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1
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Our garden extends to the beach.

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Notre jardin s’étend jusqu’à la plage.

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The jam spreads easily on the bread.

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La confiture s’étend facilement sur le pain.

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A record-breaking heatwave is spreading across the whole country.

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Une vague de chaleur record s’étend à travers tout le pays.

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extensive network

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réseau étendu

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de toutes ses forces ; sans ménagement ; avec vigueur ; avec la plus grande énergie ; avec acharnement (expression)

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bec et ongles

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to abandon / neglect / leave / forsake / forego

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délaisser

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to clutter up / cloud / obstruct / jam / overfill

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encombrer

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cumbersome / bulky / troublesome / ponderous / hefty

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encombrant

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to lumber with (=: to cause (someone) to have (something unwanted or unpleasant)

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encombrer de qqn/qqch

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Action, démarche qui doit causer beaucoup de bruit.

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un coup d’éclat

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to inherit smth

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hériter de qqch

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to scare / spook smb

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apeurer qqn

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riot / distrubance / uprising

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l’émeute (f)

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to break / burst / shatter / pop / blow / erupt

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éclater

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to comply / to obey

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obtempérer

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point-blank

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à bout portant

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to assert / to emphasize / to put forth / to enunciate / to prove

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faire valoir qqch

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for all due intents and purposes.

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pour faire valoir ce que de droit.

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19
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the detention

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la garde à vue

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20
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to describe smb/smth as

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qualifier qqn/qqch de qqch

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21
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the blaze / inferno

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le brasier

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to denounce / lash (out) / berate (scold / condemn vehemently) / chastise / whip

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fustiger

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willingness / readiness / eagerness / haste / hurry / zeal

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l’empressement (m)

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

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la défaillance

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to steer / shunt / commute

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aiguiller qqn vers / dans

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to lead / conduct / carry out / guide / undertake /

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mener

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A steep staircase leads to the attic.

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Un escalier raide mène au grenier.

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28
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to (conduct) research

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mener des recherches

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29
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shortcuts

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les raccourcis

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30
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lemon peel / enjoyable exiting quality:

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le zeste

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31
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crazy / wacky / silly / goofy

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loufoque

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32
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to giggle / sneer / chuckle /

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ricaner

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33
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avoir une araignée dans le plafond ; être un peu fou ; avoir des lubies sans être gênant ou dangereux pour les autres ; ne pas avoir toute sa tête ; avoir une case en moins ; être tombé sur la tête ; travailler du chapeau ; être dérangé ; avoir une idée fixe ; être dérangé ; être dingo ; être fou ; être maso ; être taré - expression:

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avoir une araignée au plafond

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34
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to break one’s back

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s’échiner

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35
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ransacked / wrecked

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saccagé

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36
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damage / devastation

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le dégât

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37
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well-rounded (e.g. a team)

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épanoui

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38
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appearance

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la comparution

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39
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Two slaps and off to bed

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Deux claques et au lit

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40
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to (throw) stones

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caillasser

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41
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abuse

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l’exaction (f)

42
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networking (noun)

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le réseautage

43
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browser

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le brouteur

44
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talk about it doesn’t appeal to meq

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parler de ça ne m’enchante guère

45
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face / facade / front

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la devanture

46
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brand / banner / logo / shop sign

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l’enseigne (f)

47
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pot / fund

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la cagnotte

48
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clearance

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l’apurement (m)

49
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un étalement sur plusieurs mois du paiement de la dette =

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Un plan d’apurement

50
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bridging loan

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le prêt relais

51
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deposit / instruction / guideline / directive / watchword

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la consigne

52
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I carried out the task according to the guidelines.

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J’ai effectué la tâche selon les consignes.

53
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to call upon / urge smb to do smth

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exhorter qqn. à faire qqch

54
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(adj) given / particularly / ordinary / arbitrary / some kind of / odd / pain / indifferent / unimpressive / unspecified / mundane

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quelconque (adj)

55
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The restaurant serves rather ordinary meals.

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Le restaurant sert des plats assez quelconques.

56
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whatever

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quelqonque (pron)

57
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for any/some reason

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pour une raison quelconque

58
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in any way

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d’une quelconque manière / façon

59
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MNBC

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monnaies numériques de banques centrales

60
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stammering / babbling / splatter

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le balbutiement

61
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These new currencies are in their infancy

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Ces nouvelles monnaies en sont à leur balbutiement

62
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cluster bombs

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bombes à sous-munitions

63
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to cross / overcome / get through / traverse / hurdle / pass / jump / climb / surmont smth

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franchir qqch

64
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It took me a long time to be convinced to do it

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Cela m’a pris du temps avant d’être convaincu de le faire

65
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go for it

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franchir le pas

66
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to shit / crap

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shier

67
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to bother smb / emmerder ; déconner ; embêter ; chier ; énerver ; glander ; déranger

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faire chier qqn

68
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bankruptcy

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la banqueroute

69
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to bail

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écoper

70
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grace period

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le délais de grâce

71
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the duvet / quilt

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la couette

72
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down duvet

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la couette en duvet

73
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pillowcase

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la taie

74
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to hide smth / conceal / hold back / withhold

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taire qqch

75
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lid / cover (top)

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le couvercle

76
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To see what is beneath, you need to lift the cover.

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Pour voir ce qu’il y a en-dessous, tu dois soulever le couvercle.

77
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jar / bowl

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le bocal

78
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layout / arrangement / organisation

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l’agencement (m)

79
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I reviewed my notes several times before the exam.

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J’ai révisé mes notes à plusieurs reprises avant l’examen.

80
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The company updated its fire safety protocol.

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L’entreprise a révisé son protocole pour la sécurité incendie.

81
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The journalist spent the night editing his article.

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Le journaliste a passé la nuit à réviser son article.

82
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to service smth

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faire réviser qqch.

83
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to redesign

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réviser la conception de qqch

84
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design / approach / vision / view / understanding / apprehension / perception

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la conception

85
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fond (of)

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friand (de)

86
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to twiddle your thumbs

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vous tourner les pouces

87
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to take the lead

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prendre les devants

88
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bream / cluster / bundle

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le faisceau

89
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to rely on smth/smb

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se fier à qqn./qqch

90
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scope / reach / significance / depth / coverage / span / importance / impact

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la portée

91
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I keep my cleaning products out of reach of children.

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Je range mes produits d’entretien hors de la portée des enfants.

92
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It is too early to assess the significance of the event.

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Il est trop tôt pour évaluer la portée de l’événement.

93
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to dry up / peter out (gradually becoming smaller/weaker/less before stopping) / dwindle (to become steadily less)

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(se) tarir

94
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The stream dries up during the hot summer months.

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Le ruisseau se tarit pendant les chauds mois d’été.

95
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grant(ing) / award / authorisation / provision / disbursement

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l’octroi (f)

96
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desired / sought after / in demand

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convoité

97
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to covet / envy smth / yearn for smth

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convoiter qqch

98
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roar / clash / smash / bang / clatter / thunder / crack

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le fracas

99
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marquer la fin ; annoncer la fin de ; annoncer la mort de (expression:)

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sonner le glas

100
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advent / coming / dawn / ascension / event

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l’avènement (m)

101
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to praise / hail / flatter

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encencer qqn/qqch

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