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officiel, cérémonieux, dans les règles

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formal

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de forme

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formal

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sources officieuses

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informal sources

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celui-là … celui-ci ; le premier … le second

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the former and the latter

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aider à se développer, encourager, entretenir

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to Foster peace

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parents adoptifs

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Foster parents

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impur, crapuleux, vil

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foul

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jeu irrégulier, acte criminel, un tricherie

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a foul play (to foul play)

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soupçonner qqch de louche

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to suspect foul play

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un sale temps

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a foul weather

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ficher en l’air

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to foul up

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un fondateur

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a founder

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patauger et finir par s’écrouler

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to founder (the plan foundered for lack of support)

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patauger, se débattre

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to flounder

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La société battait de l’aile

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the company was floundering

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16
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une fragilité humaine (morale)

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a human frailties

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17
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encadrer du personnel

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to supervise, to train staff

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18
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dans le cadre de

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in the framework

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19
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monter un coup contre qnn

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to frame sb

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un coup monté

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a frame-up

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21
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être fou de rage

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to be frantic with rage

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être dans tous ses états

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to get frantic

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lourd, chargé de

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fraught with (difficulties)

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transport de joie

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Frenzy of delight

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une activité frénétique

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a frenzied activity

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se tracasser, se tourmenter

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to fret

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agité, enervé

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fretful

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vivre en marge de la société

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to live on the fringe of society

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29
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avantages supplémentaires, en plus, primes

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fringe benfits = perk

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30
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épanouissement personnel

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self-fulfilment

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31
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un dîner au bénéfice de

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a fund-raising dinner

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32
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gestionnaire de fonds, de portefeuille

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a fund manager

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33
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promouvoir

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to further

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méticuleux, pointilleux

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fussy, to be fussy about details

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35
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duveteux, crépu, pelucheux

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fuzzy

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36
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flou imprécis

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fuzzy

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37
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risquer

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to gamble on

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38
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C’est risqué

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It’s a gamble

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39
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miser sur

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to gamble on

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40
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C’est une jeu d’enfant

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It’s child’s play

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41
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répéter (pièce de théâtre)

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to rehearse

42
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un gouffre

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a gulf

43
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une divergence

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a discrepancy

44
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un créneau

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a gap/niche in the market

45
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un trou béant

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a gaping hole

46
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un éboueur

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a dustman

47
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avoir le souffle coupé

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to gasp

48
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mesurer (qté), prévoir (events)

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to gauge

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une jauge, un indicateur

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a gauge

50
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être adapté à un usage particulier

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to be geared to

51
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vitesses (auto)

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gears

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être préparé à

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to be in gear for

53
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se préparer à

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to get geared up for

54
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expliquer, communiquer une idée clairement

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to get across

55
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avancer, bien marcher

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to get along (in my studies)

56
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faire qch sans être découvert, puni

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to get away with

57
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se mettre enfin à faire qch

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to get down to (Enough fooling around, it’s time we got down to work)

58
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gêner, entraver

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to get in the way of

59
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se soustraire à qqch que l’on ne veut pas faire

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to get out of doing sth

60
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Je n’en reviens pas!

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I can’t get over it!

61
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arriver à faire qch, avoir le temps

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to get round

62
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contourner, passer outre

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to get round

63
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horrible, effrayant

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ghastly

64
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trahir

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to give away (his English accent gave him away)

65
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se trahir

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to give oneself away

66
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amener, engendrer

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to give rise to

67
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briller d’un éclat éblouissant (désagréable)

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to glare

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évident, qui saute aux yeux

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a glaring error

69
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une lueur faible

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a glimmer

70
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scintiller

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to glitter

71
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éclat, brillant

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glitz

72
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regarder superficiellement

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to gloss over

73
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une revue illustrée

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a glossy (magazine)

74
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rayonner, flamboyer

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to glow (to glow with pride)

75
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surcharger, gaver

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to glut

76
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un surplus, une surabondance sur le marché

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a glut on the market

77
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le temps passe

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time go by

78
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s’adonner, étudier, se diriger vers

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to go in for

79
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Comment s’est passé ta fête?

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How did the party go off?

80
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mener à bout qch, terminer

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to go through with sth

81
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évaluer, donner une note

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to grade

82
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une note, une catégorie, échelon

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a grade

83
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un produit de première classe

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a high-grade goods

84
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un étudiant en maîtrise ou en phd

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a (post)-graduate student

85
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le seigle

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rye

86
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la sarrasin

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buckwheat

87
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l’orge

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barkley

88
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sujet de plainte

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grievance

89
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subir un malheur, tourner mal, échouer

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to come to grief

90
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être peiné, chagriné

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to grieve

91
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affreux, cruel

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grievous

92
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la dure réalité

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the grim reality

93
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se secouer, se ressaisir

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to get a grip on oneself

94
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se débattre avec

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to grapple with (a problem)

95
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prendre un situation en main, faire face

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to come to grips with

96
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tâtonner, aller à l’aveugle

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to grope (to grope for an answer)

97
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faire une recette brute de

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to gross

98
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un motif, une raison

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a ground

99
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premises

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grounds

100
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rechigner à donner qqch

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to gudge (money)

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