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affaiblir

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to weaken, diminish

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s’affaiblir

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to grow weaker, decline

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avouer

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to confess, admit, own up

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s’avouer vaincu

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to admit defeat

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la brouille

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disagreement, falling-out

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brouiller

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to interfere with; to blur, cloud; to cover tracks, cloud/confuse an issue; to scramble

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brouiller qn avec qn

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to turn sb against sb, come between sb and sb

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brouiller qn avec qch

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to put/turn sb off sth, ruin sth for sb

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se brouiller

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to fall out; to become blurred; to get mixed up, become muddled up; to cloud over

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brouillé (fam)

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on bad terms, at odds, fallen out

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avoir le teint brouillé

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to look off-colour

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l’oeuf brouillé

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scrambled egg

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se confiner

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to self-isolate

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se demander

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to wonder

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(se) dépourvoir de

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to deprive of; to be deprived of

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dépourvu de

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without, lacking, in need of

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prendre qn au dépourvu

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to take sb by surprise, catch sb off-guard

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dès lors

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since then, from that moment on; subsequently

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dès lors que

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from the moment, as soon as

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dévoiler

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to unveil, disclose

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dévoiler qch au grand jour

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to bring to light, expose

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se dévoiler

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to show your true colours

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douter de

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to have doubts/reservations about, be uncertain/skeptical about

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se douter de/que

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to suspect

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se douter bien que

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to be sure/certain that, have a feeling that

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ne se douter de rien

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to not suspect anything

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j’en doute

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I have my doubts

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émouvoir

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to move, touch, affect; to disturb, upset, trouble

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s’émouvoir

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to be moved, touched, affected; to be disturbed, upset, troubled

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entrevoir

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to catch a glimpse/sight of, make out; to sense, have an inkling of

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fâcher

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to anger

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se fâcher (avec/contre)

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to fall out, argue (with)

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se fâcher tout rouge

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to see red, blow your top, lose it

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fâché

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angry, annoyed, upset; on bad terms

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ne pas être fâché de faire

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to not mind doing, be quite glad to do

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la question/le sujet qui fâche

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sore point, thorny question, sensitive/difficult/controversial issue

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faire semblant

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to pretend, fake

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feindre

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to feign, fake, pretend, simulate

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des fois que

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just in case

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hasarder

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to try out, give a go; to test, try; to venture

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se hasarder

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to take a risk, put yourself at risk

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se hasarder à faire (qch)

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to venture to do sth

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hasardé

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dangerous, risky; daring, audacious; rude, impolite

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hasardeux

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uncertain; hazardous, risky, dangerous

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le hasard

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chance, luck, fate; coincidence, happenstance

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à tout hasard

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just in case, on the off-chance

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au hasard

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randomly

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le heureux hasard

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lucky coincidence, happy accident

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ne rien laisser au hasard

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to leave nothing to chance

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par hasard

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by chance, by accident

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tomber par hasard sur/trouver qch par hasard

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to come across sth, stumble upon sth

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hocher (la tête)

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to nod; to shake one’s head

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le hochement (de tête)

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nod; shake of the head

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mener

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to lead; to carry out, conduct; to drive, give a lift; to be winning

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mener (qch) à bien, mener à bonne fin

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to complete successfully, see through

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mener (qn) à la baguette

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to push sb around, have sb under your thumb

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mener à la marque

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to be in the lead

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mener la vie dure à qn

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to give sb a hard time, make life hard for sb

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mener sa vie

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to live/lead your life

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mener (qch) tambour battant

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to give sth your all, go all out, throw yourself into sth wholeheartedly

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ne mener à rien

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to lead to nothing

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ne pas en mener large

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to lack self-assurance

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la mine

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appearance, look, complexion; mine

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la mine renfrognée

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scowl, glare, grimace

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miner

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to undermine; to eat away, sap, wear down; to explode

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avoir bonne/mauvaise mine

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to look well/rough

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faire grise mine

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to look glum

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faire mine de faire qch

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to give the impression of doing sth, look as though, appear/pretend to do sth

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faire triste mine

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to look sorry for yourself

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mine de rien

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nonchalantly; without realising it

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ouf (fam)

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mad, crazy, nuts

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l’ouf (m/f)

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nutcase

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de ouf (fam)

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incredible, fantastic, awesome

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pencher

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to lean, tilt, incline

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pencher pour

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to lean towards, prefer

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se pencher sur qch

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to study, look at sth

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refaire

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to redo; to renovate; to change (sb)

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refaire surface

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to get back on top of things; to resurface

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refaire sa vie

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to start a new life

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si c’était à refaire

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if you could turn back time

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vouloir refaire le monde

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to want to make the world a better place

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se refaire

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to change (sb); to build sth back up; to win your money back

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se refaire à

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to get back into sth, get used to sth again

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se refaire une santé

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to regain your health, recuperate

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le rendement

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productivity, output

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à plein rendement

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at maximum output, at full capacity

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le maigre rendement

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poor return

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se renfrogner

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to scowl, frown

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renfrogné

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sullen, sour

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l’air renfrogné

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disgruntled look

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réserver sa soirée

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to keep your evening free

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rêvasser/songer

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to daydream

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songer à (qch)

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to think of (sth)

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songer à faire qch

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to think of doing sth, consider doing sth

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le sort

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fate, destiny, chance; spell, curse

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le coup du sort

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stroke of bad luck

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le mauvais sort

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bad luck

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pleurer sur son sort

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to feel sorry for yourself

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soulager

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to ease, relieve; to be a relief; to lighten

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se soulager

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to relieve yourself (urinate, masturbate)

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le soulagement

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relief, respite

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à mon grand soulagement

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to my great relief

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pousser un ouf de soulagement

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to breathe a huge sigh of relief

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(se) teindre

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to dye (hair); to be tinged

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teint

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dyed, stained

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le teint

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complexion

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avoir le teint frais

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to be fresh-faced

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avoir le teint hâlé

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to look tanned

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avoir bon teint

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to look healthy

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