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1
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mâcher le travail

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to be spoon-fed (fig)

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perspicace

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perceptive

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sinistre

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creepy

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être franc sur qqch

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to be up-front about sth*

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d’avance

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up-front payment

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traquer

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to stalk

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une tige

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a stalk

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câliner

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to cuddle

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faire un câlin

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to give sb a cuddle

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beurk, argh

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yikes

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remettre sur pied

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to turn around

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12
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gagner

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to come off best

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13
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zone de stationnement interdite

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tow-away zone

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14
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guincher

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to boogie

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15
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dans le nord d’un Etat

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upstate

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16
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traîner

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to drag

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17
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être balance

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to be libra

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18
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coloré (teint), chargé (architecture)

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florid

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19
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et voilà le travail

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bob your uncle!

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20
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une rechute

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a relapse

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21
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corpulent

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portly

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22
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prendre qcch pour parole d’évangile

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to take sth as gospel

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23
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récriminer

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to expostulate

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24
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vieille fille

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a spinster (old-fashioned)

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ridicule

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preposterous

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être au point mort

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to be in neutral

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27
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fiacre

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hansom

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une erreur, une bévue

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a slip

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29
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fausser compagnie à qqn

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to give sb a slip

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30
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un lapsus

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a slip of the tongue

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31
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banal

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trite

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32
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somptueux, peluche

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plush

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33
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prétendre être qqn

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to purport to be sth

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34
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passable de poursuites judiciaires

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actionable

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35
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provisoire

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interim

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36
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faisable

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doable

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37
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saboter, bâcler

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to botch

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38
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frotter contre

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to chafe

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39
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se rebiffer contre

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to chife against

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40
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s’irriter de qch

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to chife at

41
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machiniste

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stagehand

42
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moelleux

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mellow

43
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égalité

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deuce (tennis)

44
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le film m’a tenu en haleine du début à la fin

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The movie had me on the edge of my seat right from the beginning

45
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j’ai été retardé

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I got waylaid

46
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une personne quine boit jamais d’alcool

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a teetotaler

47
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être séparé de

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to be estranged from

48
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informer qn de qch

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to apprise sb of sth

49
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prévoyance

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forethought

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être perplexe, embarrassé, ne pas savoir comment

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to be at a loss to

51
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curieux

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nosey

52
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exaspérer, agacer

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to aggravate

53
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se vautrer

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to wallow

54
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se complaire dans son malheur

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to wallow in misery

55
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corriger

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to proof-read

56
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un harnais

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a harness

57
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maîtriser, exploiter

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to harness

58
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baver

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to drool, to slaver

59
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une boniche

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a slavey

60
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écouter, tenir compte

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to heed

61
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une prairie, un pré

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a meadow

62
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une pacotille

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a trifle

63
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un coup de vent, une tempête

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a gale

64
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abracadabra

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hocus-pocus

65
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une supercherie

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a hocus-pocus

66
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infested with lice

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lousy

67
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nul

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lousy*

68
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petite monnaie

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copper

69
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un flic, un poulet

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a copper

70
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un gourdin, une matraque

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a cosh

71
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écume, mousse

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scum

72
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la racaille, la pourriture

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scum

73
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un castor

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a beaver

74
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la chatte

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beaver*

75
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la bravoure, la vaillance

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gallantry

76
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ambiance

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craic (irish)

77
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sur la défensive

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on one’s back foot

78
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bon sens

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common sense

79
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partisan

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factional

80
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famille, proche

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kin

81
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la craie

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chalk

82
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une fuite, évasion

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a getaway*

83
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j’y crois pas, nan tu déconnes!

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Get away!*

84
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un chapelier

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a milliner

85
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en plein dans le mille

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spot-on*

86
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intimité

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the togetherness

87
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sirop

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cordial

88
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païen

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heathen

89
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faire respecter la loi

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to uphold the law

90
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confirmer

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to uphold

91
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faire partie des attributions de qqn

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to be within sb’s remit

92
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envoyer de l’argent

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to remit

93
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date d’exécution du contrat

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completion date

94
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être presque terminé

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to be nearing completion

95
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achèvement, réalisation

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completion

96
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devoir être terminé

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to be due to completion

97
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la visière de

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the peak of a cap

98
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heure creuse, tarif réduit

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off-peak

99
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plein tarif

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peak rate

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