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48 Flashcards

1
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Elle m’en a voulu de ne pas l’avoir invité à la fête

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She resented me/ bore a grudge agaisnt me for not inviting her to the party

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mal accepter, être plein de ressentiment

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to be resentful

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être résigné à son destin

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to be resigned to one’s fate

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élastique, résistant

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resilient

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5
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en dernier resort

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as a last resort

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une station de ski

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a ski resort

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7
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agité

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restless

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8
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reprendre après une interruption

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The talks will resume on Monday

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9
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une reprise des négociations

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a resumption of talks

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10
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un résumé

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a summary

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11
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se coucher

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to retire for the night

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12
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réorganiser

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to revamp

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13
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rendre plus efficace, rationaliser

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cars are streamlined for economical petrol consumption

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14
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to take revenge

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to avenge oneself

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15
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gratifiant

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rewarding

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16
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être hanté par

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to be ridden with (fear-ridden, class-ridden..)

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17
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une histoire grouillant de mensonges

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a story riddled with lies

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18
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un système politique où la corruption règne

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a political system riddled with corruption

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19
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une devinette

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a riddle

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20
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un dilemme, une question difficile

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a conundrum

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21
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une division, un désaccord

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a rift

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22
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C’était un coup monté

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It was rigged

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23
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manipuler des élections

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to rig elections

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24
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répercussions

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ripple effect

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25
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une ondulation

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a ripple

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26
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augmenter

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to ratchet up

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27
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une augmentation des prix

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a rise in prices

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28
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une ascension

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the rise to power

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29
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errer, rôder

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to roam

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30
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flâner

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to roam

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31
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réduire les pouvoir de l’Etat, les subventions

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to roll back the power of the state

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32
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lancer une nouvelle gamme d’ordinateur

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to roll out a new line of computers

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33
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un lancement

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a roll-out

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34
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déraciner

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to uproot

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35
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la base

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grass-roots

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36
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l’Amérique profonde

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the grass-roots America/ the middle America

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37
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pourri, corrompu

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rotten

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38
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machinalement

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by rote

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39
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fastidieux

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tedious

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40
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apprendre par coeur

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to learn by rote

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41
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une travail répétitif, machinal, mécanique

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a rote-work

42
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l’apprentissage par cœur

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rote-learning

43
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inégal, rugueux

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rough

44
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une mer agitée

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a rough sea

45
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un brouillon

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a rough copy

46
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durs, voyous

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roughs, ruffians, toughs

47
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une tournée

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a round (I’ll pay for the first round of drinks)

48
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partie en tournée

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to leave on tour

49
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une rafle, un rassemblement

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a round-up

50
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les décombres

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the rubble

51
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regretter amèrement

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to rue

52
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se repentir d’avoir fait

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to rue the day you did

53
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le souverain

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the ruler

54
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décider, prendre une décision

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to rule that

55
Q

une décision

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a ruling

56
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la classe dirigeante

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the ruling class

57
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état de droit

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rule of law

58
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annuler, casser une décision

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to overrule

59
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écarter, exclure la possibillité

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to rule out

60
Q

Un transistor fonctionne avec une batterie

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A transistor runs on battery

61
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second dans un compétition

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a runner-up

62
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un concurrent qui ne gagne pas

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an also-ran

63
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être surmené

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to be run down

64
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être en mauvais état

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to be in rundown condition

65
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mettre au courant qqn

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to give sbdy a rundown on sth

66
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laisser s’accumuler

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to run up a huge hotel bill

67
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peak time

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rush hours

68
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cruel

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ruthless

69
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diner

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to have dinner

70
Q

s’être donné beaucoup de mal et ne rien réussir

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to have gone to a lot of trouble and nothing went well

71
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manquer de charme

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to lack charm (pas de of)

72
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un vrai coeur

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to be a real darling

73
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une vie bien terne et bien étriqué

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a very drab, limited existence

74
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De nouveau je me suis demandé avec terreur : Est-ce ma faute si la brillante lycéenne de quinze ans est devenue cette jeune femme éteinte?

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Once more I wondered fearfully - is it my fault that the brilliant fifteen-year-old student has become this dull Young woman?

75
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A chaque fois

A

Each time

76
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garder son sang-froid

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to keep one’s head

77
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to keep one’s opinion to oneself

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to keep one’s own counsel

78
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toute la journée d’hier

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all day yesterday

79
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J’ai eu sa sercrétaire

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I got through to the secretary

80
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Mme Guérard ne rentrera à Paris que demain

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Me Guérard won’t be back in Paris until tomorrow

81
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je joue les bouche-trous

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to be a convenient stop-gap

82
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j’étouffe de rage

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I am choking with fury

83
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une bonne fois pour toute

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once and for all

84
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une offre unique

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a once-only offer

85
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sans accident

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safely

86
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dispositifs de sécurité

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safety features

87
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des mesures de sécurité

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safety measures

88
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la sécurité de l’emploi

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job security

89
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se procurer, obtenir

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to secure sb a job

90
Q

goûter, essayer

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to sample

91
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éviter (à qn) de faire qch

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to save/spare sb the trouble of doing sth

92
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Tous ont été tués sauf un

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All were killed save one

93
Q

réduire proportionnellement

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to scale down

94
Q

à peine suffisant

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the press paid scant attention to the trial

95
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comploter

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to scheme

96
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érudition

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scholarship

97
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une personne savant, un érudit

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a scholar

98
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la scolarité obligatoire

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compulsory schooling

99
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vingt

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score

100
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three- score and 10

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