4th week Flashcards

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vif, animé, vigoureux, rapide

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brisk

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vivement

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briskly

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long, vaste

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broad

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large d’esprit, ouvert

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broadminded

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elargir

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to broaden

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dans les grandes lignes

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broadly speaking

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émettre, diffuser

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to broadcast / to beam

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rayon, faisceau

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beam

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diffuser en direct

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to broadcast live

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ecarter (personne / possibiliT) sans chercher à approfondir

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to brush off, aside

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envoyer promener

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to give sb a/the brush off

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se remettre à etudier qqch/ rafraîchir ses connaissances

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to brush up (on)

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installer des micros (cachés)

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to bug

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masse, volume // la majeure partie

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bulk

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encombrant

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bulky

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intimider, persécuter

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to bully

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un petit tyran

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a bully

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rempart, fortification

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bulwark

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soutenir, maintenir à flot

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to buoy

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avec entrain

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buoyantly

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une bouée

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a buoy

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fardeau, charge

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burden

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être chargé de, accablé par

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to be burdened with

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pesant, écrasant

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burdensome

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brûler + brûler / incendier complètement (building)

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to burn / to burn down

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s’eteindre / griller

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to burn out

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stress / tension nerveuse

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burnout

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eclater, exploser (de rire, pleurs / ballon)

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to burst into tears, laughter

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entret/ sortir précipitamment

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to burst in / into / out / out of

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enterrer / enfoncer, plonger

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to bury

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enterrement / obseques

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burial

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les affaires / un commerce

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business / a business

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passons aux choses serieuses

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lets get down to business

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mind your own business

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melez vous de ce qui vous regarde

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casser, eclater

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to bust

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faire faillite

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to go bust

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une faillite financiere

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a bust

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rompre

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to bust up / to break up

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s’affairer

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to bustle

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excitation, remue-ménage

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bustle

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racheter (firme, compagnie)

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to buy out

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un rachat d’entreprise

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a buyout

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election partielle

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by-election

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règlement local ou d’une org°

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by-laws

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sous-produit

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by-product

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route de contournement

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by-pass

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spectateur, passant

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bystander

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demander, exiger

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to call for

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appel d’offre

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call for tender

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annuler

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to call off

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une annulation

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a cancellation

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faire appel à qq / rendre visite

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to call on

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campagne

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campaign

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lancer, mener une campagne

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to run, conduct, launch a campaign

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faire campagne pour / contre qqch

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to campaign for / against sth

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faire du demarchage electoral, faire une campagne / debattre d’un sujet

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to convass / to convass a subject

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faire un sondage d’opinion

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a convass opinion

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emporter, enlever / faire avec succès

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to carry off, on (to bring off)

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continuer à faire qqch / s’enerver, faire une scene

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to carry on

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exécuter, realiser

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to carry out

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dessin humoristique, dessin animé / bande dessinée

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a cartoon (/comic strip)

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dessinateur, humoriste

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cartoonist, humorist

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beneficier de , saisir l’occasion

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to cash in on

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jeter, lancer

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to cast

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jeter un coup d’oeil

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to cast a glance

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éclairer un pb

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cast light on a pb

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se liberer de

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to cast off

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rejeter, mettre de côté

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to cast aside

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refondre, remanier

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to recast

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decontracté

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casual

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tenue décontractée

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casual dress

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une remarque faite en passant

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a casual remark

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l’air décontracté

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a casual air

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rapports sexuels occasionnels

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casual sex

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travail temporaire

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casual / temporary work

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victime, mort ou blessé

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casualty

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saisir / prendre

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to catch on to / to catch on

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rattraper qq / combler le retard

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to catch up with, on

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s’adresser à un public particulier

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to cater to, for

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restauration

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catering

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traiteur

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caterer

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prudent

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cautious

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prudence

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caution

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prendre des précautions

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to take precautions

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s’effondrer, s’affaisser

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to cave in

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ceder sous la pression, ne plus s’opposer à

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to cave in to

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la censure

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censorship

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examiner, ciritiquer, censurer

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to censor

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blamer, desapprouver

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to censure

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critiquer qq tres severement, punir

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to chastise

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recensement

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census

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lancer un defi / contester, mettre en question

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to challenge

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un defi

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a challenge

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un livre stimulant / provocateur

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a challenging book

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relever le defi

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to take up the challenge

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canaliser

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to channel

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chaine TV / filiere

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a channel

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alleguer / faire payer

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to charge that / to charge sb for sth

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accuser qq d’un crime / charger qq d’une responsabilité

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to charge sb with

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etre respon de

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to be in charge of

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le responsable

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the person in charge, the director, the chairman

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peu cher / de mauvaise qualité

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cheap

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tricher, rouler qq

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to cheat

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un tricheur

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a cheat

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une arnaque

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a rip off

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vérifier, examiner, controler, surveiller / arreter, freiner, restreindre

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go check

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compte chèque

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check-in

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caisse de supermarché

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check-out / cash register

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gronder, reprimander

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to chide

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enregistrement bagages

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check in

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gronder qq

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to give sb a chiding / to berate sb

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corvée

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chore

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un bon morceau

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chunk

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Central Intelligence Agency / Secret Intelligence Service

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the CIA / The SIS

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fonctionnaire, employé de l’Etat

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civil servant

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libertés civiques

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civil liberties

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militant pour les droits civiques

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civil rights activist

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une civile

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a civilian

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revendiquer, reclamer des droits / détruire

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to claim

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demandeur

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claimant

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déclarer, prétendre que

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to claim that

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faire semblant

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to pretend