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60 Flashcards

1
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une feuille de calcul, un tableur

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a spreadsheet

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être dans une impasse

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to be in a no-win situation

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être un cible légitime

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to be a fair game

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cela change la donne

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to be a game changer

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5
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se calmer

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to simmer down*

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6
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augmenter

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to heighten

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7
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se montrer plus malin que

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to outwit

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8
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bousculer, pousser

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to jostle

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jouer des coudes

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to jostle for sth

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10
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être en chute libre

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to go into free-fall

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11
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dernière ressource

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to be a lifeline

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12
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une digue

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a levee

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13
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renoncer à

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to forgo

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14
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raconter des bobards

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to tell fibs

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15
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recueillir

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to garner

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16
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circonspect

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circumspect

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17
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de qualité inférieure

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to be substandard

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18
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abandonner

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to forsake

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19
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harceler qn pour qu’il fasse qch

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to goad sb into doing sth

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20
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to alleviate

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to allay

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21
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chanter, prôner

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to extol

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22
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référence absolue

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a gold standard

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23
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s’extasier sur qch

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to rave about sth

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24
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une critique dithyrambique

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to rave review

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25
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sans preuve, sans fondement

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unsubstantiated

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26
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politiquement correct

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right on

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27
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antiavortement

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right-to-life

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28
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sur la scène internationale

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world stage

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29
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honnête, bien comme il faut

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upstanding

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30
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un type

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a bloke

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31
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a queer

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a poof

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32
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une fusillade

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a shootout

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33
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une mamie

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a granny

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34
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avoir une bonne chance

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to stood a chance

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35
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qui monte, plein d’avenir

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up-and-coming

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36
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un geste de bonne volonté

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a gesture of goodwill

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37
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un jaune (grève)

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a blackleg

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38
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un bretzel

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a pretzel

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39
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sur ce chapitre

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on this score

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40
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soustraire, retrancher

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to substract

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41
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un traversin

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a bolster

42
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soutenir

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to bolster

43
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a lack

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a dearth

44
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être contigue

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to abut on sth

45
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se remettre sur pied

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to turn around

46
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une élection anticipée

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a snap election

47
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costaud

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hefty

48
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un enquenquineur

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a gadfly

49
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original, inattendu, décalé

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quirky

50
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des rencontres physiques

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in-person meeting

51
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mettre qqn dans l’embarras

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to put someone on the spot

52
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tenir le compte de qch

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to keep the tally of sth

53
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concorder avec

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to tally with

54
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souple

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supple

55
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gaulois, français

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gallic

56
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narquois

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snide

57
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délirant

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over-the-top

58
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une fripouille

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a scamp

59
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la prochaine élection

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the forthcoming election

60
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être disponible

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to be forthcoming

61
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ouvert, communicatif

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forthcoming

62
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travailler très tard la nuit

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to burn the midnight oil

63
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potelé

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pudgy

64
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une proie

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a quarry

65
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une sirène

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a mermaid

66
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sauver la mise, la situation

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to save the day

67
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méditer, songer

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to muse

68
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constituer, comprendre (100 membres…)

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to comprise

69
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être aux premières loges

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to have a ringside view

70
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respecter les règles

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to play by the rules

71
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en finir avec qch

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to get sth out of the way

72
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faux, infondé

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spurious

73
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un petit juif

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a funny bone

74
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qch de louche

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a funny business*

75
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une maison de fous

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a funny farm*

76
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sommes astronomiques

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funny money*

77
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se retirer de qch

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to back out of sth

78
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mettre en désordre

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to muddle up

79
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confondre qn avec qn

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to muddle up sb wih sb

80
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s’embrouiller

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to get muddled up

81
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minutieux

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fiddly

82
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le décès

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the demise

83
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lourd (atmosphère)

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muggy

84
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un caniveau, une gouttière

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a gutter

85
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transfrontalier

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cross-border

86
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un travesti

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a cross-dresser

87
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comprendre qn de travers

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to be at cross-purposes with sb

88
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un échantillon

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a cross-section

89
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contre-courant

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cross-current

90
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vérifier par recoupement

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to cross-check

91
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bref, en coup de vent

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fleeting

92
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un stade de base-ball

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a ballpark

93
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dans la fourchette

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in the ballpark

94
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approximatif

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ballpark figures

95
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cela les rend comparables

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this put them in the ballpark

96
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aussi bien que qn

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to be in the same ballpark as sb

97
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pommelé

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dappled

98
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citerne

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a cistern

99
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un chou frisé

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a kale

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chimérique

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quixotic

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