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1
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(under)groundwater

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la nappe phréatique

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to stab

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poignarder

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to splash / splatter

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éclabousser

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we’ll talk as soon as I have questions

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on se parle dès que j’ai des questions

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to ignore / sulk / shun

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bouder

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It is while waiting to do better.

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C’est en attendant de mieux faire.

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at all cost

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à tout va

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synonyms up to a nuance

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synonymes à une nuance près

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the deciphering

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le décryptage

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to fly / to take off / to soar / to sky rocket / to vanish

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s’envoler

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to launch / start-up

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envoler

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to rush / shake up / upset / disrupt / hustle

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bousculer

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The new book aims to shake up conventional thinking.

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Le nouveau livre a pour but de bousculer les idées reçues.

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day by day

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au jour le jour

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never seen

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du jamais-vu

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expensive / costly / onerous / burdensome

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onéreux / onéreuse

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in the month alone

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sur la seule mois

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CSP+

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CSP+ comprend les chefs d’entreprise, les professions libérales, les professions à plus fort revenu du secteur privé (cadres, ingénieurs, chercheurs, etc.) ainsi que l’ensemble des fonctionnaires de catégorie A. Associée à un fort pouvoir d’achat la notion permet de regrouper de manière approximative la classe moyenne supérieure et les ménages aisés.

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over and over / time and again / many times / umpteen times

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maintes fois

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traîner en longueur ; ne pas produire l’effet attendu ; échouer ; ne pas réussir ; manquer son but ; ne pas partir ; en parlant d’une arme à feu ; durer longtemps ; durer plus que prévu (expression)

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faire long feu

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leap / jump / spring / hop / surge / bounce

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le bond

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The horse crossed the river in one jump.

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Le cheval a traversé la rivière d’un bond.

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to jump

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faire un bond

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a jump/leap forward

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un bond en avant

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in a row / consecutive

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d’affilée

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to sharpen

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affiler

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to unveil / disclose / uncover / announce / reveal / unmask / shed light on / betray

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dévoiler

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to rely on / draw on

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s’appuyer sur qqch / qqn

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to lean smth against smth

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appyuer qqch sur qqch

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to pull the trigger

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appuyer sur la gâchette

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I tapped the icon to launch the mobile app.

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J’ai appuyé sur l’icône pour lancer l’application mobile.

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32
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expression = I don’t believe a word you say

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mon œil!

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33
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s’en tamponner le coquillard ; s’en moquer complètement (expression)

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s’en battre l’oeil

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s’en moquer complètement ; s’en ficher ; s’en branler ; s’en foutre ; s’en moquer ; n’en avoir que faire (expression)

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s’en tamponner le coquillard

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être attiré par les hommes et les femmes (expression)

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Être « à voile et à vapeur » être attiré par les hommes et les femmes.

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it’s a crowd / it’s a hussle

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C’est la cohue

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38
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the back of the neck

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la nuque

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39
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the situation is mixed

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la situation est contrastée

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the mood is much more gloomy

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l’humeur est bien plus morose

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41
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a brake

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Un coup de frein

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in this mixed context

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Dans ce contexte mitigé

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about / with respect to / as for / regarding

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quant à

44
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to harvest

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vendanger

45
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wine harvest

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les vendanges (pl f)

46
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to flex / bend / weaken

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fléchir

47
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keep having fun!

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amuse-toi bien!

48
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trouble / snag / rub / flow

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le hic

49
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prohibitive

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rédhibitoire

50
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to bog smth/smb down (to prevent smth/smb from progressing)

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embourber

51
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the front / face

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le devant

52
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to grant / allocate / bestow / award

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octroyer

52
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pas du tout (expression)

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que nenni

53
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(Familier) Question banale ou à laquelle il est très facile de répondre.

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une question bateau

54
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Concerned about details, I always make sure that deadlines are met and that information is checked

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Soucieux des détails, je veille toujours au respect des délais et à la vérification des informations

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Of a cheerful nature, I am very involved in the projects entrusted to me and I appreciate building cordial relations with my colleagues.

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De nature enjouée, je suis très impliqué dans les projets que l’on me confie et j’apprécie tisser des relations cordiales avec mes collègues.

56
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to consider in advance

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réfléchir en amont

57
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in order to give concreteness to your words

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afin de donner du concret à vos dires

58
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to cavet / yearn for / envy

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convoiter

59
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quirky (unusual in an attractive and interesting way)

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un esprit décalé

60
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We may even get ahead of you.

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Il se peut même que l’on vous devance.

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to slander (a false spoken statement about someone that damages their reputation, or the making of such a statement)

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médire

62
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at the coffee machine

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à la machine à café

63
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to boast about smth

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se vanter de qqch

64
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interference / jamming / scrambling

A

le brouillage

65
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narrowness / tightness / smallness / thinness

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l’étroitesse (f)

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narrow mindness

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l’étroitesse d’esprit (f)

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tunnel vision

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l’étroitesse de vue

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aggressive

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offensif

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qui vise à ne pas blesser ; qui ménage l’adversaire ; sans intention de blesser ; qui ne vise pas à blesser ; visant à ménager l’adversaire ; visant à préserver l’intégrité de l’adversaire (expression)

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à fleurets mouchetés

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What about prices?

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Qu’en est-il des prix?

71
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Across France

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A l’échelle de la France

72
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perdre l’habitude ; être rouillé ; être dépassé (expression)

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perdre la main

73
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to pull / extract / rip / wrench / tear off / uproot / peel off / eradicate / tear away

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arracher qqn/qqch

74
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the vagueness of their workload plans

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le flou sur leurs plans de charges

75
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wait-and-see attitude

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l’attitude attentiste (f)

76
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to result / to succeed / to terminate / to come to fruition

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aboutir

77
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to lead to smt / to result in smth / to arrive at smth / to culminate with smt

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aboutir à qqch

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to come to nothing

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n’aboutir à rien

79
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review clauses

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clauses de revoyure

80
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they organize themselves as they see fit

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ils s’organisent comme bon leur semble

81
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instead

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En lieu et place

82
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to give back control

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redonner la main

83
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to gauge smth / measure / weight

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jauger qqch

84
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to be stubborn

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s’entêter

85
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a funny / quirk situation

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une situation cocasse

86
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we regret to

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on est au regret de

87
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abréviation: milliard, milliards

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mn, mns

88
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to enable / empower / entitle / authorize

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habiliter qqn

89
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abréviation: billion, billions

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md, mds

90
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to stir / arouse / fan / whip up / inflame /

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attiser qqch

91
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to misinterpret smth

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se méprendre sur qqn./qqch

92
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to thread / suit up / put on

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enfiler

93
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arata exact ca

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ressemble à s’y méprendre à

94
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to wrap up (in clothes)

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s’emitoufler

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marcher en attendant ; marcher de long en large ; attendre ; aller et venir en attendant quelque chose (expression)

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faire les cent pas

96
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the robbery / hold up

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le braquage

97
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Incalzirea a esuat.

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Le chauffage a lâché

98
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to release / to let go / to drop smth / to break / to unleash / to fail / to give away

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lâcher

99
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to let go

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lâcher prise

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