43 Flashcards

1
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envier avoir du ressentiment

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to grudge (someone’s succes)

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2
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en vouloir à qqn

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to bear a grudge against sb

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3
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avec du ressentiment

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grudgingly

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4
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exténuant, éreintant

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grueling

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5
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lignes directives, par extension une directive

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guidlines

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6
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Directives est le maître mot dans l’argot des institutions européennes

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“Guidelines” is a key word in Eurospeak

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7
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Habeas Corpus

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“you may have the body”

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8
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grêlons

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hailstones

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9
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transmettre une tradition

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to hand down, in, out

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10
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une comptine

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a nurserie rhyme

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11
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remettre

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to hand in

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12
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une échantillon gratuit

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a free handout

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13
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livrer, céder

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to hand over

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14
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savoir s’y prendre, faire face

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to handle

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15
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adroit (personne), pratique (objet)

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handy

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16
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malmener

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to mishandle

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17
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traîner quelque part, (souvent en attendant qn, qch)

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to hang around, about

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18
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rester en arrière, hésiter à aller de l’avant

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to hang back

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19
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garder, ne pas lâcher

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to hang on

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20
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tenir bon, résister

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to hang on

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21
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s’accrocher

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to hang in

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22
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se serrer les coudes

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to hang together

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23
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tenir debout (pour une histoire)

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to hang together

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24
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une névrose

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a hang-up*

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25
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sans méthode ou organisation, au hasard

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haphazard

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26
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sévèrement, cruellement

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harshly

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27
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tracas, histoire

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an hassle* (What a hassle to get a ticket !)

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28
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se chamailler, se bagarrer

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to hassle

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29
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une risque pou la santé

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a health hazard

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30
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les risques du métier

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occupational hazards

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31
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pile ou face

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heads or tails

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32
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rubrique

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heading

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33
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avancer, progresser

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to make headway

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34
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chef d’Etat

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head of state

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35
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se diriger vers

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to head for disaster

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36
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devenir critique

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to come to head

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37
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la panacée

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cure-all

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38
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peu solide, en mauvais état

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unhealthy, unsound

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39
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le fond du problème

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the crux of the problem

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40
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être encouragé, soulagé

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to be heartened

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41
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encourageant

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heartening

42
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répondre à coté

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to hedge

43
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se protéger

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to hedge

44
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une haie, une protection (fig)

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a hedge

45
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esquiver, ne pas répondre directement

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to hedge/fudge on

46
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langue de bois

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double talk, waffle

47
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faire attention à, tenir compte de

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to heed

48
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être attentif/ inattentif

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to be heedful / heedless of

49
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atroce, abominable, odieux

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a heinous crime

50
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impuissant, incapable de s’en sortir

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to be helpless

51
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serviable, efficace

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to be helpful

52
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“intello”

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highbrow

53
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la vie mondaine

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high life

54
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de haute qualité

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high-grade

55
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agité, nerveux

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high-strung

56
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faire une excursion à pied

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to hike

57
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augmenter sensiblement

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to hike

58
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une gêne, un obstacle

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an hindrance

59
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une charnière

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a hinge

60
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à crédit

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hire purchase

61
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entasser, accumuler (souvent en secret)

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to hoard

62
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une réserve, un magot

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a hoard

63
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un panneau d’affichage

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a hoarding

64
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soutenir, estimer

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to hold

65
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tenir à distance, en attente

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to hold off

66
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se cramponner

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to hold on

67
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durer, résister

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to hold out

68
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insister sur (dans le contexte d’un accord)

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Employees held out for a raise in salary

69
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retarder

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to hold up

70
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creux, faux, trompeur

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hollow

71
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crise du logement

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housing shortage

72
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humaniste

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humanistic

73
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plein d’humanité

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humane

74
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avec humanité

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humanely

75
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terre en jachère

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idle land

76
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promesses en l’air

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idle promises

77
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conversation futile, oiseuse

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idle conversation

78
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diminuer, affaiblir, abîmer

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to impair

79
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pairs et impairs

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even and odd numbers

80
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imminent, prochain

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impending

81
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un élan, une impulsion, une motivation

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an impetus

82
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affecter, toucher, empiéter sur

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to impinge on

83
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suggérer, laisser entendre

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to imply

84
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insinuations

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implications

85
Q

déclarations des revenus

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income tax return

86
Q

le fisc

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Inland Revenue (GB), Internal Revenue Service, Uncle Sam* (US)

87
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incomber à

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to be incumbent on

88
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zone industriel

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an industrial park (US), an industrial estate

89
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enfreindre

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to infringe on

90
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une infraction

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an infrigement

91
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ingéniosité

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ingenuity

92
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habiter

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to inhabit

93
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inoffensif (drug, remark), inintéressant, insipide

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innocuous

94
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inepte, stupide

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inane

95
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une ineptie

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an inanity

96
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démesuré, excessif

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inordinate

97
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avance, incursion

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to make inroads into new fields of study

98
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la santé mentale

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the sanity

99
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compréhension intuitive

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an insight

100
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la vue

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the eyesight