57 Flashcards

1
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un salaire permettant de vivre

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a living wage

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confondre

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to mix up

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hurler, brailler

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to bawl

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il en a bien profité

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he has had a good innings

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5
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prolongation

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extra time

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tamiser, passer au crible

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to sift

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brouiller, rendre flou

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to blur

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un perron

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a stoop

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9
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s’abaisser à

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to stoop to sth

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10
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être vouté

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to have a stoop

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11
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culot

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a sass*

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12
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une couchette

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a bunk

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13
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lits suporposés

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bunk beds

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14
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un froussard, une mauviette

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a wimp

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15
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s’emballer

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to go overboard

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16
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trop en faire sur qch

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to go overboard on sth

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17
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une bosse

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a hump

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18
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avec le bénéfice du recul

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with the benefit of hindsight

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19
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prendre en compte, tenir compte de

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to make allowance for

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20
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sec, cru

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wiry

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21
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pendant tout ce temps-là

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all the while

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22
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passer le temps

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to while away the hours telling stories

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23
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hivernal

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wintry

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24
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prendre du plaisir à

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to derive plaisir from

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25
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parler d’une voix traînante

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to drawl

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26
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butin

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booty

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27
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la bruyère

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the heather

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28
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un couperet

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a cleaver

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29
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une tranche de bacon

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a rasher of bacon

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30
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singeries, cabrioles

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antics

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31
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sortir, faire parler

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to draw out

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32
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une oreille indiscrète

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a eavesdropper

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33
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fouiller

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to fumble

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34
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têtu

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headstrong

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35
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plâtre

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plaster

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36
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funeste, maléfique

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baleful

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37
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d’une démarche saccadée

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jerkily

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38
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un rebord de la fenêtre, seuil

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a sill

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39
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une supplication, une prière

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an entreaty

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40
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la moisissure

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the mould

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41
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une convacation

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a summons

42
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coté maternel

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distaff side

43
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concis, laconique

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terse

44
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un laquais

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a footman

45
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On n’écarte pas l’hypothèse d’un meurtre

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Foul play is not suspected

46
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être un dandy

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to be foppish

47
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un banc d’église

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a pew

48
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atours, habit

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an attire

49
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épouvantable

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horrendous

50
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vêtement

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garment

51
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l’industrie du vêtement, le secteur du textile

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garment industry

52
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un solitaire

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a loner

53
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myope

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short-sighted

54
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qui manque de vision à long terme

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short-sighted

55
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la tourbe

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the peat

56
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un hiéroglyphe

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a hieroglyphic

57
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les rois mages

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the Wise men

58
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connaître les usages du monde

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to be worldly-wise

59
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question carrière, question horaire

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career-wise, time-wise

60
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en fin de compte

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after all

61
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extrascolaire

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after-school

62
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demander des nouvelles de

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to ask after

63
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s’enquérir de de

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to inquire after

64
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convoiter

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to lust after

65
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ressembler à

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to take after

66
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une vipère

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an adder

67
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sagace

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insightful

68
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les choses terrestres

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worldly things

69
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de toute évidence

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seemingly

70
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connard

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bugger***

71
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merde

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bugger it ***

72
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tire-toi

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bugger off***

73
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que dalle

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bugger all ***

74
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décourageant

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dispiriting

75
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un amateur, un boursicoteur

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a dabbler*

76
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un fiacre

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a hackney cab

77
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un cheval de selle

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a hackney

78
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évaluer

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to appraise

79
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captivant

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riveting

80
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un marron

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a chesnut

81
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une vieille rengaine

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an old chestnut

82
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une châtaigne

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a sweet chestnut

83
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un châtaigner

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a chestnut tree

84
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alezan

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chestnut

85
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vanité, suffisance

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conceit

86
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le maintien, la tenue

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the deportement

87
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a craze for

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a fad for

88
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un engouement passager

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a passing fad

89
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lancer la mode de

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to begin a fad for

90
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une personne insignifiante

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a nonentity

91
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au moment critique

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when the chips are down

92
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en vouloir à tout le monde

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to have a chip on one’s shoulder

93
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un outil de marchandage

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a bargaining chip, a bargaining counter

94
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un investissement de premier ordre

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a blue-chip investment

95
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une friteuse

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a chip pan

96
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saper, miner, ronger progressivement

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to chip away at sth

97
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mettre en doute ou deviner

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to second guess

98
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un assaut

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an onslaught

99
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s’enfuir avec qqn

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to elope with sb

100
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normalité

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normalcy