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a freeloader

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un pique-assiette

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clumsy / awkward / inept / heavy-handed

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maladroit

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agréable / amenant / lovely

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améne

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good nature

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un caractère amène

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on commence! / en route! / courage! / allez! / on se motive!

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c’est parti mon kiki!

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se laisser aller à la colère ; se mettre soudainement et avec énergie à un travail ; s’emballer ; se mettre avec énergie dans quelque chose ; serrer le mors entre ses mâchoires ; se mettre en colère ; s’emporter subitement ; quelqu’un qui, n’écoutant plus les avis ni les remontrances de ceux qui dirigeaient sa conduite, se livre tout entier à ses passions ; personne qui, ayant été quelque temps dans l’indolence, dans l’inaction, change tout à coup et se livre au travail avec ardeur

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prendre le mors aux dents

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the roadway / streets

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la voirie

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hollow

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en creux

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the least (I see it), the better

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moins (je le vois), mieux je me porte

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lazy / sluggish / idle

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paresseux

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slander / defamation / backbiting / calumny / scandalmongering

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la médisance

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contempt / outrage / insult / offence / affront

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l’outrage (m)

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facets / swathes

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les pans (m,pl)

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surrounded

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environné

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uproar / din / hubbub /

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le brouhaha

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rattle / clatter / clack / clink / clash

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le cliquetis

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to lose / to mislead / to lead astray / to misplace / to misdirect / to mislead

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égarer qqn/qqch

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to enlist

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embrigader

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to weave / to twine / to spin

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tisser

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to darn / mend

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repriser

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wreck / rag

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la loque

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nettle (urzica)

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l’ortie (f)

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the crow

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la corneille

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regarder en l’air ; rester sans rien faire ; se pogner le cul ; perdre son temps en regardant en l’air niaisement ; rêvasser

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bayer aux corneilles

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to yawn

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bailler

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to wriggle

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se trémousser

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to laugh / to giggle

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rigoler

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The fish wriggled behind his back, as if it were real!

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Le poisson frétillait dans son dos, comme s’il eût été vrai !

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temporarily / momentarily

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momentanément

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sign / banner / logo / emblem / shield

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l’enseigne (f)

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to link / connect / relate / join / bind / correlate / attach / tie / weld

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relier qqch

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the core / nucleous / kernel / stone / pit / hub

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le noyau

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arestari

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l’interpellation

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content / amount / grade / concentration / composition

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la teneur

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the praise / commendation / accolade

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la louange

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to be distorted

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être faussé

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to reduce / alleviate smth / ease / relieve / diminish / mitigate / simplify / lessen / lighten / streamline / abate

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alléger

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frozen / rigid / stuck / stiff / stagnant

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figé

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to stay / remain in place

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demeurer en vigueur

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to keep still

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demeurer immobile

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to be in prison

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être derrière les barreaux

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turned off / extinct / dead

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éteint

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I wonder where my watch could have gone.

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Je me demande où ma montre a bien pu passer.

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to include / contain / comprise / involve / bear / carry / entail

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comporter qqch / qqn

45
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to misbehave

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mal se comporter

46
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square bracket

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le crochet

47
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‘goodness me’, ‘good heavens’, ‘golly gosh’, or ‘gadzooks’. Like ‘fiddlesticks’ or ‘rats’, it’s the sort of thing that you can use to vent your consternation, displeasure, or surprise

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Saperlipopette!

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the story / narrative / tale / account / narration / (story)telling

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le récit

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life story

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le récit de vie

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to compel / force smb to do smth

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astreindre qqn. à faire qqch

51
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to bless

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bénir

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to gird

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ceindre

53
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Travailler minutieusement un texte.

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ciseler

54
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peu m’importe !

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peu me chaud!

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peu à peu ; petit à petit ; lentement ; d’une manière qui dure ; en faisant durer

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à petit feu

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tomber

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choir

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to drop (oneself) into an armchair

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Se laisser choir dans un fauteuil.

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faire échouer quelqu’un, lui faire perdre tout crédit.

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faire choir

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abandonner quelqu’un à son sort, quelque chose en cours de réalisation.

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laisser choir

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to close smth / terminate / finalize / discontinue

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clore qqch

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

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contraindre

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to be stubborn

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démordre

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to bite

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mordre

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to depict / potray / paint / describe / relate

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dépeindre

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to deprive

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dépourvoir

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unprepared

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pris au dépourvu

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irrelevant

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dépourvu d’intérêt

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unprejudiced

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dépourvu de préjugés

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to smere

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enduire

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to glimpse

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entreapercevoir

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Étendre un produit, une matière sur le sol en le dispersant

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épandre

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déployer en long et en large / to coat / spread / smere / plaster

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étendre

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to fail

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faillir

74
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ne pas être loin de quelque chose

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(+ infinitif) faillier réussir

75
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a trebui

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falloir

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jaillissement, l’évacuation subite, de quelque chose

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l’éruption (f)

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toute entrée ou intrusion brutale et inattendue.

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l’irruption (f)

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to barge in

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faire irruption

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that isn’t very clever

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ce n’est pas très futé

80
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smart / clever / wise / crafty

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futé

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rubble / ruins / debris

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décombres (m)

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pile of rubble

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le tas de décombres

83
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pile / heap / stack / bunch / mass / group

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le tas

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to collapse / break down / slump / plummet / crumble / fall apart / fall down / cave in /

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(s’) effondrer

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plethora / range / slew

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la kyrielle

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for what is worth!

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à prendre avec des pincettes!

87
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whereas / while /

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tandis que

88
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Be that as it may,

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Il n’empêche (que)

89
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It does not stop users from attaching a view label to this folder when a view label is created.

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Il n’empêche pas les utilisateurs d’attacher une étiquette de vue à ce dossier lorsqu’une étiquette de vue est créée.

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They depend on proven evidence to show them what is and is not true.

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Elles s’appuient sur des faits prouvés pour distinguer le vrai du faux.

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strait (stramtoare maritima)

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le détroit

92
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qui réagit à la plus petite sollicitation ; très susceptible ; à la surface de la peau ; réagir à la plus petite sollicitation ; très sensible ; fragile

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à fleur de peau

93
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the joust / battle

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la joute

94
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to bump into smth/smb

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se heurter à qqn./qqch.

95
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to hurt / hit / strike / collide / knock / bump into

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heurter qqn/qqch

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to hit the ground

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heurter le sol

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to deal with

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composer avec

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to shatter / smash / crush

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fracasser

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burglar

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le cambrioleur

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via

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