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A movement that spreads

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Un mouvement qui fait tache d’huile

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The key word at the moment

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Le maître mot en ce moment

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to disentangle / untangle / sort / unravel / distinguish / solve / clear up

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démêler qqch

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wrongful / offending / faulty / wrong / guilty / culpable

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fautif / fautive

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pooch / doggie

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le toutou

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peers / counterparts / fellow (men)

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les congénères (m)

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to go for it / to darken / to race

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foncer

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finest jewelry

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la haute joaillerie

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to incur

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encourir

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de la pointe et du tranchant ; de toutes les manières possibles ; sans discernement ; sans réfléchir ; de façon inconsidérée ; inconsidérément (expression)

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à tort et à travers

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dresser le bilan ; examiner ; dresser un bilan ; établir le bilan ; préciser une situation en analysant les circonstances et les faits connus ; faire un bilan ; dresser un état des lieux (expression)

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faire le point

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tip / point / peak / touch / hint / head / top / spike

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la pointe

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frontline

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la pointe

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at the forefront of

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à la pointe

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cutting edge technology

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la technologie de pointe

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clear / transparent

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limpide

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on the front page

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en couverture

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shrewed

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roublard

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to govern / regulate / manage

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régir

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abyss / chasm / rift

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l’abîme (m)

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to destroy / spoil / mutilate / injure / mess smth up

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abîmer qqch

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to perish / wear down

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s’abîmer

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caught / snatched

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happé

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to get sucked in

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se fair happer

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peaceful / serene / gentle / relaxing / pleasant / restful / calm / quiet

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paisible

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he takes it upon himself out of love

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il prend sur lui par amour

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willingly

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de son plein gré

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a step aside

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un pas de coté

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to joke

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déconner

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joke

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la déconne

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roman policier

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un polar

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cavity / groove / dip / depression / cave / valley

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le creux

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hollows / cavities / dips

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les creux

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a good guy

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un mec bien

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a drama

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un drame

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juger différemment une même chose selon les personnes, les circonstances et les intérêts (expression)

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avoir deux poids et deux mesures

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37
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left unsaid

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des non-dits

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you have to know what to do with it

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il faut savoir ce qu’on en fait

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He said: “Let’s do it” !

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Ca l’a excité et il a dit banco !

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an appointment that we will meet again in the future

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un rendez-vous que nous retrouverons a l’avenir

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prêt à commencer un travail (expression)

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à pied d’oeuvre

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de partout ; en tout lieu ; à chaque coin de rue ; de toute la France (expression)

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de France et de Navarre

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(for a) long time / ancien ; à long terme ; vieux ; depuis longtemps

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de longue date

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over time

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sur la duree

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and this story, exactly?

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et cette histoire, justement?

46
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to go sideways

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partir de travers

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to ward off bad luck

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conjurer le sort

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twist

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le rebondissement

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we have a lot going on

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ont en passe beaucoup

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per se

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en lui même

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intrinsic value

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la valeur en lui-même

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moreover

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par ailleurs

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to go back years

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revenir des années en arrière

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we can’t do without the public

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on ne peut pas se passer de public

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everytime

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a chaque fois

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in hindsight

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avec le recul

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to be afraid

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avoir les pétoches

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we are there

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nous y sommes a fond

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to take / bring / carry away

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emmener

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direct / straight / instantly / first-hand / right away / simply / frankly

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directement

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in a hurry

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dans l’urgence

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entre deux camps adverses et exposé à recevoir des coups venus des deux côtés ; entre l’arbre et l’écorce ; entre deux camps adverses ; entre deux partis en conflit ; entre deux personnes qui ont des intérêts contraires (expression)

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entre le marteau et l’enclume [adv]

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trouce

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la trève

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être pressé ; être en retard (expression)

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être à la bourre

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sans façons ; simplement ; à la fortune du pot ; sans complications ; sans chichi ; comme à la maison ; façon d’agir simple ; sans embarras ; sans cérémonie ; en toute simplicité (expression)

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à la bonne franquette [adv]

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stressed

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sous contrainte

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to manage smth / seal (off)

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boucler qqch

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to shorten / shrink / take smth out

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raccourcir qqch

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to supplement their income

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arrondir ses fins de mois

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se depecher (expression)

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se magner la rondelle

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skill / ability / dexterity / capacity / competency

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l’habileté (f)

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points to consider

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des des pistes de réflexion

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to claim / to take pride in

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se targuer

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the maker / douer

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le faiseur

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Chute bruyante, dégringolade (expression = mot m.)

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Patratas! (m)

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to tie (up) / fasten

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ficeler

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to model smth

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modéliser qqch

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flood

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la crue

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damage /

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le dégât

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a very structured framework

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Un document de cadrage très cadré

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the framing letter

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la lettre de cadrage

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it took a while but here it is

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Elle s’est fait attendre un peu mais la voici

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by november 15th the latest

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d’ici au 15 novembre au plus tard

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SJR

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salaire journalier de référence, qui sert de base à l’allocation

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A calculation disputed by the unions on multiple occasions / repeatedly

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Un calcul contesté par les syndicats à de multiples reprises

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The negotiators are called upon to ensure that “the method of calculating the daily reference wage does not create a more favorable incentive than the current system” for the alternation of short contracts and periods of unemployment.

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Les négociateurs sont appelés à veiller à ce que « le mode de calcul du salaire journalier de référence ne crée pas d’incitation plus favorable que le régime actuel » à l’alternance de contrats courts et périodes de chômage.

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the wick / fuse / strand (an elongated or twisted and plaited body resembling a rope)

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la mèche

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to promise / to indicate

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augurer qqch

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firstly

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primo

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revenue / income / recipts / proceedings / earnings / returns

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les recettes

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My company doubled its revenue this year.

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Ma société a doublé ses recettes cette année.

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Despite the crisis, our revenues remain unaffected.

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Malgré la crise, nos recettes demeurent intactes.

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secondly

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secundo

94
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deckchair / sunbed

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le transat

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These moments when we wonder about a lot of things

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Ces instants où l’on s’interroge sur tout un tas de choses

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And if I dropped everything, all at once

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Et si je plaquais tout, d’un coup d’un seul

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It is very wrong to be right too soon

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On a bien tort d’avoir raison trop tôt

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crumbling / disintegration

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l’effritement (m)

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financial hole/pit / money sink / cost burden

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le gouffre financier

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skinny

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famélique

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