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1
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être au top niveau

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to be at peak performance

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serrer

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to clench

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réussir brillamment

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to pass with flying colours

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allons donc, zut

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tut

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sténographie

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shorthand

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dire à voix basse, dire qch sans conviction

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to mouth

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to brag

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to mouth off

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j’ai encore perdu une occasion de me taire

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me and my big mouth

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de la bouche des enfants

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out ofthe mouths of babes

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un signe avant-coureur

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a precursor

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un docker

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a stevedore

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un étambot (gouvernail)

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a sternpost

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la couture

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needlework

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14
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teint cireux

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sallow

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gazouiller, blablater

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to twitter

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une ardoise

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a slate

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prévoir, pressentir

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to slate

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18
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discutable

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questionable

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19
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bourge, aristo

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a toff*

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20
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divers

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miscellaneous

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21
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fauché

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skint*

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22
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avoir la tête qui tourne

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to be giddy

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23
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détruire, anéantir

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to obliterate

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perdre son temps

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to beat a dead horse

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25
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un quai

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a wharf

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26
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dans la force de l’âge

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in the prime of life

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avec acharnement, énergiquement

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strenuously

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28
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un tourbillon

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an eddy

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29
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réserve, provisions, trésor, magot

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a hoard

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30
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dépasser

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to protrude

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31
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une bagarre, une échauffourée

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a scuffle

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32
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bien mériter

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to be fair game for

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33
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un cormoran

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a shag

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34
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baiser avec

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to have a shag*

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35
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en détention préventive

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on remand

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36
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être mis en détention provisoire

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to be remanded in custody

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37
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être mis en liberté sous caution

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to be remanded on bail

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38
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une grille

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a grating

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39
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réalisation, connaissance

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attainment

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40
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fantasque

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whimsical

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41
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d’un air contrit

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ruefully

42
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nanti

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a well-to-do

43
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doublure, revêtement

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a lining

44
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suif

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tallow

45
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faire des courses

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to run errands

46
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ne plus savoir que faire

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to be at one’s wits’ end

47
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réalité

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realness

48
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tout petit, mignon

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dinky*

49
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isoler

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to insulate

50
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clause de confidentialité

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non disclosure agreement (NDA)

51
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sans toi

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if it wasn’t for you

52
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au goût de pêche

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peachy

53
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chouette

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peachy*

54
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soirée pyjama, dormir chez qn

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a sleepover (to sleep over*)

55
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terrien

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earthling

56
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des lésions cérébrales

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brain damage

57
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une rupture d’anévrisme

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a brain aneurysm

58
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grimacer

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to wince

59
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soyeux

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fluffy

60
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rêver, imaginer

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to fantasize

61
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marcher d’un pas lourd

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to lumber

62
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bois de charpente

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lumber

63
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encombrer

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to lumber

64
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une scierie

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a lumber

65
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de mauvaise qualité

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crappy

66
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être au-delà de tout entendement

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to be way over my head

67
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être impossible, difficile

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to be in way over my head

68
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tope là

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give me a high five*

69
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GBF / BBF

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Gay Best Friend / Butt Buddy Forever

70
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envoyer qn se faire voir

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to Knock sb for a loop

71
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apprendre de ses erreurs

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to learn the hard way

72
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un billet de 5£

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a fiver*

73
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un furoncle

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a carbuncle

74
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donner une petite tape, caresser

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to pat

75
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congratuler qn

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to pat sb on the back

76
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savoir qch par coeur

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to know sth off pat

77
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une réponse facile

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a pat answer

78
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le forgeron

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the blacksmith

79
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un guépard

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a cheetah

80
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le grand écran

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the silver screen

81
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le petit écran

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the small srceen

82
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un écran tactile

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a touch screen

83
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sans fioritures

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without frills

84
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glisser, vol plané

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to glide

85
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au visage impassible

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poker-faced

86
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un tisonnier

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a poker

87
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volumineux, encombrant

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bulky

88
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traîner, lambiner

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to dawdle

89
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traîner pour faire qch

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to dawdle over doing sth

90
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traînasser sur son travail

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to dawdle over one’s work

91
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laineux, floconneux

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fleecy

92
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oser dire

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to daresay

93
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se reposer sur ses lauriers

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to rest on one’s laurels

94
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épouiller

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to delouse

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obscénité

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a profanity

96
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ça se voit comme le nez au milieu du visage

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it’s as plain as the nose on the face

97
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dans le mille

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right on the nose

98
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frais de subsistance

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living expenses

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une preuve vivante

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a living proof

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un niveau de vie

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living standards

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