sur la sellette

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the favorite / darling

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la coqueluche

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the truce / break / ceasefire / pax

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la trêve

77
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the summer break

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la trêve estivale

78
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more details

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davantage de détails

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glowing

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rougeoyante

80
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blurred / vague / unclear / fuzzy / hazy / foggy / undefined / imprecise / faint

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flou

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the legal limbo / vagueness / uncertainty

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le flou juridique

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binding / constraining / compelling / mandatory / limiting / restrictive / obligatory / inconvenient / tiresome

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contraignant

83
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to compel / to force / oblidge / impose / constrain / coherce / bind / inhibit

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contraindre

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mischievieous

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facétieux

85
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era mai mult ca oricând.

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elle l’était plus que jamais

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twisted / bent / croocked

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tordu

87
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to twist / bend / distort / tweak

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tordre

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hilarious

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à se tordre de rire

89
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disagreement / conflict / dissention / discrepancy

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la mésentente

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idler / slacker / lazybones

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le fainéants

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to relax / soften / ease / loosen / stretch / weaken

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assouplir

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to relax / soften / ease / loosen / stretch / weaken

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assouplir

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apeasement / healing / relief / reassurance / solace

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l’apaisement (m)

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prohibitive

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rédhibitoire

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to burden / to weigh down / to overburden

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alourdir qqch / qqn

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les gros mots (expression)

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mots fleuris

97
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balls / nuts / testicles

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les couilles (f)

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Sorry for the bother and thanks to those who let me know about it.

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Désolé pour la couille et merci à ceux qui me l’ont signalé.

99
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pain in the neck / bore / annoyance

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casse-pieds

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