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1
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qch de nouveau et d’original

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a novelty

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une personne odieuse

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an obnoxious person

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un ennui

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a nuisance (All this paper work is a nuisance!)

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une nuisance sonore

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a noise pollution

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C’est embêtant

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It’s a nuisance

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vivre, évoluer dans un environnement formateur

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to live in a nurturing environment

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On peut opposer ma nature et la culture

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We can oppose nature and nurture

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un serment

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an oath

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prêter serment

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to take/swear an oath

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être témoin assermenté

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to be Under oath

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11
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pousser un juron

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to utter an oath

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12
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se reproduire

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to recur

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13
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Environ 50 personnes

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50-odd people

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IL est peu probable qu’il obtienne un deuxième mandat

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The odds are agaisnt his winning a second term

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remplir ses fonctions

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to hold office

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quitter ses fonctions

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to go out of office

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17
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en perspective

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in the offing (There are few jobs in the offing for science graduates)

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une nouvelle branche, ramification, conséquence

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Evangelicalism is an offshoot of Christianity

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une conséquence positive

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a positive offshoot

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20
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une nappe de pétrole

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an oil slick

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un gisement de pétrole

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an oïl deposit

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OPEP

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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

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23
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un médiateur

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an ombudsman

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négocier un accord

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to broker

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25
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de mauvais augure, menaçant

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ominous (cloud)

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un présage

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an omen

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évincer, forcer à démissioner

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to oust

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un paria, un proscrit

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The jobless feel like social outcasts

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29
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Mon passeport n’est plus valide

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My passport is out of date

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surpasser, dépasser un concurrent

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to outdo

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31
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se surpasser

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to outdo / outstrip oneself

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32
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devenir trop grand pour (des vêtements), ne plus avoir besoin

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to outgrow (Teenagers often feel they have outgrown the need for parents)

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33
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un hors-la-loi

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an outlaw

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34
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une sortie, une issue

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an outlet

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35
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perspectives, débouchés d’emploi

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job outlets

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36
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une prise de courant

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an electrical outlet

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37
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un point de vente

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a sales outlet

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38
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un magasin d’usine

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a factory outlet

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39
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un contour, un tracé, un plan

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The outline of the Eiffel Tower

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40
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exposer les grandes lignes

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to outline

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41
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les grandes lignes

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the broad outline

42
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survivre à

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to outlive

43
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produire, mettre sur le marché

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to put out

44
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atrocité, crime, acte monstrueux

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an outrage

45
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scandaleux, choquant

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outrageous

46
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être outré

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to be outraged

47
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Il a dit carrément ce qu’il pensait

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He spoke his mind outright

48
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Il est totalement opposé à la privatisation

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He ‘s an outright/downright opponent of privatization

49
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un total imbécile

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an outright/downright fool

50
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franc, sans ambiguïté, qui ne mâche pas ses mots

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an outspoken opponent, to answer in an outspoken manner

51
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non encore réglé ou résolu, impayé

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outstanding problems, accounts

52
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une vue d’ensemble

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an overall view

53
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d’un point de vue général

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generally speaking, from an overall/global point of view

54
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succomber à

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to overcome by (joy, fear)

55
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un découvert bancaire

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an overdraft

56
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réviser complétement, vérifier, réparer (une machine), refondre

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to overhaul a car, a law, social structures

57
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tirer, traîner, transporter

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to haul

58
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Un avion vrombit très bas au-dessus de notre tête

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the army planes zoomed low overhead

59
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vroum

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zoum!

60
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frais généraux

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overhead/running expenses

61
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se chevaucher, coïncider

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to overlap

62
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négliger

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to overlook

63
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Je suis rester toute la nuit avec des amis

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I stayed overnight with friends

64
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pendant la nuit

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overnight

65
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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

66
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l’emporter sur, casser une décision

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to override

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primordial

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overriding

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rattraper (une entreprise)

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to overtake

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heures supp

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overtime

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emploi à temps partiel/ à plein temps

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a part-time/ full-time job

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être confus

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to be overwhelmed

72
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reconnaître, avouer son tort

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to own up to (having taken drugs)

73
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arpenter

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to pace up and down

74
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primordial

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paramount

75
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se séparer de

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to part with

76
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quitter qn

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to part from sbdy

77
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faire part de qch , transmettre

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to impart (knowledge, traditions)

78
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un bienfaiteur, un sponsor

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a patron

79
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un mécène

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a patron of the arts

80
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un client régulier

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a patron

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parrainage

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patronage

82
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la clientèle

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restaurant’s patronage

83
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la patronat

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employers

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être client de

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to patronize

85
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le café a une clientèle en grande partie composée d’intellectuelles

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the café is patronized largely by intellectuals

86
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traiter avec condescendance

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to patronize

87
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une pénurie, un manque

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a paucity

88
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une feuille de paie

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a payslip

89
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une société de 30 employés

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a company with a payroll of 30

90
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congés payés

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holdays with pay

91
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masse salariale

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total payroll

92
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la charge (missile)

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a payload

93
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rapporter, être rentable

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to pay off

94
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kickback

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payoff

95
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heures de pointe

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peak hours/time

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prime time

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peak time

97
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alimony

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child support

98
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point de vue

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from the perspective of

99
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avoir du recul

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to keep things in perspective

100
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définir, identifier avec précision

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to pin down

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