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la guerre de cent ans

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the Hundred Years’ War

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mort-né

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stillborn

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un ressort

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a spring

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dans les années à venir

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in years to come

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avoir beaucoup de temps

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to have plenty of time

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un passe-temps

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a passtime

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dépassé (temporellement)

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out-of-date, outdated, out of fashion

‘This theory is out-of-date’

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un jour sur deux

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every other day

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un cadran solaire

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a sundial

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l’accouchement

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childbirth

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naître

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to be born

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les Années folles

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the Roaring Twenties

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la petite aiguille

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the hour hand

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un antiquaire

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an antique dealer

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les jours de la semaine

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weekdays

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estival

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summery

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la trotteuse

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the second hand

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immédiatement

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at once

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le Siècle des lumières

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the Age of Enlightenment

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à temps

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in time

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le printemps

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spring

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déterrer

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to dig out

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se reproduire

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to recur

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sous peu

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shortly

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rattraper le temps perdu

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make up for lost time

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le mal du pays

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homesickness

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en ce moment

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at the moment

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une année civile

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a calendar year

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nocturne

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nocturnal

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la jeunesse

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youth

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une fois de trop

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once too often

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dans un avenir proche/lointain

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in the near/distant future

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remonter une montre

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to wind up a watch

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un quart d’heure

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a quarter of an hour

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enfin (soulagement)

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at last

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annuel

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annual/yearly

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entre-temps

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in the meantime

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un semestre

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a semester

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actuellement

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currently

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une ère

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an era

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l’âge de raison

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the age of reason

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incessant

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unremitting

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un avant goût

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a foretaste

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plus tard

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later on

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médiéval

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mediaeval

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être pressé

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to be in a hurry

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un agenda

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a diary

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l’aube, aurore

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dawn

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une perspective

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a prospect

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la grande aiguille

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the minute hand

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attendre un enfant

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be expecting a baby

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avant-hier

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the day before yesterday

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le remontoir

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the winder

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tout à l’heure (avant)

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just now

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éternel

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everlasting

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après cela

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afterwards

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quelques fois par semaine

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a couple of times a week

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un sablier

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a hourglass

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fiable

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reliable

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d’avance

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beforehand

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l’attente

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expectation

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après demain

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the day after tomorrow

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trimestriel

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quarterly

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prévoir

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to foretell

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à long terme

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in the long term/run

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jusqu’à présent

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up to now/until now/so far

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précis

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accurate

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une fois de temps en temps

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once in a while

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provisoire

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provisional

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de temps en temps

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from time to time

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toutes les fois que

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whenever

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un millénaire

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a millennium

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rappeler qqch à qqun

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remind sb of sth

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heure creuse

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off-peak time

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s’écouler

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to go by

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dater de

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date from

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accélérer le pas

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to quicken one’s pace

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l’âge de bronze

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the Bronze Age

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la haute saison

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high season

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écourter

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shorten/curtail

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momentanément

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for a short while

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il fait nuit noire

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it’s pitch-dark

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contemporain

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contemporary

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84
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au petit matin

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in the early hours

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une pendule qui avance

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a fast clock

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86
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l’avant/après guerre

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the pre-war/post-war period

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tuer le temps

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to kill time

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88
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l’âge de pierre

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the Stone Age

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à venir

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prospective

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du matin au soir

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from morning till night

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la basse saison

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the off-season

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un trimestre scolaire

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a school term

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donner naissance à

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give birth to

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par à-coups

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by fits and starts

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un croisé

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a crusader

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un nouveau-né

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a newborn

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anachronique

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anachronistic

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toute la journée

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all day long

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antique

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ancient

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une pendule qui retarde

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a slow clock

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une décision à court terme

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a short-term decision

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la date de naissance

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the date of birth

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un laps de temps

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a lapse of time

104
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une guerre sainte

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a holy war

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un minuteur

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a timer

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cela fait une éternité que

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it has been ages since

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printanier

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springlike

108
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une quinzaine

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a fortnight

109
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la croissance

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growth

110
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rarement

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seldom, hardly ever

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les jeunes

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youngsters

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creuser

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to dig

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en prenant tout son temps

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at length

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la grossesse

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pregnancy

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la guerre des Deux-Roses

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the War of the Roses

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jusqu’a ce que

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until

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à la mode

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fashionable

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une année bissextile

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a leap year

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la première guerre mondiale

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World War I

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par intermittence

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on and off

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les Croisades

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The crusades

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un jour ou l’autre

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sometime

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le cadran

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the dial

124
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le lever du soleil

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sunrise

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un archéologue

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an archaeologist

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gagner du temps

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to save time

127
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l’ancien

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the former

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pendant la journée

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in the daytime

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avancer/retarder une pendule d’une heure

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put a clock forward/backward one hour

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le carillon

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the chime

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diurne

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diurnal

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dernièrement

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lately

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un tout petit

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a toddler (toddle : faire ses premiers pas)

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le Moyen-Âge

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the Middle Ages

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programmer

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to schedule

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l’âge de glace

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the Ice Age

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allaiter

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breastfeed

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au milieu de la nuit

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in the middle of the night

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se lever/coucher (soleil)

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rise/set

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l’âge de fer

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the Iron Age

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le jour de l’Armistice

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Remembrance Day (11nov)

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un nourrisson

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an infant

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une politique à long terme

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a long-term policy

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un trimestre

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a quarter

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du matin au soir

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from morning till night

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l’ère victorienne

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the Victorian era

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l’heure de pointe

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rush hour/peak time

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le plus souvent

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more often than not

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un emploi du temps

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a timetable

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long (trop)

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lengthy

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prématuré

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premature

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un vol régulier

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a scheduled flight

153
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presser qqun de faire qqchose

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urge somebody to do something

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à jour

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up-to-date

155
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sans fin

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endless

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une décennie

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a decade

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la préhistoire

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Prehistory

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par la suite

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subsequently

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branché

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trendy

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à présent

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from now on

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dater quelque chose

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to date something

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pour le moment

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for the time being

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automnal

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autumnal

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pendant des lustres

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for ages

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en même temps

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at the same time

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une habitude

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a habit

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l’enfance

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childhood

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hivernal

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wintry

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un rouage

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a cog

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l’affichage à cristaux liquides

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liquid crystal display

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tôt ou tard

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sooner or later

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révolutionnaire

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revolutionary

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pendant ce temps

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meanwhile

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le jour suivant

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the following day

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à l’aube

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at dawn

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tout de suite

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straight away

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le crépuscule

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dusk/twilight

178
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à l’heure

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on time

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faire passer le temps

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to while away the time

180
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l’entre-deux guerres

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the inter-war period

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à court terme

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in the short run/term

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un chronomètre

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a stopwatch

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enfantin

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childish

184
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être mineur

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be under age

185
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crédule

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gullible

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désobéissant

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disobedient

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idéaliste

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idealistic

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l’âge adulte pour un homme/femme

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manhood/womanhood

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l’âge mûr

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middle age

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les grandes personnes

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the grown-ups

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atteindre la quarantaine

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to push forty

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faire jeune pour son âge

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to look young for one’s age

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dans la force de l’âge

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in the prime of life

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n’ayant pas atteint la quarantaine

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on the right side of forty

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ayant dépassé la quarantaine

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on the wrong sight of forty

196
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les personnes âgées

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old people, the elderly

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une personne du troisième âge

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a senior citizen

198
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un retraité

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a pensioner

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une maison de retraite

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an old people’s home

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les soins permanents

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24-hour nursing

201
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un grabataire

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a bedridden invalid

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un âge très avancé

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a ripe old age (ripe:mûr pour un fruit)

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un septuagénaire

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a septuagenarian

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un octogénaire

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an octogenarian

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un centenaire

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a centenarian

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la sénilité

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senility

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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une durée de vie

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life span

209
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une ride

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a wrinkle

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un appareil auditif

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a hearing aid

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un dentier

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a denture

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prendre sa retraite

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to retire

213
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mettre qqn à la retraite

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to retire someone

214
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prendre une retraite anticipée

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take early retirement

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retarder la retraite

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to postpone retirement

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ne plus se faire tout jeune

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to be getting on (years)

217
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atteindre un âge très avancé

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live to a ripe old age

218
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dépérir

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to wither

219
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radoter

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to ramble

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retomber en enfance

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lapse into second childhood

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être gâteux

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to dote

222
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un vieillard gâteux

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a dotard

223
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un ami de longue date

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a long-standing friend

224
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vieillissant

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ageing

225
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d’âge mûr

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middle-aged

226
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invalide

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crippled

227
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les défunts

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the departed

228
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un suicidé

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a suicide

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Les familles des défunts (les endeuillés)

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the bereaved

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