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1
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le piratage de lignes téléphoniques

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phone hacking

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s’embraser, éclater

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to flare up

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se déclencher à nouveau

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to (re)ignite

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le non respect des droits

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lawlessness

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5
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se répandre, imprégner

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to permeate

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6
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indignation

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outrage

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porté disparu

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reported missing

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admettre, laisser faire

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to condone

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irréprochable

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spotless

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10
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être sous les feux de la rampe

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to be in the limelight

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en puissance, qui aspire à

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would-be

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12
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les frasques de qnn

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sb’s antics

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oust, allez

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shoo

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14
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chasser qn

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to shoo sbdy

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15
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passer en vitesse

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to zip along

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aller à toute blinde, courir à toute vitesse

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to belt along

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17
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faire des progès

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to come along

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18
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marcher d’un pas pressé

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to hurry along

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enjôler, amadouer

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to jolly along

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avancer ton bien que mal

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to muddle along

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21
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entrer dans le jeu de

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to play along with

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22
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bringuebaler

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to rattle along

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23
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aller à toute vitesse

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to tear along

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24
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pion

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a pawn

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25
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un pion sur l’échiquier politique

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political pawn

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26
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en témoignage d’amour

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as a token of love

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27
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allons, allons!

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there, there!

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28
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j’ai entièrement confiance en lui

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I trust him with my life

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29
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ma puce, mon lapin

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pumpkin*

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30
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garder son calme

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to say cool

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31
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la magie n’existe pas

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there is no such thing as magic

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32
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fichu, désolé (paysage)

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blasted

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33
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entrée par effraction

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breakin and entering

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34
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atterrir en catastrophe

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to crash-land

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35
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la terre ferme

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dry earth

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36
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réforme agraire

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land reform

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37
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aristocratie terrienne

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landed gentry

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38
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kook

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crackpot*

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39
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être en retard

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to be behind schedule

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40
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crapaud

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a toad

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41
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être doué de

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to be blessed with

42
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flotter

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to bob

43
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trucs

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bis and bobs*

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plume

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a quill

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bégayer

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to stutter

46
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de classe internationale

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world-class

47
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to be very rich

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to be as rich as they come*

48
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comme par hasard

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conveniently

49
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vivre de

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to live off

50
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vivre au crochet de ses parents

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to live off one’s parents

51
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bonne nuit

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nighty-night *

52
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bobards

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codswallop*

53
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chercher ses mots

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to be stumped for words

54
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souche, moignon

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stump

55
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sécher ne pas savoir répondre

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to be stumped

56
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discours de campagne

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a stump speech

57
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être fin prêt

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to be all set

58
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crotte de nez

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booger

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transmettre

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to hand down

60
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être transmis de père en fils

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to be handed down from father to son

61
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ensorcelé

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bewitched

62
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interdit

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to be out-of bounds

63
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se maintenir au niveau

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to keep up

64
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évalutation

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assessment

65
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pousse toi

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move over

66
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bruisser

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to swish

67
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agiter (une baguette magique)

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to flick

68
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cerceau

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hoop

69
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tomber sur

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to happen upon

70
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si jamais, par hasard, par chance,

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exemple : if you happen to meet

71
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jeter un sort

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to put a jinx on sth

72
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porter la poisse à qqqn

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to put a jinx on sbdy

73
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cligner (des yeux)

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to blink

74
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démon

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a fiend

75
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dépérir

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to waste away

76
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se réfugier dans ses rêves, s’attarder sur le passé

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to dwell on dreams

77
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se promener

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to walk about

78
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colle, punition

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a detention

79
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être composé de

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to be compounded with

80
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aggraver

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to compound

81
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à court de personnel

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to be short-handed

82
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rebondir

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to rebounce

83
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entrer énergétiquement

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to bounce in

84
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sauter sur qqch

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to bounce on

85
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il est plein d’entrain

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he’s got plenty of bounce

86
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sortir qch de (avec peine)

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to haul sth out

87
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transporter (en camion)

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to haul

88
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long-courrier

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long-haul

89
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être trainé devant les tribunaux

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to be hauled before the court

90
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escabeau

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a steplader

91
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une lingette

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a baby wipe

92
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dépendre de

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to ride on

93
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cafter qn

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to snitch on sby

94
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péter le feu

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to be full of beans*

95
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comptable (péjorative)

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a bean counter

96
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haricot vert

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French bean

97
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une bouffée

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a whiff

98
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sentir l’odeur de qch

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to catch the whiff of sth

99
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de traviole

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skew-whiff*

100
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aucune idée

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not a clue

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